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147 - Women's Sports is Here to Stay: Now What? Mar 06, 2025

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Women's sports are on the rise. They have collectively captured the attention of marketers, programming executives, social media, and fans. So, where do women's sports go from here?

How can women's sports continue increasing its value as a media property, its ability to pay athletes more money, and its attractiveness to brands and marketing companies? How does the industry raise the levels of production, give women's sports better time slots, and help it grow?

This special panel discussion features

Meg Aronowitz, ESPN, SVP, Production
Bess Barnes, CBS Sports, VP, Programming
Christine Franklin, Octagon, Executive Vice President, Marketing
Patricia Lowry, GameTime Productions, President
Amy Rosenfeld, NBC Sports, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Production
Dana Rubin, USL, VP of Media

This conversation is moderated by Amy DeLouise, #GALSNGEAR, Founder, and DeLouise Enterprises, Chief Creative Officer.

The SVG Podcast is for the sports-video–production professional looking to keep up with the latest in sports-video–production operations and technology. The program features interviews with some of the biggest, most influential names in the sports-video business talking trends and topics that impact the industry.

146 - Content Leadership in Pro Sports With The Gargano Leadership Group Mar 28, 2024

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Working on the content side for a professional sports team can be a thrill. It can also be a grind. That's where strong leadership becomes crucial to the health and productivity of an operation.

In this special episode, Content Leadership in Pro Sports with The Gargano Leadership Group, produced in partnership with The Gargano Leadership Group, go in-depth on the philosophies and strategies of some of the industry's top leaders. The conversation centers on the importance of continuous learning as a leader, connecting with the people you lead, empowering your team, and the overall development of people and culture within the content department of a professional sports organization.

This webinar features:

Jessica Ciccone, New York Jets, VP of Content Strategy – Marketing
Vittorio DeBartolo, Oakland A's, Senior Director of Marketing
Rael Enteen, Washington Commanders, VP of Content
Moderator: Chris Gargano, The Gargano Leadership Group, Founder

Learn more about The Gargano Leadership Group at www.garganoleadership.com.

145 - NASCAR Clash at The Coliseum 2024: A Look Back Feb 15, 2024

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With the Daytona 500 set to explode onto screens this weekend, NASCAR - and its broadcast partner FOX Sports - are still buzzing from a wildly unique weekend earlier this month.

As the weather forecast in Southern California continued to look bleaker by the hour leading into NASCAR's Clash at The Coliseum, the auto racing giant made the unprecedented decision to move the preseason race a full day earlier. That created a scenario almost unheard of in live sports production.

On this episode of The SVG Podcast, you'll learn how FOX Sports and NASCAR worked together to bring viewers one of the sport's most unusual events a full day before it was scheduled to run.

We are joined by

Benjamin Baker, Managing Director, Domestic Broadcasting, NASCAR
Steve Craddock, SVP, Production, NASCAR Production, FOX Sports
George Grill, Field Technical Producer, Fox Sports

This interview is conducted by SVG's Editorial Director, U.S. Jason Dachman.

144 - The Rise in Women's Sports Production: An Industry Roundtable Feb 07, 2024

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The ratings for women's sports continue to climb to record levels and that, in turn, drives the need for better and deeper productions.

In celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day, this episode of The SVG Podcast showcases leaders in women's sports production. Their discussion centers around how their productions are evolving, why their programming is connecting with viewers, and how the data is now backing up that women's sports on television is good business.

The panel includes:

Patricia Lowry, GameTime Productions, President
Sara Gaiero, ESPN, VP, Production
Emily Sisson, Octagon, SVP, Business Development
Curtis Symonds, HBCU GO, President and Co-Founder

This conversation was hosted at the SVG Summit in New York City on Dec. 12 and was moderated by Melissa Forman, Co-Founder of Impakt Partners.

143 - Alternate Broadcasts: The Ins and Outs Feb 02, 2024

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When it comes to hot trends in sports production these days, the rise of alternate broadcasts is one of the preeminent ways to engage viewers uniquely.

From betting-focused shows to alternate announcers, and even fully reanimated recreations of the action on the field, we dive into this topic to discuss goals, target audiences, and reasons for doing them with :

Danielle Cranin, NBC Sports, Senior Director, Content Integration & Partnerships
Drew Gallagher, ESPN, Coordinating Producer
Jon Klein, HANG Media, Co-Founder and CEO
Michael "Spike" Szykowny, ESPN Creative Studio, Edit + Animation + Graphics Innovation + Production & Playout

This conversation was hosted at the SVG Summit in New York City on Dec. 12 and was moderated by Brandon Costa, Director of Digital at Sports Video Group.

