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 | Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 11:01 am
When it comes to local NHL coverage in the U.S., Fox Sports is king, carrying the local rights for 12 of the league’s 30 franchises. More than 900 NHL games […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, October 3, 2014 - 10:16 am
How many times have you seen a hitter make good contact with a fastball that you think is headed up the middle for a sure base hit, only to have […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 4:21 pm
For the first time since 2006, the Major League Baseball postseason is back on ESPN, and the network is giving tonight’s National League Wild Card game between the San Francisco […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 9:45 am
Live Media Group (LMG), a full-service live-entertainment–production company based in Los Angeles, has expanded with two refurbished HD mobile units intended to meet rapidly growing demand for coverage of the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, September 26, 2014 - 1:17 pm
Major industry trade exhibitions like the NAB Show and IBC in Amsterdam are famous as hotbeds for buzzwords and promises of next-gen this and future-proof that. At IBC2014, 4K and 8K displays may have been the sexy sights to stop and see, but the sea change was happening under the hood of the broadcast industry. […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 12:47 pm
The SVG/NACDA College Sports Media Awards celebrate the best in college sports-video production. As technology and techniques evolve, the ability to create high-quality video on any budget has proliferated significantly. At the SVG […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 2:35 pm
With a new college sports year has come a new digital strategy at CBS Interactive Advanced Media for its content partners. Last month, the company launched its redesigned all-access subscription-based […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 10:09 am
As the Big East Conference entered the second year of its new era this month, league brass officially unveiled a digital-network strategy. Formed in partnership with Fox Sports and debuting […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, September 5, 2014 - 10:13 am
Take a tour through the new home of Arkansas Athletics’ video department, and you’ll be hard-pressed to imagine a time when RazorVision wasn’t one of the top video operations in […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 2:35 pm
Much has been written about the innovative workflows deployed throughout the Southeastern Conference and the valuable production work that will be done by the schools themselves, but make no mistake […]
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