Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
Brandon Costa is Director of Digital for the Sports Video Group, where he covers the sports video production industry, with a focus on game production, live streaming, over-the-top (OTT), social media, and other digital distribution technologies and platforms.
He also directs SVG's internal digital strategies launching the company's video platform, 'SVG PLAY,' and serving as executive producer and host of The SVG Podcast.
Costa serves as program director of both the SVG College Summit and the SVG Sports OTT Forum.
Prior to his time at SVG, Costa spent five years hosting programs, producing voiceovers, and writing editorial content for MLB Advanced Media in NYC. He has also served as community sports editor at the Asbury Park Press in Neptune, NJ. He began his career at WRHU Radio in Hempstead, NY as a sportscaster.
A native of Hazlet, NJ, Costa is a graduate of Hofstra University. He currently resides in Saint Paul, MN
Recent Posts by Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 4, 2016 - 3:35 pm
When it comes to posting to social media, content distributors of all shapes and sizes often ask themselves, ‘How much is too much?’. For the North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 4, 2016 - 1:38 pm
A white-hot run through the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament has the Villanova Wildcats back in the Final Four for the first time since 2009. Seven years doesn’t sound like much, […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 4, 2016 - 12:26 pm
For 17 years, SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology) has been the statistical and data-integration partner for CBS Sports and Turner Sports on the entire NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. This year, however, there’s a […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 2, 2016 - 8:25 pm
Just when you think the joint production of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship by Turner Sports and CBS Sports can’t get any bigger, it does.
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 2, 2016 - 4:36 pm
With three linear television productions and a host of studio and digital programming coming from in and around NRG Stadium in Houston for this weekend’s Final Four, it is no surprise […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 1:56 pm
The virtual-reality bandwagon is filling up quickly. Following Fox Sports’ production of the Big East Tournament in VR earlier this month, Turner Sports and CBS Sports have confirmed that NCAA March Madness Live […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 1:24 pm
It’s T minus two months and counting to the latest big broadcasting foray into the burgeoning and polarizing world of eSports. On May 24, ELEAGUE, the joint venture of Turner […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 10:56 am
The “fan experience” is a common expression that means something different to everyone. For some, it’s a heavily invested season-ticket holder at the stadium; for others, it’s enjoying an entertaining television […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 2:35 pm
Gymnastics is one of those sports — much like golf — for which a live broadcast is never really live for a majority of the show. That is, until now. […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 9:22 am
Net Insight’s customer self-provisioned Carrier Ethernet solution has received MEF CE 2.0 certification. MEF, the defining body for Carrier Ethernet, expresses a future vision referred to as the “Third Network”, where […]
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