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Friday, December 19, 2025AWS's Jason Dvorkin on Developing Partnerships With the NBA and PGA Tour, Embracing Agentic AIWithout a doubt, 2025 was another banner year for the folks at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Ranging from enhanced technologies that leverage the power of artificial intelligence and other ways to improve workflows for the sports-video-production community to strengthening relationships with key players in the live sports space, AWS is building significant momentum heading into the next calendar year.At the SVG Summit 2025, AWS outlines the company's fruitful partnership with domestic sports leagues likes like the National Basketball Association and the PGA Tour, how leagues and networks are embracing the use of agentic AI, and what's to come in 2026.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: David Levy, Turner Titan & Master of All Sports-Media TradesOver a career spanning more than three decades, David Levy has cemented himself as one of sports media’s genuine jack-of-all-trades. During 33 years at Turner and throughout his travels since, he has earned a reputation not only as one of the top dealmakers in the business but also as a gifted leader in ad sales, programming, production, and marketing and in finding and cultivating elite on-air talent.As president of Turner Broadcasting Inc., Levy oversaw the company’s wide portfolio of properties and operations, but sports has always been his true passion. After working his way up the ranks and taking over Turner Sports in 2003, he was instrumental in deepening and expanding the company’s media rights by negotiating a variety of groundbreaking multiplatform deals with the NBA, MLB, NCAA, PGA TOUR, and countless others. He negotiated a variety of multi-faceted agreements, each representing a significant change extending far beyond traditional television rights — most notably, orchestrating a landmark NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball deal in 2010 in partnership with CBS. After departing Turner, he co-founded in 2022 and currently serves as co-CEO of Horizon Sports & Experiences (HS&E), which focuses on IP creation and monetization, strategic advisory and consulting on media rights, sponsorships, sales, and experiential.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall Of Fame 2025: Glenn Adamo, Artist of Storytelling and TechnologyGlenn Adamo may have begun his career in sports on the ice as an aspiring hockey player, but his impact on the industry has been in the production truck and the front office. Whether at NBC Sports, the NHL, the NFL, the New Jersey Devils, or The Switch, he proved adept and creative when it came to storytelling, operations, and technology. Adamo’s approach to deploying new technology during his 40-year career — whether getting cameras in the goal or red lights in the penalty box to denote TV timeouts — was to make sure it made sense for the production team, the viewer at home, and even the athletes.His expertise has been pivotal in major broadcasts, including four Olympic Games, 13 Super Bowls, 12 years of Wimbledon and the French Open, premier College Bowl Games, NBA, NHL, golf, NCAA Basketball and Football, boxing, NBC SportsWorld, and PBA bowling. After establishing his career at NBC Sports, Adamo was a group VP of the NHL Broadcasting Department, where he established NHL Productions and pioneered various programming and on-ice camera technology. He also was VP of broadcasting, community development, and entertainment for the Stanley Cup Champion NJ Devils and then VP at the NFL (2003-16), where he spearheaded the launch of NFL Network, Thursday Night Football, and NFL Sunday Ticket Red Zone and drove development of NFL Replay, Next Gen Stats, and NFL OTT production. Today, he is managing director of The Switch Production Services, the creative and distribution arm of The Switch/Tata Media Production Group.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: Lee Corso, Coach, Commentator, FirebrandSometimes a Hall of Fame career is born out of a passion and drive for excellence, but, every once in a while, it has much humbler origins. Such is the case with Lee Corso, who, from 1987 to last August, was a key reason that ESPN’s College GameDay is required viewing for any serious (and many non-serious) college-football fans.Corso is one of college football’s signature voices and a member of ESPN’s nine-time Emmy Award–winning College GameDay Built by The Home Depot Saturday-morning pregame show. He retired this year after spending nearly four decades as one of the few bigger-than-life broadcast personalities who was seen as an authentic and fun on-air commentator. He has been a constant in ESPN’s coverage, including countless national championships and other major college football events. Corso joined ESPN in 1987 and was one of the original members of College GameDay’s on-air team (first as a contributor in 1987-88 before joining as a full-time analyst in 1989). Corso’s award was accepted by his longtime CBS sports time ESPN College GameDay co-host Chris Fowler.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: Curt Gowdy Jr., Master Storyteller, Nationally and RegionallyCurt Gowdy Jr. may have been born into sports-broadcasting royalty, but he blazed his own trail, becoming one of the most respected and influential production leaders the business has ever seen. From his 29 years producing broadcasts at ABC Sports to his integral role in launching SportsNet New York (SNY) in 2005, Gowdy has seen it all on both a national and a regional scale.A winner of 16 National and 27 Regional Emmy Awards, Gowdy spent 29 years at ABC Sports, including a stint as senior coordinating producer for ABC’s Wide World of Sports and producer of three World Series, most notably the 1989 Bay Area “earthquake” Series. He also played key roles in producing coverage of four Olympic Games; 14 Kentucky Derby and 12 other Triple Crown races; numerous Super Bowl pre/postgame and halftime shows; 18 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and 11 World Figure Skating Championships; and 16 Little League World Series. In 2005, Gowdy shifted his focus to the launch of SNY, where he spent 17 years as senior vice president and executive producer, building an RSN that set a new industry standard. He retired in 2022.