116 - The State of Live Sports Transmission: An Industry Roundtable

There's a tremendous amount of change and innovation currently occurring within the circulatory system of live sports media: transmission. On this episode of The SVG Podcast, its a "State of the Industry" roundtable discussion on the most pressing issues facing the transmission and contribution segment of the industry today. We're joined by: Brad Cheney, VP, Field Operations and Engineering at FOX Sports; Ken Fuller, VP, Distribution and Technology at ViacomCBS; Julie Morrison, Manager, Content Transmission at WarnerMedia Production Technology; Paul Spinelli, Director, Distribution & Network Systems at Sinclair Broadcast Group; and Adam Whitlock, Director, Remote Traffic Operations at ESPN. The pandemic has dramatically altered the landscape for backhauling and delivering live sports events over the past year and a half. These execs will address how their strategies and operations have evolved as a result and how they see the industry changing in the coming years. This roundtable is moderated by SVG's Chief Editor, Jason Dachman and is a segment of larger conversation that was hosted as part of our annual SVG TranSPORT event. For the complete panel discussion and for free access to all of the sessions from the event - including break downs of 5G, IP and REMI, transmission over the public Internet, satellite, and much more, visit sportsvideo.org. The SVG Podcast is for the sports-video–production professional looking to keep up with the latest in sports-video–production operations and technology. The program features interviews with some of the biggest, most influential names in the sports-video business talking trends and topics that are making an impact on the industry.