The SVG Podcast

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. T...

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 al...

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 wom...

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...

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”:...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 f...

Slimetime returned to the Gridiron as CBS Sports and Nickelodeon teamed up to bring the multi-Emmy Award-winning "Nickmas" alternate presentation to a Christmas Day game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Nickmas Game has become one of the marquee alternate broadcasts. This year's show featured Christmas-themed augmented reality (AR) graphics, a guest appearance by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the ...

The FIFA Women's World Cup Final comes to a dramatic conclusion on Sunday and one of the countries - England or Spain - will hoist the trophy for the first time.

On this episode of The SVG Podcast, what goes into the complete production of the global tournament? What new broadcast workflows have been instituted by FIFA and its outfit Host Broadcast Services in Sydney this summer? We’re joined on the program by Florin Mitu, the Head...

It's Super Bowl Week and preparations are humming along with FOX Sports down in Arizona.

This Sunday will mark the fifth Super Bowl at the front bench for FOX Sports Lead Director Rich Russo. Prior to the Big Game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Russo chatted with SVG’s Co-Executive Director, Editorial Services, Ken Kerschbaumer.

What’s it like calling the shots for the biggest show on television? How do...

It's Bengals-Chiefs Round Two as, for the fifth consecutive season, CBS Sports is in Kansas City to broadcast the AFC Championship Game (Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET, CBS).

The CBS Sports production and operations teams are bringing with them more than 80 cameras, including Trolley Cam, Sky Cam, a live drone, fixed wing aerials, Pylon Cams, 15 super slow-mo cameras, the Sports Emmy Award-winning “RomoVision,” and much more.

We are joined o...

Women’s sports leagues in the U.S. and beyond continue to gain traction, especially among younger demographics. 2022 saw numerous professional and collegiate women's sports set new ratings highs.

On this episode of The SVG Podcast, industry leaders discuss the growth of women’s sports programming and how technology and workflows are upping the quality of productions across the board.

Our guests are:
- Sara Gaiero, ESPN, Coordinatin...

It's been another big year at ESPN. At the 2022 SVG Summit, we got the opportunity to reflect on that year that was with ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro.

On this episode of The SVG Podcast, Pitaro sits down with SVG’s Editorial Director Ken Kerschbaumer for a discussion about the future of the sports TV industry, ESPN’s linear and digital strategy, his thoughts on the production highlights of the year, and a look ahead to 2023 and beyo...

On a special episode of The SVG Podcast, three members of the SVG Editorial Team report from the grounds of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha, Qatar.

SVG's Co-Executive Director, Editorial Services Ken Kerschbaumer, Senior Editor Kristian Hernandez, and SVG Europe's Editorial Director George Bevir review for you their conversations with major broadcasters like Host Broadcast Services, FIFA, FOX Sports, Telemundo Deportes, and many mo...

It's been a big year in the world of live esports production. In addition to a big spike in the number of events, the industry has undergone a seismic shift in the way those events are produced.

In this episode of The SVG Podcast, hear from top esports-event leaders on the latest production and technology trends, how they are embracing cloud-based and remote-production workflows, and what it all means for your operation as in-perso...

As the digital world moves towards Web 3.0, the sports media world is wrapping its head around an era where NFTs allow for the creation of one-of-a-kind collectibles and experiences, the Metaverse allows for fan avatars to explore virtual stadiums, and cryptocurrency can be used to purchase everything from content to experiences.

These are topics we have yet to truly dive into on The SVG Podcast as it's yet to make a tangible impac...

REMI. At-home. Home Run. Remote. Whatever you call it, it’s the live production workflow that’s reshaping the business. It's the act of taking camera and audio feeds from the venue and producing the event from a control room maybe hundreds of miles away in a control room in a broadcast facility.

At-home production has broadcasters and vendors rethinking their facilities, gear purchases, staffing, and everything in between. Dependin...