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: Greg Gumbel, Iconic Voice and Comforting PresenceGreg Gumbel hit all the high notes during a five-decade career that included stops at ESPN, NBC, and CBS, hosting and calling marquee events and breaking barriers at each stop. Equally lasting and especially cherished in the wake of Gumbel’s death last year is the memory of his low-key affability that was as evident and genuine to co-workers as it was to viewers. Gumbel’s award was accepted by his longtime CBS sports college basketball on-air colleague Seth Davis.Gumbel was one of the most respected personalities in the business, and he did it all. He was the first network broadcaster to call play-by-play and host a Super Bowl in the same year (twice); spent six years as lead play-by-play for CBS NFL coverage alongside Phil Simms; hosted The NFL Today and CBS Sports’ March Madness coverage; called NBA games for both CBS and NBC; served as primetime anchor of CBS coverage of the 1994 Olympic Games and co-anchor of weekday-morning broadcasts of the 1992 Games (in 1996, he hosted NBC’s daytime coverage); and for 24 consecutive seasons as studio host of CBS Sports’ coverage of the NCAA Men’s basketball championship. He was also the recipient of the 2007 Pat Summerall Award for excellence in sports broadcasting.Seth Davis and Riley Gumbel, Greg’s granddaughter, accepting the award on behalf of Gumbel.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: Marc Herklotz, Steady Hand Behind the ScenesWhen it comes to television production, a technical director is very much behind the scenes. Manning the production switcher in the production truck and turning the vision of the director and producer into reality, they ensure that tens of millions of fans tuning in feel like they are in the venue. For those who, like Marc Herklotz, take the role to new heights, it’s a mixture of not only technical chops but creativity and, ultimately, trust.Herklotz was at the center of some of ESPN’s biggest moments for nearly 30 years, technical-directing Sunday Night Baseball (1994-2019), Sunday Night Football (1996-2005), Monday Night Football (2006-18), Home Run Derbies (1993-2019). And he was able to TD outside ESPN and at three Olympics (Barcelona 1992, Lillehammer 1994, and Atlanta 1996). He also pioneered key technical elements, such as the network-wide replay wipe in the mid ’90s, a feature that became a hallmark of ESPN’s broadcast style. He helped establish standards for delivering animation elements to technical directors in remote-production settings, shaping the execution of broadcasts across the network. A winner of four National Emmy Awards and a Regional Emmy, he participated in at least 2,000 events and set the foundation for many of ESPN’s technical advances during his tenure.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: Jerry Jones, Visionary of ValueIn the amazing world of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, one plus one can equal three. It may sound like fuzzy math, but it’s a state of mind that has enabled Jones to increase the Cowboys’ value from $140 million when he bought the team in 1989 to an estimated $13 billion today — and to help turn the NFL into a TV powerhouse. Along the way, Jones helped enrich his fellow NFL owners, the league’s advertisers, and its players to a degree that would have been unimaginable 36 years ago. He’s the rising tide that has lifted all boats.Beginning in 1992, then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue invited Jones into the contract talks with the television networks, and Jones was involved with the talks that led to FOX’s outbidding CBS by more than $100 million a season, and the league’s television contract reached $1.1 billion. Without Jones, it is possible that the league, its relationship with TV networks, and the role it plays in the broader sports landscape would be very, very different.On the league front, Jones actively contributes his vision and enthusiasm to enhancing the NFL’s status as the world’s premier professional-sports league by serving on a wide range of league committees. In his 34-year career, Jones has worked on 15 NFL ownership committees for a combined total of 136 years. He is currently chairman of the NFL Media O&O Committee, chairman of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Committee, and a member of the NFL Media Committee.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: Hiroshi Kiriyama, Sony Broadcast (and Industry) Tech IconIf you ever relied on a Sony HDCAM-SR VTR or Sony camera with 4K 3-CCD sensors, or Venice, you have Hiroshi Kiriyama, the recently retired CTO of Sony’s Professional Division, to thank. He played lead engineering roles in their development.Kiriyama joined Sony in 1982 and moved quickly from a mechanical engineer in the telecine division to Sony’s critical VTR segment. As lead engineer, he developed the industry standard HDCAM-SR VTR.The success of that platform led Sony to promote him to lead the entire broadcast and production division of Sony Corp. It was there that Kiriyama showed the outstanding ability to listen to the customer. While many in the industry believed that it was not possible to develop a 4K 3-chip camera that could do slow motion, Kiriyama and his team did precisely that when they launched the HDC-4300, a 4K 3-chip camera that could do 8X super-slow-motion in HD.Kiriyama’s management prowess and dreams for better resolution led Sony to develop the HDC-4800, which could do 4K at 8X super-slow-motion, and the UHC-8300, a 3-chip 8K camera. Perhaps his greatest achievement was development of the HDC-5000 and 3000 camera series that have now become the world leaders in 4K, 1080p, 1080p HDR, and 4K HDR production. Kiriyama was also lead advisor on development of the Sony Venice and Venice 2 cinema cameras.Kiriyama’s influence did not stop with cameras: he was a force behind development of Sony’s micro-LED technology and “CLED.”Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2025: Pam Oliver, Sideline Icon Who Redefined the RolePam Oliver’s combination of grit, grace, humor, and journalistic poise has defined one of the most remarkable careers in sports-television history. For nearly three decades at FOX Sports — and more than 500 NFL games — she has been the steady voice, the trusted presence, and the essential reporter who took the sideline position from accessory to necessity.As a senior correspondent and NFL reporter at FOX Sports, Oliver is celebrated as a trailblazer in the sports-media landscape. She has long been recognized as one of the premier sports reporters on network television and is the longest-tenured NFL sideline reporter. Garnering widespread respect and admiration across the industry, her straightforward and candid interviewing style consistently delivers topical and substantive reports. Her reporting expertise also extended to the NBA, college and women’s sports. Prior to FOX, she was an ESPN reporter, gaining football experience covering the NFL Playoffs and NFC Championship Games. In addition to her duties as feature reporter on NFL Prime Monday, Oliver covered each Monday Night Football matchup. Additional duties included NCAA Women’s and Men’s College Football and Basketball, the Little League World Series, and the NBA Finals.Thursday, December 18, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame: Bill Rasmussen, Entrepreneur Who Dreamed Sports Into a New WorldThe lights hum to life inside a makeshift studio in Bristol, CT, as the countdown begins. It’s 6:59 p.m. on Sept. 7, 1979, and Bill Rasmussen stands just off the set, eyes fixed on the monitor as the opening seconds of an entirely new idea flicker into reality. He can hear the nervous breathing of young staffers behind him. He can feel the clock’s vibration in his chest as the show goes live. To everyone else, it is a shaky broadcast on an obscure cable channel named ESPN. To Bill Rasmussen, it is the beginning of a revolution, the moment when the sports world pivots toward a future only he could see.The founder of ESPN, Rasmussen changed the nature of the relationship between television and sports. He founded the network in the summer of 1978 and, by the following year, had found an investor and had the network on-air. His vision also extended to programming: he created the SportsCenter brand, which is still core to the mission of ESPN. And he changed the relationship with advertisers, getting Anheuser Busch to ink its largest cable-TV advertising contract ever. Although Rasmussen’s time at ESPN was relatively short, his vision and impact will live on forever. ESPN icon Chris Berman accepted on behalf of Rasmussen at the ceremony.Thursday, December 11, 2025CSP Mobile Productions' Len Chase on Upgrading Truck Fleet to 1080p, HDR, and ST 2110CSP Mobile Productions, a Maine-based mobile production provider, has five mobile units in its fleet serving coast-to-coast broadcast clients that include ESPN, CBS Sports, HBCU GO and others, as well as offering full technical services. As the live-sports-production industry shifts to 1080p and IP-based workflows, CSP is updating its fleet to meet their evolving needs. After upgrading one of its mobile units to 1080p last year to work with the New England Patriots, CSP’s truck was lost in a fire on the highway in April of this year. Rather than take a step backward, CSP converted another unit (HD2) to full 1080p and is now upgrading HD1 to 1080p with completion expected in early next year. The entire fleet has also had older gear updated with the top-of-the-line equipment, including EVS XT-VIA2 replay servers.In addition, CSP is now building a replacement truck for the unit lost in April, with plans to launch its first SMPTE 2110 IP-based mobile unit in the summer of 2026. Alongside the new IP-2110 truck, CSP is progressing on a 1080p REMI-production facility and improving other existing assets for HDR/1080p work.SVG sat down with Len Chase, President, CSP Mobile Productions, to discuss how his team handled the loss of a truck, how other mobile unit vendors helped out, and what's ahead in 2026 – including its 30th Boston Marathon – as the company continues to upgrade its fleet.Tuesday, November 25, 2025CacheFly's Matt Levine on the Evolving Role of the CDN and Prioritizing ThroughputAs a CDN technology provider for the past two decades, CacheFly pioneered the use of TCP Anycast in 2002 and now counts more than 5,000 clients in nearly 100 countries in its portfolio. With +75 strategically-placed global POPs and a wide range of comprehensive solutions, the company's core mission has been to focus not just on low latency but also throughput – delivering as many bits as fast as possible – when it comes to delivering live video. SVG sat down with Matt Levine, CacheFly's Founder and Chairman, to focus on how the company can serve the live sports sector. This includes tailor custom solutions where CacheFly can “white-glove” ingest and delivery workflows, adapting to clients’ existing authentication or infrastructure. Customers can keep their current setup, and CacheFly just integrates in the background to improve capabilities.Monday, November 24, 2025Bolin Technology's Sapan Doshi on the Proliferation of PTZ Cameras for Sports Venues & BroadcastersAlthough Bolin Technology has been manufacturing professional PTZ cameras for more than 20 years, much of that time was spent providing these products for other brands. However, over the past five years, Bolin stopped OEM manufacturing for others and now designs and manufactures exclusively under its own brand, focusing on PTZ cameras and AV-over-IP solutions.Today, Bolin builds rugged, weather-resistant PTZ cameras with broadcast-quality optics — not just indoor cameras in a housing, but truly outdoor-capable. These outdoor PTZs support a broad range of I/O — SDI, optical fiber, NDI, RTP, SRT — giving flexibility to different IP workflows.SVG sat down with Sapan Doshi, Technology Manager, Bolin Technology, to discuss the company's latest innovations, how their PTZs are used across an array of