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 | Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 10:30 am
There’s a budding franchise in Brooklyn, a coaching change in Los Angeles, and the game’s biggest star taking aim at repeating as World Champion and MVP in Miami. It has been […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 12:54 pm
In a shakeup of Boston-area athletic departments, Imry Halevi has been named the Director of Multimedia and Production for Harvard Athletics, a position that is the first of its kind in […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 12:53 pm
Just over a decade ago, the YES Network was a twinkle in the eye of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. Now it is one of the most successful sports-television […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 4:00 am
At any trade show or industry conference these days, it’s clear that the television and motion-picture industries are bullish on the future of 4K (or Ultra HD) distribution. Movies and […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 16, 2012 - 11:22 am
For most basketball fans, Charles Jenkins is the plucky sixth man for the Golden State Warriors. For our joint alma mater, Hofstra University, he’s the golden ticket. In February 2011, […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 16, 2012 - 10:55 am
College sports fans are a demanding bunch. Ask any one-loss team in the BCS picture just how unforgiving they can be. In this age of second screens, digital platforms, multiple […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 16, 2012 - 5:00 am
At last year’s SVG League Technology Summit (cheap plug: register now for this year’s LTS), a looming challenge was brought up numerous times by various sports-production heavyweights. It wasn’t the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, November 16, 2012 - 4:00 am
For the University of Oklahoma, it was an announcement five years in the making. In September, a 10-year multiplatform agreement between OU and Fox Sports created Sooner Sports TV and […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 3:13 pm
More than 130 industry professionals stopped by Times Square’s Hilton DoubleTree Hotel this afternoon for SVG’s annual TranSPORT event. The gathering is highlighted by network engineering executives’ discussing their wishes for […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 3:51 pm
A Veteran’s Day sports tradition is rapidly growing, and, for broadcasters, it’s a unique but fulfilling challenge. After the success of last year’s Carrier Classic — the first college basketball […]
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