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, November 21, 2014 - 10:35 am
It’s just before the opening faceoff in an early-November matchup between the Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils, and the entire arena goes pitch dark. Here it comes: CJ Davis’s […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 21, 2014 - 9:45 am
The line between linear and digital production workflows is blurring. Before you lose your mind: no one is suggesting that the Super Bowl will one day be covered by four […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 14, 2014 - 1:34 pm
According to NEP Broadcasting, the mobile-production provider has recovered the trailer of a 48-ft. mobile unit that went missing in Miami this week. It was in town support DIRECTV’s production […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 14, 2014 - 12:49 pm
Content creators are churning out more high-quality programming than ever before, and content distributors want to deliver that content to more varied devices than ever before. Getting all that from […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 1:58 pm
Regional sports networks are always looking for quality, local, live programming to fill out their massive calendars. College content is a natural fit, but smaller viewing audiences (for Olympic sports) […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 9:52 am
In that latest episode of the SVG College Podcast, Ball State’s Chris Taylor chats with us about how he gets the most out of his all-student productions at Ball State […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 12:36 pm
Stepping into DIRECTV’s Los Angeles Broadcast Center (LABC) is like checking into the television equivalent of the largest airport you’ve ever seen.
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 7, 2014 - 2:03 pm
Digital distribution has its obvious benefits for the consumer. The ability to watch content on any device, at any time has the American public viewing more video content that ever […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 7, 2014 - 12:00 pm
In discussions of the future of sports-broadcast technology, there tends to be accentuated focus on 4K, Ultra HD, and beyond: higher resolution, lower frame rate. However, emerging tools in the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 7, 2014 - 10:34 am
With most major media-rights deals locked up for the foreseeable future, it’s an interesting time for sports-television executives. With negotiations quieting down, network powers are turning their attention to the […]
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