sports (including NFL training facilities baseball, hockey, and European soccer), and Bolin’s early dual-output cameras that can send both baseband/SDI and IP streams simultaneously to serve both in-venue and remote production needs.Thursday, November 20, 2025Done+Dusted's Guy Carrington on Creating the Spectacular League of Legends WORLDS Opening CeremonyThe 2025 edition of the League of Legends World Championship was another triumph for the team at Riot Games. As with each WORLDs event, the festivities opened with a tremendous Opening Ceremony which, this year, was hosted at the Dong’an Lake Sports Park Indoor Gymnasium in Chengdu, China.Guy Carrington, Executive Creative Director for the world-renowned production house Done+Dusted spoke to SVG about what the vision was for the 2025 League of Legends World Championship Final Opening Ceremony and what made this year's production unique.Monday, November 10, 2025Paul Tagliabue: A TributePaul Tagliabue, the former commissioner of the National Football League and member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, died on November 9 at the age of 84.Relive his tremendous career through this tribute video from his Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction in 2012.Thursday, October 30, 2025FanConnect's Brett Crossley on Reimagining the Game-Day Experience, Streamlining Venue WorkflowsIPTV, digital signage, display and content technologies from FanConnect help sports organizations create great fan experiences on the TVs, tablets and video walls throughout their venue – all controlled from one unified CMS. In this SVG New Sponsor Welcome, we sit down with Brett Crossley, VP of Product, to discuss how FanConnect helps customers to “do a lot more with a lot less” by managing content across many screens, empowering non-IT teams/departments to handle their content, and reducing burdens on core IT.FanConnect’s customer roster includes major pro sports venues like Lincoln Financial Field and MetLife Stadium, as well as major college programs like the Ohio State Buckeyes, Texas Longhorns, University of Maryland Terrapins. In order to serve this customer base, FanConnect pivoted to more modern, cloud-based architecture – as opposed to legacy hardware-centric models – that allows them to release CMS updates every two weeks.As the industry evolves, FanConnect is looking to provide venues with tools to manage dynamic content across many screens, delegate to departments, and keep fan experience high – because the competition is not just other venues, but your own large-screen TV at home.Thursday, October 23, 2025ESPN's Adam Whitlock on Driving Real-World Innovation Across the Video Transmission IndustryAt the 2025 SVG TranSPORT conference in New York City, Adam Whitlock, Senior Director, Remote Traffic Operations, ESPN, and Chair of the SVG TranSPORT Committee, spoke with SVG’s Jason Dachman to reflect on the event’s impact and evolution.Whitlock discusses how the forum has helped bring new technologies—like JPEG XS—from concept to widespread industry adoption and shares what’s next for ESPN’s transmission operations as the company gears up for a monumental milestone: its first Super Bowl.Thursday, October 16, 2025BitFire's Ben Grafchik on How Growing Cloud Workflows are Impacting the Live Sports WorldAt the 2025 Remote Production forum, SVG’s Brandon Costa sat down with Ben Grafchik of title sponsor BitFire to explore how cloud-based production is reshaping live sports workflows. These new workflows are touching everything from how sports networks and production teams are increasingly embracing cloud tools to streamline remote operations, reduce onsite footprints, and deliver content faster than ever.From cost efficiencies to scalability and creative flexibility, the discussion highlights why cloud solutions are no longer just an alternative—they’re becoming the industry standard for sports broadcasting and live event production.Monday, September 22, 2025LiveLike's Samuel Westberg on Turning Digital Users Into Engaged FansAudience engagement is the name of the game in today's crowded media world, and companies like LikeLike are providing the tools, infrastructure, and data to turn passive views into active ones.In this edition of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we welcome LiveLike to the SVG family by speaking with co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Samuel Westberg about the company's latest work, its bold transformation from its early days in virtual reality, and what sports clients are finding success with their solutions today.Monday, September 22, 2025EZDRM's Olga Kornienko on Digital Rights Management and Content SecurityDigital rights management and security of live content are critical conversations for sports content distributors in today's hyper-fragmented media world. An experienced vendor like EZDRM has made itself a leader in this field for more than two decades, perfecting a DRM service where content is encoded, packaged, and delivered to each device in a network.In this edition of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we welcome aboard EZDRM to the SVG Family by speaking with the company's Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Olga Kornienko. We discuss the current state of security in the industry, the solutions and services EZDRM offers to address the industry's most pressing challenges, and more.Thursday, September 4, 2025Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame Class of 2025 Inductee AnnouncementThe Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame is proud to announce the Class of 2025, comprised of 10 individuals whose careers have impacted the sports TV industry in profound and unique ways. They will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the annual Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame induction ceremony which will be held at the New York Hilton Hotel on the evening of December 16, 2025.Friday, August 22, 2025ESPN's Kevin Cleary on Working With NEP, Local Vendors for Stateside REMI of Aer Lingus CFB ClassicIn what's become a yearly tradition since its return in 