Live Production Models and the Shifting Regional Rights Landscape
SVG Regional Sports Production Summit 2026
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41m
As rights fragment across an expanding universe of streamers, OTA broadcasters, and team-owned platforms, the regional sports production ecosystem faces a fundamental restructuring — one that threatens the collaborative frameworks, shared infrastructure, and institutional knowledge that allowed RSNs to operate efficiently at scale for decades. This panel tackles the hard questions around centralized production models, cross-market resource sharing, and what a more fragmented rights landscape means for producers, rightsholders, leagues, and vendors navigating this new reality.
Panelists:
Nick Garvin, Mobile TV Group, CEO
Steve Grigely, NEP US Connected Solutions, SVP & GM
Steve Stubelt, Diversified, SVP, Media Specialty
Garrett Sullivan, Game Creek Video, SVP, Production & Finance
Joe Washington, NBC Sports, Senior Director, MLB Tech Ops
Moderator:
Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Co-Executive Director, Editorial Services
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