The Signiant Platform Tackles Growing Files

The Signiant Platform supports the accelerated movement of growing files over any IP network. Transferring growing files is a mission-critical capability in many workflows and is widely used in live sports productions.

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Sports content delivery is a race against time — don’t be left behind

Discover how sports leagues, teams, and broadcasters use the Signiant Platform to move mission-critical content before, during, and after the race.

Agenda

9:30 – 10:15 a.m.

REGISTRATION

10:10 – 10:15 a.m.

WELCOMING REMARKS

10:15 – 11:00 a.m.

SPONSORED BY

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.

PRESENTED BY

GOOGLE CLOUD: Cloud Service Provider Perspective

PRESENTER: Tyrone Millard, Google Cloud, Key Account Executive, Sport

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

VIRTUALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE: Agility, Scale and Cost Optimization

PRESENTED BY

ADVENTURES IN LIVE CLOUD-BASED SPORTS PRODUCTION

Live cloud-based sports production has begun and we’ll kick things off with some realworld experiences in the use of the cloud for live sports production. We’ll learn about what went well, what didn’t, and everything in between.

MODERATOR: Jason Dachman, SVG, Chief Editor

PANELISTS:

Dan Lannon, ESPN, Manager, REMI Operations

Corey Smith, CBS Sports and Paramount+, Senior Director, Digital, Software Engineering

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

AWS: Cloud Service Provider Perspective

PANELISTS:

Grant Nodine, NHL, SVP, Technology

Julie Souza, AWS, Head of Sports, Global Professional Services

11:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Case

STUDY:

How Rochester University

PRESENTED BY

As the sports-production world enters a new era, the days of “lift & shift” projects are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Hear how sports-content creators are increasingly relying on cloud-native architectures to provide the agile, scalable, cost-effective workflows that can not only serve their changing business demands, but also allow them to engage with fans on a deeper level.

MODERATOR: Kristian Hernández, SVG, Senior Editor

PANELISTS:

Jason Dvorkin, AWS, Principal Industry Specialist BD, Media, Entertainment and Sports Industry

Robert Erickson, TAG Video Systems, VP, Live Production and Sports

Deon LeCointe, Sony, Director, Networked Solutions

Greg Macchia, Riedel Communications, VP, Business Development, Live Production

John McDonough, Fortinet, Senior Cloud Architect / DevOps Engineer

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.

NETWORKING BREAK

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

PRESENTED BY

Took Production Values to the Pro-Level With Chyron LIVE

Rochester Sports Network (RSN) is a live production team within Rochester University’s athletics department, managed and crewed entirely by student volunteers. RSN’s sports streams grew into a valuable asset for the university in engaging the alumni, student body, and wider Rochester community with the school’s athletics programs. With expectations growing ever higher, the team turned to Chyron LIVE to take their streams to the next level.

PRESENTER: Dan MacDonald, Chyron, Director of Product Marketing

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

LIVE CLOUD-BASED PRODUCTION TOOLS: The SaaS Revolution

The recent NAB Show in Las Vegas featured a number of new developments around cloud-based production. Manufacturers and software providers take to the stage to offer up details concerning new services and products that can make a difference in your production.

MODERATOR: Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Co-Executive Director, Editorial PANELISTS:

Erling Hedkvist, arkona, Sales and Business Development

Mike Kelley, Grabyo, President, Americas and APAC

Janel Moorefield, LiveU, VP of Sales, Sports

Bryan Nelson, Alpha, Broadcast Accounts Manager and Cloud Evangelist

12:30 – 12:45 p.m.

CASE STUDY : Cloud at the Speed of Live

PRESENTED BY

“Going cloud” brings immense benefits but the significant IT time and experience to do it properly means many content creators fall at the first hurdle — but that’s all about to change! Discover how producing live content in the cloud has been revolutionized in this demonstration of Viz Vectar Plus, hosted by industry experts from Vizrt and BT Sports!

12:45 – 1:30 p.m.

SPONSORED BY

SPONSORED BY

PRESENTED BY

MICROSOFT: Cloud Service Provider Perspective

PRESENTER: Scott Bounds, Microsoft, Media Cloud Architect

3:30 – 3:45 p.m.

PRESENTED BY

CASE STUDY: How Fox Sports Brings Cloud Production to the World Stage with Tagboard

Fox Sports produced 60 hours of live content for the 2022 World Cup with a production team that was separated by 8,000 miles. With the ever-growing content demands, Tagboard helped support the production with an efficient, cloud production workflow that dialed up audience participation and delivered the most globally connected World Cup coverage of all time. Discover the keys to a successful cloud tech stack and hear some of the wildest production moments from the World Cup.

PRESENTERS:

Jonathan Berger, Fox Sports, Executive Director of Cross-Platform Production

Nathan Peterson, Tagboard, CEO

3:45 – 4:30 p.m.

How Production Service Providers Are Leveraging The Cloud

More and more remote production service providers are leveraging the cloud to improve their service offerings and better meet client needs. Join us to learn more about how the cloud is reshaping their business and the way their clients work.

MODERATOR: Brandon Costa, SVG, Director of Digital

PANELISTS:

Phillip Blucas, Mobile TV Group, Director of Cloud Control

Casper Choffat, NEP, SVP of Global Product

James Piccirillo, Game Creek Video, Director, Network Systems

Dave Weiler, Broadcast Management Group, SVP, Sports Packaging and Consulting

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Networking Reception

Speakers

Phillip Blucas, Mobile TV Group, Director of Cloud Control

Blucas manages operations for dozens of cloud control rooms around the nation and mobile units that serve MTVG’s clients. He was previously the engineer in charge on several mobile units for the company including its first 4K HDR unit that was Emmy nominated for the first HDR broadcast.