2022, the Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin will officially kick off the 2025 college football season. Pitting the No. 17 Kansas State Wildcats vs. the No. 22 Iowa State Cyclones at Aviva Stadium, ESPN will once again be at the center of the action as the main broadcaster for this Week 0 affair. But nearly 3,000 miles away from the Irish capital, a broadcast crew will produce this show remotely back at headquarters in Bristol, CT.Over on the Emerald Isle, SVG's Samantha Gabay spoke with ESPN's Remote Operations Specialist Kevin Cleary about the preparations for this game, how they're working with both NEP Group and local vendors to set up their infrastructure, the intricacies of delivering this 20-path REMI back to the U.S., and more.Thursday, August 21, 2025MyCaseBuilder's Steve Holland on Custom Cases for Everything From Cameras to Championship TrophiesIn this SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we sit down with Steve Holland, president and founder of MyCaseBuilder, to discuss how the company is transforming the way professionals protect their gear. MyCaseBuilder specializes in creating custom foam inserts and case solutions to meet virtually any requirement – whether you need a hard case, foam, a custom-designed insert, or a case with predesigned foam. Customers can either design their own custom solution using the intuitive MyCaseBuilder application or let the company's ProDesign experts craft the perfect fit for their needs. From an intuitive online design tool with a library of nearly 10,000 shapes to advanced pro design services and AI-powered custom cutouts, MyCaseBuilder offers tailored foam inserts and cases for everything from cameras and microphones to championship trophies. Holland offers a look at the company's unique ability to print directly on foam, as well as its recent high-profile projects like designing protective cases for the NBA Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.Monday, August 4, 2025LA Galaxy's Barbara Maningat on Creating Championship Content and Entertaining Fans in the StadiumThe reigning MLS Cup champions, the LA Galaxy, are setting the standard for in-house content across Major League Soccer. At the heart of it all is Galaxy Studios — a first-of-its-kind, club-run branded entertainment studio powering everything from social media and marketing to electrifying in-stadium experiences.We caught up with Barbara Maningat, Director of Content & Brand for the Galaxy, to talk about building content around the club’s 2024 championship run and how Galaxy Studios is transforming the game-day atmosphere — from immersive theme nights to the addition of a live DJ stage that takes the fan experience to the next level.Thursday, July 31, 2025RWS Global's Kim Henshaw, Matthew Byles on Coordinating the In-Venue Portion of 2024 Paris OlympicsLast summer, the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were an unforgettable event for fans. For those in person in the French capital, as well as other cities across the country of France that hosted a myriad of sports, they were entertained all day long with content and energy in each venue. RWS Global, a major player on the international in-venue scene, was the catalyst for the gameday experience throughout the competition's duration.RWS Global's EVP of Business Operations Kim Henshaw and VP of Sports Technology Matthew Byles break down the company's role in the City of Light, the technology that made the two-week tournament possible, the work that goes into preparing for the next major international sporting event, and how much their sports division has grown over the years.Tuesday, July 29, 2025Dawn of the ‘Choice Era”: A State of the Regional Sports Industry with Patrick CrakesWhile the traditional media and entertainment industry is striving to find a hold in the lives – and the economies – of the modern day consumer, sports has remained resilient. On a national scene, top-tier live sporting events are becoming the lone way to make a substantial impact in broadcast television.However, as streaming becomes more commonplace and the marketplace continues to become more fractured, what does that mean for professional sports franchises broadcasting games in their own home markets? Sports-media veteran and strategic advisor Patrick Crakes offers an update on the current state of the regional sports media distribution and business landscape, while also offering a forecast into the future of the industry.Moderated by SVG Editorial, U.S. Jason Dachman, the session was hosted at the 2025 SVG Regional Sports Production Summit in Chicago on June 24. You can watch all sessions from the 2025 SVG Regional Sports Production Summit for free now over at SVG PLAY - svgplay.sportsvideo.org.Monday, July 28, 2025Indiana Pacers' Emily Wright on the IP-based Tech Transformation at Gainbridge FieldhouseIndiana has long been a basketball mecca, and today that legacy shines at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The arena has recently hosted both NBA and WNBA All-Star Games, the Indiana Fever are packing the house, and the Pacers made a thrilling run to the 2025 NBA Finals. Behind the scenes, Pacers Sports & Entertainment has transformed the venue with a major renovation — including a shift to IP-based infrastructure.We spoke with Emily Wright, AVP, Broadcast Engineering & Operations, to break down the technical overhaul and what it means for live production.Friday, July 25, 2025PMY Group's Logan Meier on the Unique "Pop Up" Nassau County International Cricket StadiumIn the summer of 2024, the temporary Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in East Meadow, NY turned heads as it hosted eight Group Stage matches in the 2024 Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup. The building was constructed in less than half a year and than quickly disassembled.Our Kristian Hernández caught up with PMY Group's SVP, USA Logan Meier to discuss the unique challenges of the build, the technology that was installed to drive the shows in it, and its lasting impact on the sports venue industry.Thursday, July 24, 2025Imagine Communications' Steve Reynolds on Future-Proofing