142 - Eli Velazquez, EVP, Sports, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises Jan 18, 2024

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It's well-known that the Hispanic population is growing across the U.S., and, in media and entertainment, the younger, multi-language shift is a trend that is changing the face of sports.

On this episode of The SVG Podcast, we are joined by Eli Velazquez, EVP, Sports for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises to discuss how his company is uniquely positioned to serve the rising numbers of what he identified as "two-hundred-percenters": bilingual speakers born in the U.S. but with deep ties to their family's native country.

During a 20-year career at Telemundo, Velazquez has played a key part in production decisions concerning some of the world's biggest sports events: the World Cup, Olympics, Super Bowls, and more. In this episode of the show, he shares his belief in the growing Hispanic sports-viewing market in the U.S., his production philosophy, production plans for 2024, reflections on the World Cup, and much more.

This conversation was hosted at the SVG Summit in New York City on Dec. 12 and was moderated by SVG's Executive Director, Editorial Ken Kerschbaumer.

141 - The State of the Remote Production Business: An Industry Roundtable Jan 18, 2024

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Change is constant in the world of remote production. Never has that fact been more evident as the industry steams into 2024.

There are more ways than ever to produce an event, thanks to cloud services, fiber connectivity, and IP, but there is still plenty of demand for trucks to be onsite. What is the current state of the business of the remote-production industry? In this episode of The SVG Podcast, top executives from the remote-production community tackle the key topics facing the business.

The discussion includes:

- Mary Ellen Carlyle, Dome Productions, SVP/GM - Robert Carzoli, Program Productions, Chairman - Nick Garvin, Mobile TV Group, COO - Pat Sullivan, Game Creek Video, President - Mike Werteen, NEP Broadcast Services, Global President

This conversation was hosted at the SVG Summit in New York City on Dec. 12 and was moderated by SVG's Executive Director, Editorial Ken Kerschbaumer.

140 - The State of Live Sports Production: An Industry Roundtable Jan 11, 2024

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2023 was loaded with high-end live sports productions from the major networks. What major technology innovations are changing this game?

In this episode of The SVG Podcast, leaders from FOX Sports, ESPN, CBS Sports, WBD Sports, and MLB Network reflect on some of their favorite moments from the past year. Additionally, they offer their takes on the latest trends that are driving their productions, the challenges in continuing to do more as shows get larger, and what new technologies are really making a difference.

The discussion includes: - Chris Brown, WBD Sports, VP, Tech Operations - Jason Cohen, CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network, VP, Remote Technical Operations - Susan Stone, MLB Network, SVP, Operations and Engineering - Tina Thornton, ESPN, EVP, Creative Studio and Marketing

This conversation was hosted at the SVG Summit in New York City on Dec. 12 and was moderated by Mike Davies, Fox Sports, EVP, Technical and Field Operations; SVG Chairman.

139 - Major Esports Championships: An Industry Roundtable Jan 11, 2024

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From The International to League of Legends Worlds to CS:GO Major Championships and beyond, esports boasts some of the largest annual live-event productions of any kind.

On today's episode of The SVG Podcast, we take a look at how the biggest of the tentpole esports events throughout the year are produced. What live-production workflows are being used today for elite esports events and what strategies are being implemented to serve both the tens of thousands of fans onsite and the millions more watching across the globe.

The discussion includes: - Sebastian Honciuc, PGL ESPORTS, Broadcast Producer - Paul Kent, Esports Engine, Senior Director, UK Operations - Joseph Lynch, EA, Group Director, Esports Content and Programming

This conversation comes from the stage of the 2023 SVG Esports Production Summit, which was hosted in Los Angeles on November 16, 2023.

138 - 2024 NHL Winter Classic with WBD Sports' Lee Estroff Jan 05, 2024

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The New Year always opens with one of our favorite productions of the year: the NHL Winter Classic. This year, the event visited the Pacific Northwest and T-Mobile Park in Seattle as the league's two newest franchises – the Vegas Golden Knights and the Seattle Kraken - met up outdoors.

This is now the third year that the NHL on TNT and the team from Warner Bros. Discovery Sports have handled the production and, as usual, it was a feast for the eyes.

On this episode of The SVG Podcast, we reflect on the broadcast with Lee Estroff, Director of Technical Operations at WBD Sports to get his take on what made this baseball stadium a beautiful place to broadcast a hockey game from, what advice he would give to someone working on a live sports production in a unique locale, and much more.

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