SVG Rewind

SVG Rewind

Took a look back at some of the biggest productions on the sports television calendar. How were they done and how did exciting new elements in the show pan out?

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  • NBC Sports California Reflects on the Final A's Game at the Oakland Coliseum

    It was a sad day in the city of Oakland - and for baseball fans at large - on Sept. 26, when the Oakland A's played their final game at the Oakland Coliseum, a stadium and city the team have called home for more than half a century.

    The team's regional sports network partner, NBC Sports Californ...

  • How Alex Morgan's Final NWSL Game Became a Multi-Network Simulcast

    When women's soccer legend Alex Morgan announced on Thursday that she would be retiring from the game, the NWSL opted to go the extra mile to make sure her final outing on Sunday would be available to as many fans as possible. After a flurry of logistical maneuvering behind the scenes over the ne...

  • Freedom Broadcast Studios Remotely Produces Browns-Seahawks Preseason Game

    Remote production is nothing new in the sports broadcasting community, but when live games add an increasing amount of factors that can cause a greater possibility for failure, the routine can become a high-wire act. Prior to the start of this upcoming weekend's start to the NFL regular season, t...

  • The Caitlin Clark Effect: A Peek at the Indiana Fever's Digital Content Strategy

    The Caitlin Clark Effect. It's been said many times and has generated positive change throughout the professional and collegiate ranks of women's basketball, but the entity feeling its direct impact is the Indiana Fever.

    Matching the NCAA's all-time leading scorer with last year's No. 1 overall ...

  • NHL in ASL Alternate Broadcasts Bring Stanley Cup Final to the Deaf Community

    This year's Stanley Cup Final was not only a seven-game thriller but also the catalyst for a first-of-its-kind, alternate telecast serving the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, NHL in ASL.

    For every game of the Final, the NHL produced live game coverage presented with commentators communicatin...

  • FloSports Makes History with First In-car Camera in Dirt Racing

    Now in its seventh year, FloSports' FloRacing streaming platform continues to grow and is now looking to bring some of the staples of big time racing coverage to its motorsports productions. On May 26 at High Limit Racing's Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal Speedway, FloSports deployed an in-car...

  • At Kentucky Derby, NBC Sports Nails a Historic Photo Finish

    The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby was one for the ages as an upset winner, Mystic Dan, took the spoils in a photo finish that drew more viewers to the event than any year since 1989. NBC Sports was there to cover all of the action on a memorable day at Churchill Downs.

    In this episode of S...

  • TNT Sports Ends Innovative February With 9th Edition of Capital One's The Match

    For another round of Capital One's The Match at The Park West Palm, the ninth edition since debuting in 2018, TNT Sports' presentation of this unique exhibition golf event did not disappoint the viewers at home. Tapping a drone for aerial views, a hefty slate of wireless and handheld cameras for ...

  • How FOX, NASCAR Adjusted on Fly for Hastened 'Clash at the Coliseum'

    As the weather forecast continued to look bleaker by the hour last Saturday, NASCAR made the unprecedented decision to move The Clash at the Coliseum a full a day earlier – creating a scenario almost unheard of in live-sports production. With the threat of severe weather Sunday and throughout the...

  • X Games Aspen 2024 - Navigating the Elements & Upping the Action

    Forty eight medals, eighteen countries, one Aspen 2024! In its second year as an independently run company, the X Games headed back to Aspen for three days of action and a focus on delivering a more multiplatform, interactive experience to appeal to younger audiences. As always, there was plenty ...

  • At 2024 NHL Winter Classic, Aerials, Slow-Mos Shine in Seattle

    Skates were sharpened and fish were flying as the 15th edition of the NHL Winter Classic visited the Pacific Northwest to match up the league's two newest franchises - the Vegas Golden Knights and the Seattle Kraken - in an annual outdoor tradition.

    The NHL on TNT and the team from Warner Bros. ...