Venues in a More Diverse Media LandscapeMedia rights are a highly treasured commodity nowadays, and with premium content at the center of attracting viewership, sports venues are advancing to become a major source of entertainment. Increased chances for fan immersion, higher quality technologies and workflows to elevate production value, and establishing ways to connect with supporters outside of the venue, production control rooms and data centers inside of these stadiums and arenas are much more robust.At the 2025 SVG Venues & Teams Summit, Imagine Communications CEO Steve Reynolds runs through the company's footprint inside the Intuit Dome, the current work being done to support their clients in the in-venue production community, and why it's important to be heavily involved in this one-day event in Los Angeles.Wednesday, July 23, 2025Leostream CEO Karen Gondoly on How Remote Desktop Access Boosts Multi-Site, Live-Sports ProductionLeostream solutions for secure high-performance digital workspace management, including its Emmy award winning Remote Desktop Access Platform. This gives organizations the control and flexibility to manage hybrid and GPU-enabled environments efficiently, ensuring smooth operations and optimized resources. Leostream excels at handling large files for media and entertainment and enables live-production crews to build customizable remote editing environments—whether hardware-based, virtual GPU–driven, or cloud-hosted.SVG sat down with Leostream CEO Karen Gondoly to discuss partnerships with high-performance display protocol providers like HP Anywhere and AWS DCV to ensure secure, high-performance connections. She notes notes the shift in sports production away from on-site trucks toward remote, multi-site collaboration and how Leostream can support this transition seamlessly. The platform also enables cost savings (i.e. reduced travel, optimized licensing via pooled resources, and cloud compute automation) and supports hybrid deployments that mix on‑prem and cloud/virtual environments under a unified access system with centralized visibility and management. Earlier this month, the company launched a significant update to its Leostream Remote Desktop Access Platform that adds more features for security, control, performance, and scale-up, plus native support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Gondoly also says enhanced integrations with AWS (Amazon) and Azure are forthcoming.Monday, July 21, 2025Philadelphia Eagles' Stacy Kelleher on the Club's Newly Renovated Media Asset Management SystemThe Philadelphia Eagles are still flying high from their victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, but as the NFL franchise heads into the upcoming season to begin their title defense, they'll be armed with their recently renovated media asset management system. Whether it's shooting in 4K, storing the endless amount of footage being captured at both Lincoln Financial Field or their training facility at the NovaCare Complex, or retrieving clips to put together high-quality pieces of content, this new system has become an extremely important cog in the overall machine.Philadelphia Eagles' Director of Production Stacy Kelleher outlines the partners that they worked with last offseason to flip this system around, how these partnerships drive the content that's firing up football fans in South Philly, and how this aspect of productions has changed since first joining the club.Friday, July 18, 2025Warner Bros. Discovery's Anne Graham on Training New Professionals to Ensure the Business' FutureAn undeniable truth about the sports-video-production community? The torch needs to be passed down to the next generation. With many professional leagues, networks, and broadcast outlets looking to fill in critical positions behind the camera, including those working within media asset management, employers are looking for solutions on how to make this business not only more attractive to join but more empowering to stay.Warner Brothers Discovery's Manager of Media Strategy & Project Planning Anne Graham, who also led the SVG Content Management Forum as Committee Chair, breaks down how to give up-and-coming talent the chance to cultivate their skills and create staying power in the industry and why leading an event like this helps meet the end goal.Wednesday, July 16, 2025Oracle's Geoff Tognetti on Staying Ahead of the AI Curve Through Further AdoptionMedia asset management, content archival and retrieval, and the overall media supply chain is changing, but how do end-users in this portion of the industry navigate these changes and stay ahead of the cure? With the help of artificial intelligence and other workflows that rely on automation, vendors like Oracle are keeping their clients ready for what comes next.At the 2025 SVG Content Management Forum, Oracle's Senior Director of Studio in the Cloud Geoff Tognetti details how the company's work is supporting this ongoing transition to AI-driven technologies, other trends that are playing a significant part of their business plan over the next 6 to 12 months, and why it's important to participate in these types of networking and educational events.Tuesday, July 15, 2025FOX Sports' Francisco Contreras and Tom Lynch on the Growing MLB All-Star GameEach year, the MLB All-Star Game becomes a bigger, more experimental production for the team at FOX Sports. The 2025 edition at Atlanta's Truist Park is no different.Our Jason Dachman chatted with FOX Sports' Executive Director, Field Operations Francisco Contreras and Tech Manager Tom Lynch about the production tools that will impact the game presentation, fitting a lot into a small truck compound, and the general growth of the Midsummer Classic.Tuesday, July 15, 2025ESPN's Phil Orlins on Adding Live Drone AR Smart-Tracing at the 2025 MLB Home Run DerbyOnce again, ESPN will supplement its coverage of the MLB Home Run Derby with a special alternate “Statcast Edition” presentation. On top of an abundance of augmented reality graphics, ESPN is debuting live drone AR smart-tracing technology at this year's Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta.Our