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, April 15, 2015 - 10:21 pm
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 […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 6:33 pm
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 […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - 2:03 am
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 […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 11:32 pm
Disney made waves at NAB 2015 this week with the announcement that it will transition its linear broadcast operations — global programming-playout, delivery, and network operations — to a unified IP cloud architecture. It’s a big move, marking the first major broadcaster to adopt this technology, and could be a significant first domino to fall […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 10:00 pm
LTN Global Communications has built a name for itself, offering budget-friendly methods of distribution for live event productions over its IP network. The company has been innovating, on the live-sports side specifically, with such clients as the North American Soccer League and Sinclair Broadcasting, which uses LTN to transmit college sports live on the American […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 13, 2015 - 11:46 pm
While asset management can be a daunting task for even the largest of media companies, there are technology developers at this year’ NAB Show that are hoping to open the MAM door to all customer levels. Crawford Media Services (SU10713) has handled large scale media digitization projects – including with the WWE, where the company […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 13, 2015 - 5:44 pm
Joseph Electronics is one of the industry leaders when it comes to developing practical fiber solutions for sports broadcast. The company is getting a little creative at its NAB 2015 booth (C6948) with the debut of two products, Kick Box and Shadow Box. Kick Box is an interconnect solution for fiber breakouts that can be […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 13, 2015 - 4:51 pm
With 4K acquisition buzzing throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, lens developer Fujinon (Booth C7025) has come to NAB 2015 with some enticing new options, including the debuts of the UA80x9 field lens and the UA22x8, the company’s first portable zoom lens with optical performance compatible with 4K ⅔-in. broadcast cameras. Thom Calabro, […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 13, 2015 - 3:09 am
The 2015 SVG Chairman’s Forum proved to be a successful gathering of many of the brightest minds in sports-television production from both the user and manufacturer sides of the aisle. The event — held at the Red Rock Hotel in Las Vegas over the weekend — is the sports industry’s primer to the NAB Show and […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, April 10, 2015 - 12:38 pm
A new Major League Soccer season has brought with it new production workflows for matches airing in Spanish and English on Univision Deportes on Friday nights.
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