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
It was a big NAB Show for Wowza Media Systems, which made some of the biggest product introductions in its history. With the new Wowza Streaming Engine Pro and Wowza Streaming Cloud, the company is looking to make streaming services — especially transcoding — more cost-effective for the various levels of content creators. SVG sat […] More
In the coming months and years, the FCC and directives from the American Disabilities Act are going to mean more-stringent guidelines for the closed-captioning of clips posted to the Web by major broadcasters. Companies like 3Play Media, which made its presence felt at the LVCC, are in a position to help in that process. According […] More
While the halls of the LVCC buzzed with the promise of IP transmission, satellite providers still had their day as the transmission method of choice for big-time television productions, especially live sports events. Regardless of how your signal is transmitted, however, ScheduALL wants to simplify that process. At NAB 2015, the company demonstrated its new […] More
One of the most widely encountered challenges in college sports-video production is striking the balance between athletics and academics. At Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, the Horned Frogs […] More
Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s highly sophisticated Statcast tracking system will make its linear-television debut tonight as part of MLB Network’s Showcase game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington […] More
While 4K acquisition tools tend to grab the headlines at the show, encoding, compression, and playout are essential pieces of the puzzle and are seeing tremendous innovation. Among the highlights for Harmonic this week was the official launch of the Spectrum X, the company’s first playout server offering SDI and IP I/O with up/down/crossconversion in […] More
With sales and expertise in the entire gamut of production products in virtually every environment, The Studio @ B&H gets the chance to interact with and educate a vast and diverse client base. When it comes to sports, the team has supported the professional side of the market with gear that’s always looking to raise […] More
As cellular-bonded streaming backpack technology continues to shrink in physical size and more live content is being created, LiveU (Booth SU4405) has continued to expand its business to make distribution of that content all the more seamless. At NAB 2015, the company is demonstrating its new internal and cross-organizational IP video-distribution service, LiveU MultiPoint. The […] More
At an NAB Show where digital content creation, distribution, and monetization has permeated the headlines, the man who could be considered the “Godfather of Digital Sports Video” spoke on the present and future of his side of the business in a provocative conversation Sunday that beat the drum for the promise of content everywhere. “Nothing […] More
A lowercase letter
A capital (uppercase) letter
A number
Minimum 8 characters