  • Inside the NFL 'Nickmas' Game Production with CBS Sports & Nickelodeon

    Slimetime returned to the Gridiron for Christmas Day as CBS Sports and Nickelodeon teamed up to bring the multi-Emmy Award winning alternative presentation to last week’s Raiders-Chiefs Matchup. The Nickmas game was once again filled with Christmas-themed AR graphics aimed at drawing in the next ...

  • San Francisco 49ers' Sarina Soriano on Honoring Fanbase w/ Latinos Unidos Video

    As we head towards the conclusion of Latino and Hispanic Heritage Month, one NFL club — the San Francisco 49ers — paid homage to the people that make up their local communities in the Bay Area and the many cultures of their fanbase with their "Latinos Unidos" creative video. Led by Senior Produce...

  • MLB's Doug Johnson on the Impact of Wire Cam, Ump Cam on Local DBacks Games

    After Diamond Sports Group was unable to make payments to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and DSG's contract was subsequently rejected by a bankruptcy court judge, Major League Baseball's Local Media department sprung into action and took over production and distribution of all local games starting on ...

  • HuskerVision Entertains Record-Setting Crowd for Women's VBB at Memorial Stadium

    On Aug. 30, University of Nebraska Women's Volleyball set a new world record for the most attended women's sporting event in history with 92,003 fans. The historic moment was one of two matches played during Volleyball Day in Nebraska at Memorial Stadium. Keeping fans entertained in this packed h...

  • Marquee Sports Network Uses a Live Drone for a Chicago Cubs Walk-off

    On August 16, Marquee Sports Network's coverage of the Chicago Cubs walk-off win over the crosstown rival Chicago White Sox garnered attention when a live drone captured beautiful images of Wrigley Field erupting in celebration following the hit by Christopher Morel.

    In this latest edition of SV...

  • Domingo Germán's Perfect Game Another Banner Moment for YES Network

    On June 28 in Oakland, Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees threw the 24th perfect game in Major League Baseball history. How did the Yankees regional broadcast partner, the YES Network, rise to the occasion of producing this historic game?

    In this episode of SVG Rewind, take a look back at YE...

  • Inside Texas A&M's Behind-the-Scenes Baseball Broadcast

    When it comes to producing live college baseball, one of the elite programs in the country resides in College Station, Texas. The award-winning team at Texas A&M Athletics and 12th Man Productions recently offered its fans a peek behind-the-scenes at all that goes into a live baseball show - with...

  • A Look Back at NWSL Draft 2023 with EP, Broadcast and Media Brian Gordon

    With the first overall pick, a high school phenom was selected by her hometown squad; a record 12 trades occurred; and a four-hour live REMI production covered it all. NWSL Draft 2023 saw the league partner with CBS Sports to produce four hours of live coverage from the live event in Philadelphia...

  • Inside the AR-Fueled ‘Nickmas’ NFL Broadcast with CBS Sports and Nickelodeon

    Since launching with the NFL Wild Card Game in 2021, Nickelodeon’s NFL game coverage has evolved from a madcap slime-filled experiment to a multi-Emmy Award-winning must-see annual celebration of the sport.

    Although Sunday’s Broncos-Rams Christmas Day blowout didn’t provide much in terms of gri...

  • WBD Sports’ Chris Brown on Producing Golf Under the Lights for ‘The Match’

    Warner Bros. Discovery Sports’ produced the seventh edition of The Match last weekend with a big twist – the latest TNT broadcast took place under the lights at night. In the end Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas came out on top against Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in the 12-hole competition on Dec...

  • NBC Sports’ Joel Felicio Recaps Production Elements of the 2022 Tour de France

    The 2022 Tour de France officially came to close over the weekend, and Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard took home the yellow jersey as this year’s winner. As the longtime U.S. broadcaster of the global cycling event, NBC Sports was once again at the center of the action for all 21 stages.

    In this epis...

  • EA’s Joe Lynch Dives Into the Apex Legends Global Series Championship Production

    For the first time, EA welcomed an onsite audience for the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Championship, which took place over the weekend at PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. In addition the packed house, the audience peaked at more than 632,000 concurrent viewers for the final and the live stream ave...