SVG Remote Production Forum by Sports Video Group

DIAMOND SPONSORS SEPT. 25-26, 2024

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Breaking boundaries in live sports production and distribution

LTN offers ultra-reliable, highly efficient, automation-driven technologies and advanced content versioning. These capabilities enabled the Tier 1 global media company to distribute customized live sports content at an unprecedented scale, bringing a better experience to sports fans everywhere, activating:

When the world’s largest Spanish-language media company launched its global streaming service, they turned to LTN to break new boundaries in live sports production and distribution, to enable streaming at scale that would reach a global audience of 600M. Familiar with the distribution limitations of traditional linear broadcast, they put their trust in LTN to develop a digital-first live sports offering that would maximize reach and deepen the engagement of a diverse streaming audience with tailored, culturally relevant content.

600M global audience

40M monthly active users

7K hours of live events per year

“Media innovators know that building out a robust streaming offering is critical to success in a fiercely contested sports landscape. LTN offers the perfect solutions for rights owners with high-value live sports content that want to make the most out of their investment and achieve highly reliable, efficient content versioning at a truly global scale,” said Mike Burk, LTN General Manager, Managed Solutions.

Pioneering a new era of live sports streaming

Together with LTN, the world’s largest Spanish-language media company has become a pioneer in this new era of live sports streaming, achieving their goals to:

Reach and engage diverse audiences

Efficiently customize content at scale

Deliver culturally relevant content experiences

Maximize viewership and monetization

Achieve greater flexibility with reduced CapEx

Read the full case study and discover why Tier 1 media companies trust LTN to drive their future-ready digital strategies and profitable outcomes.

AGENDA

Day 1 | Wednesday, September 25

4:00 – 6:00 p.m. TOUR OF NASCAR STUDIOS AND OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION

Day 2 | Thursday, September 26

9:15 a.m. REGISTRATION OPENS

9:55 – 10:00 a.m. WELCOMING REMARKS PRESENTED BY

PRESENTED BY: Colin Moran, LTN, VP of Production Products

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. INSIDE NASCAR’S NEW PRODUCTION VISION KEYNOTE

After the previous day’s tour of the new NASCAR Studios facility, we will have a chance to learn more about the vision behind the facility as well as the content creation goals. NASCAR’s new facility is a perfect example of how current and next-generation technologies can come together and create new ways of working. Leaders from the NASCAR team as well as integration and technology partners discuss how the facility became a reality and what it means not only to the future of production but also to NASCAR and its rightsholders.

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

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Brian Herbst, NASCAR, Executive Vice President, Chief Media & Revenue Officer Mike Zylak, NASCAR, Senior Director of Engineering

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. CASE STUDY: Covering Their Tracks: NASCAR & LiveU Talk Fan Engagement & REMI Workflows

Remote Production continues to be an important part of NASCAR’s live production workflow. Join us for a discussion between LiveU’s Stephen Herbster and NASCAR’s Mike Zylak and Matt Strickert around the evolution of their REMI workflow, their new $53M, 58,000-sq.-ft. production facility in Concord, NC, and new technologies that NASCAR is leveraging to push the envelope from production efficiency, storytelling, and fan engagement perspectives. Find out how LiveU technology addresses NASCAR’s production needs and overall business goals as they look to grow even more in 2025.

INTERVIEWER: Stephen Herbster, LiveU, Sales Director, Sports SPEAKERS:

Matt Stickert, NASCAR, Senior Producer, Internal Productions Mike Zylak, NASCAR, Senior Director of Engineering

10:45 – 11:15 a.m. REMOTE PRODUCTION TECH UPDATE: Taking Audio, Video to New Heights

Remote production workflows allow for cameras, lenses, microphones, and replay devices to be controlled via long distances. What are the challenges in making sure the operators can operate that gear from long distances without compromise? How are the new workflows impacting product design and functionality?