Jason Dachman spoke with Phil Orlins, VP, Production Technology and Innovation for ESPN to discuss all of the latest on this year's "Statcast Edition" of the Derby and why the pacing of the event makes it such a unique challenge to broadcast.Monday, July 14, 2025ESPN Producer Scott Matthews Takes You Inside the MLB Home Run DerbyThe Home Run Derby is always one of the more electrifying live sports broadcasts of the summer and this year is no different with a loaded field launching rockets into the Atlanta sky.Our Jason Dachman caught up with ESPN's lead producer of the Home Run Derby Scott Matthews to take a peek at some of the tech that enhances the broadcast, what the team has done to adjust to the event's frenetic pace, and more.Monday, July 14, 2025MLB All-Star 2025: ESPN Ops on Supporting MLB Home Run Derby, Seven Studio Shows During the WeekendMonday night's MLB Home Run Derby at Truist Park will turn from the home of the Atlanta Braves to the league' personal launch pad for eight of the league's most electrifying home run hitters. This show is the crown jewel of ESPN's presence in the host city, but alongside this broadcast dedicated to the barrage of homers, studio shows like Baseball Tonight and The Pat McAfee Show are adding to the network's plate of responsibilities.ESPN's Remote Operations Producer Carla Ackels, Remote Production Operations Manager Paul Horrell, and Remote Operations Specialists Kevin Cleary and Jon Winders walk us through the network's mobile unit layout in the compound, how this operations team is assisting the numerous studio shows, the tech toys on hand to highlight the MLB Home Run Derby, and how much ESPN's live event schedule at the Midsummer Classic has grown over the years.Monday, July 14, 2025MLB Network's Marc Caiafa and Tom Guidice on Weeklong All-Star Efforts in AtlantaFrom the HBCU Swingman Classic to the Futures Games and MLB Draft all the way through the primary festivities, MLB Network is wall-to-wall at the 2025 MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta.Our Jason Dachman caught up with MLB Network's SVP of Production Marc Caiafa and VP, Remote Operations Tom Guidice to discuss just how much this event has grown for the network over recent years and what their personal highlights of the trip are.Thursday, July 10, 2025Seattle Kraken's Ryan Schaber on the NHL Team Taking Live Game Productions In-HouseThe NHL's newest franchise, the Seattle Kraken, took on the tremendous task of bringing its live game productions in-house this season. The Kraken Hockey Network established a high bar for game production quality with the entire operation being pulled together in a single offseason.Ryan Schaber, the Seattle Kraken's VP, Broadcast, spoke with our Kristian Hernandez about how KHN's inaugural season went, how his crew enhances their coverage with technology, and much more.Tuesday, July 8, 2025Monumental Sports & Entertainment's Samantha Brady on the Power of the Monumental+ DTC AppOffering a direct-to-consumer live streaming service in-market is a relatively new business model for regional sports networks but one of the industry's newest outfits, Monumental Sports & Entertainment, is already an industry leader.Monumental+ offers not just the ability to live stream Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, and Washington Mystics games in the DMV, but also offers numerous features, including a multiview, interactive betting, and more.Samantha Brady, Monumental Sports & Entertainment's Senior Director, Product & Platform, spoke with our Brandon Costa about what makes Monumental+ unique and what the company's priorities are going DTC in market.Monday, July 7, 2025Altitude Sports' Matt Krol on the Success of the RSN's In-Arena Postgame Show for Nuggets, AvalancheThis past NBA and NHL seasons, the Denver-based regional sports network Altitude Sports produced a one-of-a-kind postgame show for Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche home games called "Late Night at Ball Arena".The show, which featured a large set and LED screen built in one of the arena's upper concourse bars, featured celebrity guests and encouraged participation from the crowd.Matt Krol, Altitude Sports & Entertainment, SVP & General Manager, spoke to our Brandon Costa about how the show came together and how it grew a unique relationship with fans attending games at Ball Arena.Tuesday, July 1, 2025NESN's Josh Jun on Keeping Alternative Broadcasts Fresh for Red Sox, Bruins FansSports fans in New England have been given new ways to experience live games of their beloved Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins. Unobstructed Views, their alternative broadcasts that present a conversation and laid-back style approach, is resonating with viewers during both the Major League Baseball and National Hockey League seasons.NESN's VP of Content Josh Jun explains how the network has adapted to this strategy, how they're keeping their content fresh through dynamic dialogue with their on-air talent, and lays out the short-term future of these broadcasts.Thursday, June 26, 2025Marquee Sports Network's Nick Steger on Meeting the Moment of the Contending Chicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are contenders again in 2025 and the team at Marquee Sports Network is rising to the occasion to meet the excitement on the North Side with top-of-the-line live broadcasts.Nick Steger, Executive Producer for Marquee Sports Network joins us to break down the technical enhancements that the network brings to capture the magic of a ballgame at Wrigley Field and explains why investing in telling the story of the Cubs Minor League system since its launch has paid off in a big way.Thursday, June 26, 2025Program Productions' Jess Kowatch on Training a New Generation of Sports TV TechniciansOne of the most significant challenges facing the live sports production industry today is refilling the roster of skilled technicians who work behind the scenes on game broadcasts across the country. Program Productions, the largest crewer in the business, has invested in training a new crop of A1s, TDs, and others to keep the industry thriving.At the 2025 SVG Regional Sports Production Summit, Jess Kowatch,
