Welcoming Remarks presented by:
Brandon Costa, SVG, Program Director, SVG College Summit
Stefan Tribble, Ross Video, Solution Specialist – Sports & Live Events
Eric Frey, Virginia Tech, Assistant Athletics Director, ACC Network Operations; 2023 SVG College Summit Chairperson

Open the 2023 SVG College Summit with our annual “State of Industry” session where key athletic department video production leaders from schools of all sizes reflect on the year that was and offer a peek at what they are working on in the year to come. Technology investments. Storytelling. Staff ...

Veteran live sports director Mark Grant reached the pinnacle of his accomplished career this year when he worked at the front bench of the 2023 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and the National Championship Game for CBS Sports. In doing so, he also became the first person-of-color to direct a maj...

Centralized control rooms, trailers, and even fly packs are the established norm across collegiate athletic departments. As the greater broadcast industry evolves to utilize more remote (or REMI) production and cloud-based workflows, in what ways does that make us rethink the facilities that we c...

Across all levels of sports broadcasting, live drones are delivering truly unique visuals and providing truly eye-catching images to integrate into live game coverage. What technologies are needed to make the shot and, most importantly, what steps do you need to take to ensure you use drones safe...

While live production of games for broadcast has become the bread and butter of many athletic department media teams, more big screens are popping up on more venues across campus. As boards get bigger, the resolution gets sharper, and more is expected of the game presentation experience, what is ...

In a testament to how far this industry has come, live production teams on campus are being entrusted more frequently by their linear broadcast partners to produce live games for their air. How do you prepare differently – if at all – for a linear game? What technologies and services have come up...

The Sun Belt Conference, who features 14 institutions across 10 states, had a mission to provide live coverage of their championship events for 18 different sponsored sports. The conference commissioners discuss why centralizing their productions not only helped them accomplish this, but brought ...

The Clear-Com Connected Sports Campus is fundamental to the television production or gameday presentation process by leveraging a network of intercom devices and software to communicate over a common IP campus infrastructure. This creates a streamlined and centralized workflow of shared resources...

With workflows becoming increasingly complex, more companies are migrating to software-defined IP systems. Texas A&M University has successfully adapted to the accelerating rate of change in the industry by transitioning from SDI to IP in their sports production environment.
Presenters:
Robert Er...

The back-to-back National Champion Georgia Bulldogs and MV SportsCom implemented a new state-of-the-art communications system prior to the Bulldogs winning two consecutive championships. The communication system is deployed for coach to coach, coach to booth, as well as throughout their home stad...

The SVG College Pioneer Award celebrates those who have innovated in the fields of video production and technology at the university level and have advanced the industry at large. Selected by a panel of past honorees, current and former SVG College Summit chairmen, SVG staff, and senior members o...

It's a unique, yet exciting time to work in collegiate athletics. With developments in Name, Image, and Likeness still taking shape, the constant shuffling of conference re-alignment, and continued updates to technology, programs around the nation are adjusting to this new chapter of production.
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Live drones have become a popular talking point in live sports production circles. Recently, Georgia Southern began integrating live drone shots into its broadcasts of baseball and softball games streaming on ESPN+.

At the 2023 SVG College Summit, Byron Abt, Assistant Athletics Director for GATA...

Conference re-alignment continues to take shape in collegiate athletics, and the University of Houston is one of the newest schools to leave their former conference for a new one. After competing in the American Athletic Conference since 2013-14, the institution is shifting to the Big 12 at the s...

Another college athletics season in the Ivy League is in the books and at the University of Pennsylvania, it was an extra busy one. In addition to its regularly-scheduled programming of live athletics events, the school also produced championship broadcasts for both track and field and baseball.
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Over the past year, there have been a ton of developments at the University of South Carolina: the last phase of refurbishments at Williams-Brice Stadium is now complete; the new direct-to-consumer platform, Gamecocks+, is entering its second academic year in existence; and the two-time, National...

Students make up a sizeable chunk of the staff at collegiate programs across the country,. Whether it’s for in-venue productions, broadcasts shown on linear or digital networks, or capturing and creating content for their respective school’s social media platforms, this time and effort can transl...

Video production groups within collegiate athletic departments have become accustomed to producing, at times, hundreds of live sporting events per academic year for streaming platforms. More increasingly, however, conference broadcast partners are turning to these in-house teams to shoulder the l...