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

SPEAKERS:

Mark Davis, TAG Video Systems, Director of Sales, Americas

Jim Jensen, Panasonic, Senior Category Owner PTZ & Remote System

Josh Stoner, Canon, Senior Specialist, Pro Rep Team, Broadcast and Cinema Lenses

Adil Syed, Lawo, Business Development Manager, Media Infrastructures

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. NETWORKING

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. REMOTE PRODUCTION AND CONNECTIVITY

A remote production workflow is only as good as the interconnects that allow a production team spread across thousands of miles to work as one. We’ll go inside some of the technologies, protocols, and workflows to learn how to ensure that your remote production goes off without a hitch.

MODERATOR: Brandon Costa, SVG, Director of Digital

PANELISTS:

Tom Buffolano, Tata Communications / The Switch, Head of Business Development, College Sports

Devin Klein, Fox Sports, Senior Manager, Broadcast Operations

Colin Moran, LTN, VP of Production Products

Graham Taylor, Broadcast Management Group, Executive Producer of Sports Sasha Zivanovic, Nextologies, CEO and Co-Founder

12:30 – 12:45 p.m. CASE STUDY: Redefining Sports Production With 5G

Discover how 5G-powered ultra-low latency video streaming is revolutionizing the capture and production of live sports broadcasts.

PRESENTER: Martin Lindsay, Sony Electronics, Business Manager

12:45 – 2:00 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCH SPONSORED BY

2:00 – 2:45 p.m. HOW NORTH CAROLINA BECAME A HUB OF REMOTE PRODUCTION

Fox Sports, ESPN, NASCAR, and Van Wagner have all helped make North Carolina a leader in remote production operations. Leaders from across the state take to the stage to discuss their facilities, their production goals and challenges, and more.

MODERATOR: Kristian Hernández, SVG, Senior Editor

PANELISTS:

Aaron Baker, SMT, Manager, OPTICS & Operations Support

Bob Becker, Van Wagner, President of Productions

Keith D’Alessandro, NASCAR, Senior Coordinating Producer

Lacey Gandee, ESPN, Supervisor of Production Operations

Kyle Prunty, FOX Sports, Senior Manager, On-Air Integration

2:45– 3:15 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK IN EXHIBITS AREA

3:15 – 4:00 p.m. THE CLOUD AND THE FUTURE OF REMOTE PRODUCTION

The ability to have hardware compute exist in the cloud as opposed to being at the venue or even in a remote production hub promises to increase the popularity of remote workflows. Cloud service providers discuss how cloud-based production services will open up new ways to produce sports content.

MODERATOR: Trevor Covey, Deloitte Consulting, Specialist Master – Sr. Tech Architect

PANELISTS:

Chris Brown, WBD, VP, Technology and Operations

Devin Klein, Fox Sports, Senior Manager, Broadcast Operations

Joshua Liemer, NEP VISTA Worldlink, President

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

Adam Marshall, Grass Valley, Chief Product Officer

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

BRIAN HERBST, NASCAR, Executive Vice President, Chief Media & Revenue Officer

Herbst leads the sport’s sales vertical and global media business. He also oversees the award-winning NASCAR Productions group, radio broadcaster Motor Racing Network, and the Racing Electronics attrack scanner business. Herbst led efforts to build a state-of-the-art NASCAR Productions facility in Concord, NC, featuring seven control rooms, three studios, and more than 125 employees. The new facility, which opened in 2024, allows NASCAR to produce more live events — which have nearly tripled in recent years — and create more original, non-live programming.

MIKE ZYLAK, NASCAR, Senior Director of Engineering

Zylak is the senior director of engineering for NASCAR Productions. As an Emmy award winning engineer, Zylak continues to be a leader in developing the At Home Production model for network level broadcasts, as well as NASCAR’s regional live streaming events. His career in broadcast engineering started in 2004 with Game Creek Video and he has continued to be a technology innovator for the past 20 years. Zylak started with NASCAR in 2010 with his primary responsibility being remote and in-house technical production.