EVP, Operations and COO for Program Productions spoke with our Brandon Costa about the latest in the company's training and recruitment efforts and shares how a lot of work is being done to training the current crop of technicians on the latest and greatest production enhancements that are entering the mix.Tuesday, June 17, 2025Mercury Intermedia's Tom Richardson, Mike Ligon on Powering DTC for Teams Reclaiming Media RightsSince its founding in 1996, Mercury Intermedia focused on advancing mobile and adjacent technologies for media and entertainment. After starting out building iPhone apps, the company now offers solutions across a multitude of streaming devices and platforms. Works with major clients like Comcast/Xfinity and Red Bull Media House as well as many pro leagues, RSNs, and betting/gaming firms, Mercury offers full-stack services that includes mobile apps, streaming platforms, middleware, feature integrations. As many pro sports franchises look to reclaim their media rights intodaneed robust DTC tech partners.As the media landscape continues to change rapidly, many teams are looking to reclaim their media rights and need robust DTC tech partners in order maximize their value. In addition, Gen Z and Gen Alpha fans are demanding deeper engagement via AR, spatial computing (e.g., Apple Vision Pro), and immersive design. In this SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we chat with Mercury Intermedia's Tom Richardson and Mike Ligon about how the company can help build these DTC platforms for new entrants to the market and how they are active in these emerging next-gen formats and use cases. As clients come to them with the need future-ready platforms, Mercury’s believes its experience across decades helps deliver stable, forward-looking solutions that are ready for whatever the future might bring.Tuesday, June 17, 2025Diversified's Christine Williamson on How UT's New Production Center Changes Game for College SportsDiversified recently finished up a major project at University of Texas at Austin, delivering one most advanced ST 2110 IP broadcast infrastructures in college sports. The Texas Studios production center is a state-of-the-art facility located inside Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. It features four new production control rooms, a central server room, a camera shading workspace, three audio control rooms, an engineering operations center, a kitchenette and a studio multipurpose space. SVG caught up with Diversified Account Executive Christine Williamson at the SVG College Summit to discuss how future-ready facility reflects what's possible for major college athletics programs using today's cutting-edge media infrastructure.In addition, Williamson discussed a new immersive stadium sound project at at Iowa State, the growth of Diversified’s sports and live events division (including the recent key hire of industry veteran John Mills), three drivers of ST 2110 adoption (Maturity, Affordability, and Expectation), the introduction of Diversified’s new cloud production platform dubbed Atlas, and how ST 2110 and cloud technologies are foundational to the future of college sports production – with Diversified committed to guiding that transition.Monday, June 16, 2025Storj’s David Colantuoni on Expanding Cloud-Based Storage to Live Sports ProductionInvolved in the media and entertainment space for numerous year, Storj made the move into the live sports sector at NAB Show 2025. Since that time, the company has remained focused on applying their reliable and stress-tested solutions to this new market.On this edition of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, Storj’s VP of Product Management David Colantuoni runs through the their slate of offerings, how this year’s exhibition in the desert signaled the company’s shift into live sports production, how cloud-based storages continue to evolve with further industry adoption, and what trends will impact business over the next year.Friday, June 13, 2025Vecima Networks' Paul Strickland on How Improving QoE for Sports Fans Can Deliver Real ROIVecima Networks is known for suppling fiber networks and other video infrastructure for global cable companies that support millions of subscribers. Now, the company is shifting its focus to programmers—especially in sports—to improve video quality and user experience. Vecima believes that improving video quality and QoE (Quality of Experience) drives fan satisfaction and has measurable ROI—claiming every dollar spent potentially yields $5 in return.SVG sat down with Paul Strickland, VP/GM, CDS, Vecima Networks, to discuss its partnership with Digital Harmonic on its KeyFrame AI-enhanced video conditioning product, as well as Vecima's own OpenCDN own deep-edge caching solution for improving delivery efficiency. In addition, Strickland says Vecima's initial focus for early trials will be the sports-rich regions on the U.S. East Coast (New York to Florida), plus Texas and California via operator partnerships. Moving forward, he says Vecima will continue to learn and adapt to the programmer/broadcast space, as well as seek strategic partners, offer flexible commercial models, and aim to prove value through trials and collaboration.Wednesday, June 11, 2025Virginia Tech's Evan Ellis on the Continued Growth of HokieVisionWhen it comes to a Power Conference athletic department building an in-house live broadcast division, few have done it at the level of Virginia Tech. HokieVision produces hundreds of live events per year and has built a legacy as an elite training ground for students looking to cut their teeth in live sports production. In fact, the group won a 2025 SVG College Sports Media Award for Outstanding Live Game Production in the Collegiate Student - Power division for its production of baseball game between the Hokies and Wake Forest.At the 2025 SVG College Summit, our Brandon Costa spoke with Evan Ellis, Senior Director, ACC Network for Virginia Tech Athletics to discuss the highlights from the past academic year and how the division continues to grow its talented student staff.