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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 announce booth, Santa Claus running routes as a receiver, a giant Yetti tossing snowballs all over the stadium, a candy cane telestrator, and – of course – Slime Canons erupting all over the end zone.

On this episode of The SVG Podcast, our Chief Editor Jason Dachman is joined by Coordinating Producer Shawn Robbins and Nickelodeon's VP, Animation/Motion Graphics Kurt Hartman to reflect on this latest chapter in this series. They share how it’s evolved and improved over the year and even give a bit of a preview of what’s to come when they do this all again for Super Bowl 58 next month.

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.