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 | 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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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 20, 2015 - 2:37 pm
The NASCAR Sprint Cup season comes to a dramatic conclusion on Sunday as four racers – Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. – are still in the hunt for the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 3:08 pm
A recent survey conducted with the major sports broadcasters in the U.S. reflected a generally accepted trend in the rise in fiber transmission across live sports production.
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 2:23 pm
ESPN will make an even deeper commitment to “at-home” production workflows — or, as they’re called in-house, “REMI” productions — estimating that it will use the model to produce 93 […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 8:30 am
In the late 1940s on the concrete courts of Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, a band of young boys — like many young boys of the era — fell in love with […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 8:25 am
With the demand for reliable and accessible media storage on the rise, PROMISE Technology has found a position for itself in the sports video production industry for content creators of […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 13, 2015 - 2:00 pm
ESPN has broadcast from the deck of battleships, from inside hangars, and on military bases across the world. And it never gets old. The Armed Forces Classic has become both […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 13, 2015 - 10:47 am
An executive mainstay in the audio industry will hang up his mic next year. Santo (Sandy) LaMantia, President and CEO of Shure Incorporated will retire effective July 1, 2016. Christine (Chris) Schyvinck, […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 13, 2015 - 9:30 am
Scale-out network-attached-storage (NAS) in the fields of physics, engineering, and life sciences have been the bread-and-butter for storage specialist Panasas. Over the past two year, the company is looking to […]
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