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, January 31, 2014 - 10:30 am
Daktronics has installed numerous LED displays in New York, New Jersey and the surrounding metro areas over the years, and those displays will take center stage throughout the city as hordes of people descend near the Big Apple for the biggest sporting event of the year as the Broncos battle the Seahawks for football supremacy. […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, January 31, 2014 - 10:26 am
FOX Networks Engineering and Operations (FOX NE&O), a division of Fox Networks Group, and Nevion, a provider of media transport solutions have demonstrated a proof of concept for frame-accurate switching of live uncompressed HD-SDI video over IP. Nevion’s VS902 multi-format contribution codec for IP/Ethernet networks was used to encapsulate two uncompressed IP streams using SMPTE 2022-6. […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, January 31, 2014 - 10:23 am
For the 25th consecutive year, Level 3 Communications will provide television broadcast video services for Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, using Level 3′s Vyvx VenueNet+ technology. As one of the most-watched television events in the U.S. each year, the Super Bowl includes a unique set of broadcast requirements in order to ensure a seamless, high-definition (HD) delivery of the game […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 5:47 pm
Out on the frigid production compounds and studio sets spread throughout New York City and northern New Jersey for Super Bowl week, the most prized possession is simply heat. North Carolina-based power, climate control, and production facility specialist Filmwerks has been the saving grace providing approximately 360 kW of heat, which Filmwerks owner Mike Satrazemis […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 4:17 pm
The National Football League announced the creation of NFL Now, a personalized video service providing fans with the NFL news, analysis and highlights they want across their Internet-connected devices. This new digital offering will launch this summer ahead of the start of the 2014 NFL season. Available across Internet-connected devices, NFL Now will be personalized for […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 1:52 pm
DIRECTV and The Dan Patrick Show have developed a sort of reputation for erecting impressive temporary studio sets when the show – which normally films five days a week in Milford, CT – hits the road for Super Bowl Week. This year is no different as crews built a grand two-story temporary building at Hudson […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 1:33 pm
The Sports Video Group is pleased to announce the preliminary event program for the 2014 SVG College Sports Video Summit, which will be held on May 28 and 29 at […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, January 24, 2014 - 10:12 am
With heavy snow and temperatures hovering in the single digits this week in the northeast, members of the NBC Sports football production team couldn’t be happier to be in – […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 12:50 pm
When video-production ace Imry Halevi joined the Harvard Athletics Department in fall 2012, his mission was to take the Crimson’s streaming and in-venue video offerings to a new level.
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 8:21 am
2014 mark the sixth year that the Sports Video Group and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) have recognized the best in college sports video content with the […]
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