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 | Monday, April 7, 2014 - 2:49 pm
As the sports in-venue fan experience continues to blossom, FX Design Group (C7934) has been one of the top sources in the industry for building and designing studio sets that help teams build their own original programming to entertain the fan at the game. While the company has built its reputation on high-tech studio environments […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 7, 2014 - 9:44 am
ChyronHego kicked off its NAB Show in style on Sunday morning by announcing that it has partnered with Netherlands-based TrackMan. The specialist in sports radar tracking technology will provide the technological infrastructure behind Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s new player- and data-tracking system. With the new MLB season just under way, the system is currently […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 10:39 pm
ChyronHego kicked off NAB Week in style on Sunday morning when the company announced that it had partnered with Dutch-based sports radar tracking technology specialist TrackMan to provide the technological infrastructure behind Major League Baseball Advanced Media’s new player and data tracking system. With the new MLB season just underway, the system is currently installed […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 12:09 am
It’s AT&T Stadium’s calling card, a monstrous 180-ft. by 72-ft. centerhung scoreboard that simply begs for your attention. At this weekend’s Final Four, the shock value of the Mitsubishi Electric […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 11:37 pm
When a program makes a run at a championship, there’s a fine line between “properly prepared” and “jinxing it.” The video-production team at GatorVision knows that all too well. “If […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 8:27 pm
Israel-based technology startup Replay Technologies has made tremendous strides in the U.S. sports market over the past calendar year. Well, you can add another marquee event to its résumé. The […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 7:07 pm
It should come as little surprise that running three simultaneous live shows would produce a significantly larger production footprint. CBS and Turner Sports have nearly doubled their equipment output over […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 4:58 pm
On the surface, Saturday’s Final Four marks the first time in the 78-year history of the event that it will air on cable. Behind the curtain, however, CBS Sports and […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 4:35 pm
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist. If you’re going to balloon your production by nearly double, you’re going to need more power. Fortunately for Turner Sports and CBS Sports, Filmwerks […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Saturday, April 5, 2014 - 2:37 pm
During Friday’s public team practices, Chris Dion, the Assistant Director of Digital and Social Media for the NCAA was roaming around the court sporting a shiny new pair of Google […]
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