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, August 21, 2012 - 10:50 am
As another college sports season gets under way, fans of even those schools not in the traditional “Big 6” conferences will be able to enjoy more of their favorite sports […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, August 17, 2012 - 11:54 am
Since its inception, the College Sports Media Awards have recognized the best in the college-sports-production arena. As technology and production techniques improve, the ability to create high-quality video on any budget has proliferated significantly. […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 2:19 pm
Pac-12 Enterprises will celebrate another milestone moment in its launch on Friday night, when the networks air their first live event as the top-ranked and defending National Champion Stanford women’s […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 12:04 pm
Leon Schweir’s 30-year broadcast-television career has taken him from Madison Square Garden Networks, Big Ten Network, and Comcast/NBCUniversal. His latest venture, however, is unlike anything he has ever done. When […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 2:42 pm
The countdown to one of the most anticipated debuts in college-sports–television history will end Wednesday at 6 p.m. PT when the Pac-12 Network and its six regional affiliates hit the […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 2:40 pm
As the NBC Olympics production teams begin to work their way back to the States, the network is getting its Nielsen reports in and, as expected, the numbers are huge.
According to The Nielsen Company, 219.4 million Americans watched the London Olympics on NBCUniversal’s family of networks, setting the record as the most-watched event in U.S. television […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 9:58 am
On a Friday afternoon a little over a year ago, Duane Yoslov was waiting in his car to pick up his child from school when his cellphone rang. He recognized […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, August 10, 2012 - 10:00 am
The London Olympic Games will come to a conclusion this weekend and it will mark another victory in what can easily be described as “The Summer of Elemental.”
Over the past couple of months, the multiscreen content delivery technology company continued to extend its sports presence, adding the Olympics to its other latest clients, MLB Advanced […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Friday, August 10, 2012 - 9:25 am
In the days leading up to this weekend’s PGA Championship, much of the talk has been about the venue’s tremendous length. At 7,676 yards, the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island […]
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By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital | Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 1:00 am
London 2012 marks the eighth consecutive Games that Sony has worked with NBC Olympics, and it’s of little surprise that the popular tech company has an overwhelming presence within the International Broadcast Center (IBC) in London.
NBC Olympics is using more than 2,100 pieces of Sony gear, including HD cameras, production switchers, and more than 700 […]
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