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 | Friday, December 18, 2015 - 3:25 pm
The tremendous value of sports rights has placed sports television production more at the center of the overall sports business universe than ever before. At this year’s SVG Summit, the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, December 18, 2015 - 10:50 am
The 2015 Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame ceremony added eight industry legends to its ranks. Three of this year’s inductees — Fred Aldous, Jerry Steinberg, and Pat Sullivan — took […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 4:10 pm
Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) has long been one of the leaders in the content creation and distribution industry when it comes to innovating in the digital world, especially in […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 3:05 pm
There was more than just that “new-control-room smell” in the air on an early-September evening in Terre Haute, IN. There was tension. “You could hear a pin drop,” chuckles Christopher […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 9:05 am
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, December 7, 2015 - 10:22 am
When it comes to digital video, few do it better than the NBA. Last season, the league’s Website and mobile application generated a staggering 4.2 billion video views. During the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, December 4, 2015 - 2:44 pm
This weekend will mark the 74th anniversary of the “date that will live in infamy;” the attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War II. As a […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, December 4, 2015 - 8:25 am
Hawk-Eye Innovations — the company famous for the virtual line-judging system in tennis and goal-line technology in soccer — is looking to bring disruptive technology to baseball coaching. At next […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 1:00 pm
What makes digital content distribution so challenging is the staggering number of avenues that a piece of content needs to be sent along to reach a fan. Long gone are the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 9:51 am
We’ve all been there when watching a live stream of a sporting event: a text, a tweet, or a shout from the other room spoils a scoring play as we […]
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