Scott Bounds, Microsoft, Media Cloud Architect

Bounds is a media cloud architect, guiding customers on their business transformation to the cloud. Bounds focuses on content creation and production workflows, asset management, and using Microsoft AI and Cognitive Services for media.

Jason Dvorkin, AWS, Media & Entertainment Industry Specialist, BD Leader

Dvorkin helps customers and partners accelerate their adoption of AWS services to support their content workloads. He works with executives and technology owners to address their technical and non-technical transformation challenges, providing domain expertise for cloud adoption and achievement of key business objectives in broadcast, content production, media supply chain and archive, direct to consumer, and data science and analytics.

Robert Erickson, TAG Video Systems, VP, Live Production and Sports

Erickson has more than 24 years of experience in the broadcast and IT markets with previous roles covering systems engineering, IT network design, and RF transmission systems. Recently, his focus has been on designing and implementing adaptable, software-centric workflow tools that can scale from on-premises solutions to worldwide, cloud-based infrastructures.

Erling Hedkvist, arkona, Sales and Business Development

Hedkvist has been in the broadcast industry since 2000 and started his career in product management before making the move over to sales, business development, and corporate management. Hedkvist specialized early on in providing networking solutions for the broadcast and media & entertainment industry.

Mike Kelley, Grabyo, President, Americas and APAC

Kelley is a sports & entertainment executive with 25 years of experience working at the intersection of content, distribution, and technology. Currently, Kelley is president of the Americas & APAC for Grabyo — managing a team that works with various sports & entertainment properties, broadcasters, and publishers in North & South America.

Dan Lannon,

ESPN, Manager, REMI Operations

Lannon is a manager in production operations at ESPN and leads REMI Operations. REMI Operations is a team responsible for the technical and operational planning and execution of all live events that are produced utilizing a remote integration production model.

Deon LeCointe,

Sony, Director, Networked Solutions

LeCointe is the director for networked solutions at the Imaging and Professional Solutions of America division at Sony Electronics. LeCointe works with television networks and broadcasters to design and build equipment that delivers live content to millions of homes around the world.

Greg Macchia, Riedel Communications, VP, Business Development, Live Production

Macchia has 25+ years of experience in the live broadcast production industry. Before joining Simplylive in 2017 to manage the region, he was the SVP, Americas for EVS Broadcast Equipment where he spent over 18 years building the Americas sales and technical operations.

Dan

MacDonald, Chyron, Director of Product Marketing

Playing a vital role in the expansion of Chyron’s all-inclusive production platforms and cloud-native technology, MacDonald spends his day-to-day helping clients understand how to leverage emerging technologies to simplify their production workflows and deliver stunning sports streams.

John McDonough,

Fortinet, Senior Cloud Architect / DevOps Engineer

For the past three years, McDonough has been a senior cloud architect / cloud DevOps engineer at Fortinet, delivering innovative cloud deployment and automation solutions to global customers. Prior to Fortinet, he was a developer advocate for six years for Cisco Systems’ DevNet.

Tyrone Millard, Google Cloud, Key Account Executive,

Sport

Millard oversees the largest sports customers for Google. For the past 15 years, Millard has been actively engaged in the media and entertainment and sports industries driving technology innovation. He is a member of Google’s Sports Steering Committee and the M&E Industry Council.

Janel Moorefield,

LiveU, VP of Sales, Sports

Moorefield is responsible for driving the strategy for LiveU’s Sports Group. She has been integral in bringing LiveU Sports solutions to professional teams, sports associations, and production companies, allowing them to create more unique live content and increase fan engagement.

Bryan Nelson, Alpha, Broadcast Accounts Manager and Cloud Evangelist

Nelson has been with Alpha, a systems integrator, for more than 30 years helping broadcasters and production facilities keep pace with the latest technologies. His areas of expertise include live production, remote contribution, and editorial workflow.

Grant Nodine, NHL, SVP, Technology

Twenty-plus years ago, Nodine arrived at the NHL where he has been involved in building a technology infrastructure that supports NHL.com and all 30 of the team’s websites, numerous systems to produce and deliver streaming media, and many other large technology implementations.

Nathan Peterson, Tagboard, CEO

Peterson is the CEO of Tagboard, a cloud production studio designed to enable producers with the world’s most efficient cloud workflow for real-time data graphics, viewer engagement, and analytics. He joined Tagboard in 2017 as the head of marketing, before taking the company over in 2021.

James Piccirillo, Game Creek Video, Director, Network Systems

Piccirillo oversees GCV Anywhere, information technology, and web development. Since its launch during COVID in 2020, GCV Anywhere has facilitated thousands of remote broadcasts across Game Creek’s 15 control rooms and 25+ enabled mobile units.

Corey Smith, CBS Sports and Paramount+, Senior Director, Digital, Software Engineering

Smith leads the technical team building the next evolution of advanced production technology, strengthening CBS Sports’ leading cloud-based hybrid television production platform. Smith has been transforming digital television and broadcast systems since 2011.

Julie Souza, AWS, Head of Sports, Global Professional Services

Souza drives innovation in sports data (tracking, AI/ML/CV), virtualized production, direct-to-consumer interactivity and monetization, fan data and analytics, and smart venue solutions. Prior to joining AWS, Souza led strategy and business development for Second Spectrum.

Dave Weiler, Broadcast Management Group, SVP, Sports Packaging and Consulting

Weiler is responsible for all aspects of BMG’s consulting practice, building client relationships, and overseeing the company’s global consulting projects. Prior to joining BMG, Weiler was the founder of Media Edge Consultants.