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, May 3, 2013 - 12:04 pm
In a star-studded press conference in Atlanta’s Hyatt Regency Hotel, ESPN and the Southeastern Conference announced that the highly anticipated SEC Network, a 24/7 linear and digital network, will debut […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 2:47 pm
Ken Goss and Sam Flood rolled the dice, and the Ottawa Senators came through for them. The NBC Sports Group is geared up to broadcast nationally every game of the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 1:11 pm
Technology vendors exhibiting at the NAB Show make a habit of pointing out that their latest product development is a result of conversations with customers. In no market segment is that more true than in the rapidly changing world of production switchers. NAB 2013 saw a widely diverse offering of production switchers spanning the gamut […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, April 26, 2013 - 11:33 am
It has been a banner year for hockey on MSG Network. The network’s New York Rangers telecasts averaged a 1.65 household rating this season, making 2013 the highest-rated Rangers season […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 11:20 am
NeuLion and LiveU have formed a strategic alliance to deliver an integrated solution using LiveU’s portable live video-over-cellular solution coupled with the Neulion Sports and NeuLion TV Everywhere platforms. The […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, April 19, 2013 - 1:47 pm
Earlier this week, executives from NBC Sports Group laid out programming plans for its coverage of the Barclays Premier League, and they’re about as comprehensive as they could possibly be.
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 11:29 am
A kid in a candy store and a broadcasting junkie on the NAB Show floor are really one and the same, and those working at colleges and universities across the country were in full force to take in the goodies last week at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Certain trends were quickly apparent. 4K/Ultra HD […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 11:15 am
The Sports Video Group is pleased to announce that Mark Rodin, Executive Director of Seminole Productions at Florida State University, will be honored with the 2013 SVG College Sports Summit […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Monday, April 15, 2013 - 5:14 pm
Following today’s horrific events at the Boston Marathon, SVG has learned that personnel working the television broadcast from CSP Mobile Productions and New England-based television production services company The Green Line […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 9:00 pm
This week, Thinklogical is looking to address many of the complex challenges facing today’s broadcast and video post-production professionals through its fiber optic-based video and KVM routing and extension solutions. Among the highlights at their booth, Thinklogical is showing off 4K SMPTE/Digital Cinema extension solutions, which extend 4K signals from four HD-SDI inputs or two […]
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