Elon University will feature two LED video displays inside the new Schar Center on campus in North Carolina. The displays will be the largest end wall displays in an arena in the Carolinas and will be designed and manufactured by Daktronics. The upcoming installation will be completed early in 2019. More
Joseph Electronics announced that Chapman University has purchased a specially designed fiber transport system for its student-run Chapman Sports Broadcast Network (CSBN). The new system supports CSBN’s live broadcasts for local TV, radio, and online streaming services. It replaces multiple flight packs and allows the university to consolidate production into one central control room in […] More
At the Opening Night Reception for the SVG College Summit, the team from Western Illinois University won the FX Design Group Alpha Sports Desk Competition, taking home a complimentary sports anchor desk to integrate into all of their future productions. More
In a video project unlike anything the conference had ever taken on before, the Patriot League produced a seven-part miniseries this year called Among the Few, which chronicled Navy’s Class of 1977 Gettysburg Leadership Encounter. The entire series, which was a finalist for a 2018 SVG College Sports Media Award, was produced by just two […] More
Syracuse is one of 14 universities with preparations under way for the 2019 launch of the ESPN-supported ACC Network. At the SVG College Summit, we caught up with Scott Hecht, who is senior producer for the Orange and overseeing the athletic department’s new video efforts. With a background working for ESPN and helping launch the […] More
Few do video production bigger — and better — than Texas A&M’s 12th Man Productions. The university has been a leader in the athletics-video space since the early 1990s and built out a multimillion-dollar facility as part of the renovation of Kyle Field in 2014. More
In late 2017, the University of Notre Dame opened an impressive multimillion-dollar, 18,000-sq.-ft, media complex dubbed the Martin Media Center. At the 2018 SVG College Summit, execs from the university offered an in-depth tour from their campus in South Bend, IN, live to attendees at the conference in Atlanta. More
Shane Sanford has one of the busiest jobs in college sports broadcasting. As Assistant AD for Broadcast Services at Ole Miss Sports Productions, Sanford leads a team responsible for video board content and telecasts of more than 120 University of Mississippi sports events each year. That includes home games for the school’s storied football team, […] More
In a continuing initiative to offer its fans the most compelling immersive and behind-the-scenes experience, Pac-12 Networks has worked closely with YouTube to create VR180 content for YouTube at several of the conference’s major sporting events this season. After being invited by YouTube to experiment with the new VR format, Pac-12 Networks staff was able […] More
Schools of all shapes and sizes have seen their athletic departments become media companies within themselves. At the 2018 SVG College Summit, reps from various smaller schools of key technology vendors share what tech and strategies are making it possible for those with the smallest budgets and staffs succeed. Learn how these content producers, some […] More