SPEAKER BIOS

AARON BAKER, SMT, Manager, OPTICS & Operations Support

Baker is the NHL OPTICS Support Manager at SMT, where he has held multiple roles in the Remote Operations department since January 2016. Baker remotely manages the operational setup of SMT’s OPTICS deliverables for NHL broadcasts and across 32 arenas, delivering fan enhancement graphics such as puck and player trails, shot speed, shot charts, faceoff IDs, and key replays. He oversees daily operations, including running software updates and ensuring deliverables are current.

BOB BECKER, Van Wagner, President of Productions

Becker is one of the most respected and influential producers in the sport presentation industry. Becker has overseen game presentation and video operation for some of the highest profile leagues, teams, venues, events, brands, and corporations in the world. He is credited with producing the nation’s most creative and entertaining stadium and arena shows, and has developed high-end digital control rooms that serve as the gold-standard for the global video/message board industry.

TOM BUFFOLANO, Tata Communications / The Switch, Head of Business Development, College Sports

Buffolano’s experience spans business development and partnerships, sales and marketing, rights acquisition, programming and production, distribution, and monetization. Buffolano holds decades of experience growing businesses and driving new partnerships at leading media companies, including MTV Networks, CBS College Sports, LTN Global Communications, BitFire Network/Studios, and LiveU.

TREVOR COVEY, Deloitte Consulting, Specialist Master – Sr. Tech Architect

Covey is a senior technology architect with Deloitte, focusing on media and entertainment. He has over 17 years of experience with a wide array of platforms and technologies, and for the past five years he has been focused exclusively on cloud technologies. Covey is passionate about delivering practical solutions to business needs that blend the art of the possible in the cloud with the realities of existing environments.

KEITH D’ALESSANDRO, NASCAR, Senior Coordinating Producer

D’Alessandro is the senior coordinating producer for NASCAR, Live Events and International Production. An Emmy award-winning live events producer, he also serves as lead producer for NASCAR Productions and NBC’s coverage of the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championships. With 30 years of experience in television production, including 25 years in remote production, D’Alessandro has supported some of the biggest events for ESPN, ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, and other streaming platforms.

MARK DAVIS, TAG Video Systems, Director of Sales, Americas

Davis serves as TAG Video Systems’ director of sales – Americas. His thorough understanding of the technical aspects behind IP video streaming, broadcast infrastructures, cloud, media, and digital advertising combined with extraordinary problem-solving skills have powered his ability to deliver fresh and practical solutions supporting operational excellence and expanded business opportunities.

LACEY GANDEE, ESPN, Supervisor of Production Operations

Gandee is a supervisor of production operations for ESPN, currently overseeing remotely integrated live events produced in Charlotte for all ESPN’s linear networks and digital platforms and studio productions for The SEC Network. She began her career with ESPN in 2009 as a Quantel video editor and transitioned to studio work in 2014 with the launch of the SEC Network. In 2020, Gandee assumed her current supervisory role, taking on technical support for all productions.

STEPHEN HERBSTER, LiveU, Sales Director, Sports

Herbster has 30 years of experience in production, post-production, and creative services within professional and collegiate sports industries. As the sales director for sports in the Southeast region, Herbster supports strategic accounts, drives business development, and consults with clients/potential clients on workflow and infrastructure implementations, as well as changes to improve productivity without limiting creativity.

JIM JENSEN, Panasonic, Senior Category Owner PTZ & Remote System

Jensen is the senior product manager for PTZ and remote systems at Panasonic. He has been with the company for more than 34 years and is well versed in the PTZ and Pro Video business. Jensen enjoys discussions about technology and the tools available to capture images and workflow efficiencies to deliver content to the varied platforms.

DEVIN KLEIN, Fox Sports, Senior Manager, Broadcast Operations

Klein is a Charlotte, NC native who has been immersed in professional broadcast for over 20 years in all facets of production, engineering, field operations, and media management. He was with Fox Sports at the forefront of integrating the first iterations of remote production technology with their ‘Home-Run Productions’ and ‘Production Anywhere’ models in the mid-2010’s with sports such as MLS, College Basketball, College Football, and NASCAR.

JOSHUA LIEMER, NEP VISTA Worldlink, President

Liemer serves as the president and central figure of NEP’s Connected Solutions Strategy and Facilities. With a modern approach and flair, Liemer leads the advancement of NEP’s Connected Strategy, delivering cutting-edge transmission, production, and technology solutions. His entrepreneurial mindset, coupled with creative insight, has driven the development of numerous innovative connected workflows, ensuring NEP remains at the forefront of the industry.

MARTIN LINDSAY, Sony Electronics, Business Manager

Lindsay is the business manager for the Professional Imaging Group at Sony Electronics, overseeing broadcast cameras, production systems, and workflow solutions. With over 23 years of broadcast experience, he manages Sony’s wireless video streaming products and technologies, ENG camcorders, and integrated production workflows. Recognized as a subject matter expert, Lindsay has been a featured speaker at numerous national and international industry events.

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.

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ADAM MARSHALL, Grass Valley, Chief Product Officer

Marshall’s trajectory within Grass Valley has been defined by a series of impactful roles, showcasing his expertise and leadership. In his current capacity as chief product officer, he remains at the helm of overall marketing responsibility for Grass Valley. Marshall’s visionary approach and deep understanding of market dynamics position him to steer the company’s product development strategies towards greater success and market penetration.

COLIN MORAN, LTN, VP of Production Products

Moran is vice president of production products at LTN, where he blends technology expertise with live video broadcast innovations. His journey began at Niles Media Group, progressing from an audio engineer and remote engineer to VP of business operations, where he honed his skills in managing complex audio operations for live and recorded broadcasts. Now at LTN, Moran spearheads product strategy and development, creating cutting-edge solutions specifically designed for the live video market.

KYLE PRUNTY, FOX Sports, Senior Manager, On-Air Integration

Prunty is a young broadcast professional who has called Charlotte, NC home for all of his life. Jumping from collegiate productions to network productions straight out of college, Prunty has spent the last 10 years developing solutions and supporting studio and remote productions at FOX Sports. He helped lead remote production solutions for NASCAR on FOX during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as equipment set up for multiple World Cup events on FOX.

MATT STICKERT, NASCAR, Senior Producer, Internal Productions

Stickert is a senior producer for internal productions at NASCAR Productions. He oversees the OTT and streaming productions for NASCAR’s Regional and Weekly Series, which air on FloRacing, along with managing internal productions for NASCAR. Stickert oversees the production and transmission of broadcasts from race tracks across the county and ‘at-home’ Weekly Series productions from Concord, NC.

JOSH STONER, Canon, Senior Specialist, Pro Rep Team, Broadcast and Cinema Lenses

Stoner is focused on broadcast and cinema lenses. For a majority of his career at Canon, Stoner has served as a repair engineer and field support for customers on the front line of productions, and often the sidelines of major sporting events. He has served as the face of Canon for most broadcast customers and done his utmost to ensure no customer ever misses a shot.

ADIL SYED, Lawo, Business Development Manager, Media Infrastructures

Syed is the business development manager for media infrastructures in North America. Beginning his broadcast sales career in the early 2000s, Syed most recently served as the director of sales U.S. at TAG Video Systems, where he achieved notable milestones in promoting integrated monitoring, probing, and multiviewing solutions.

GRAHAM TAYLOR, Broadcast Management Group, Executive Producer of Sports

Taylor brings more than two decades of experience in sports broadcasting. Since 2000, he has been a pivotal figure in broadcasting NHL games for both national and regional networks, including TNT’s playoff coverage since 2022. Taylor’s expertise extends to the global stage, having served as an associate producer at the last three Olympic Games for OBS.

SASHA ZIVANOVIC, Nextologies, CEO and Co-Founder

Zivanovic grew up in logistics. In 2009, he and the Ethnic Channels Group (ECG) partners decided to start a new company, Nextologies, to offer the digital video delivery system Zivanovic had built for ECG to broadcasters all over the world. Today, Zivanovic is the CEO and co-founder of Nextologies, a multinational company that develops its own hardware and software to create a lens-to-screen suite of video delivery solutions.

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