Sports Video Group Launches College Sports Video Summit, June 9-10, Atlanta

NEW
YORK — The Sports Video Group (staging.sportsvideo.org)
is pleased to announce the inaugural College Sports Video Summit (CSVS), to be
held in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 9-10, 2009.

Developed
in cooperation with leading conferences, universities, and collegiate
sports-broadcasting organizations, the event will help college sports
professionals understand the technology requirements and business models
associated with building a sports-video-production infrastructure for
broadcast, Internet, and mobile distribution.

“College
sports is a multibillion-dollar industry, involving more than 100,000
productions each and every year,” says Tom Buffolano, CSVS Conference Chairman
and former VP and GM of Digital Programming and Production at CSTV/CBS College
Sports. “This summit will pull all the diverse pieces together as the experts
examine how to budget, monetize, and support your university’s sports-video
initiative. University athletic departments from Divisions I, II, and III, as
well as conference and league offices and their media partners, should be
represented at this event.”

Chris
Bevilacqua, Chairman/CEO of CAA Sports Media Ventures, will deliver the
opening-day keynote address for the event. Bevilacqua was the co-founder and
President of CSTV, as well as Director of Global Negotiations and League
Affairs at Nike, Inc. He explains, “What started for
me as an idea for a network to cover more college sports on multiple platforms
than had ever been done previously, in 10 years, has grown to the point where
every school’s athletic and academic programs have the opportunity to showcase
themselves as never before. We are all at a critical stage in the
financial welfare of college athletics, and I believe that video production can
be one of the core businesses that can positively impact revenue at these
institutions.”

An
advisory committee of experts will develop the program, identify key industry
insiders as keynoters and presenters, and build widespread community support among
college video specialists, marketing and business-development executives,
sports information directors, athletic directors, coaches, and broadcast
educators.

The CSVS
Advisory Committee includes:

Chris Bevilacqua,
CAA
Sports Media Ventures, Chairman/CEO Bryan Bray, Baylor University, Director of BaylorVision Mike Bruce,
Broadcast
Education Association, Sports Division, President
Dan Butterly,
Mountain
West Conference, Associate Commissioner of Marketing
Kelly Carney,
Conference USA,
Associate Commissioner
Mark Chambers,
Boston
College,
Director of Multimedia Services
Nate Flannery,
Horizon
League, Director of New Media and Technology
John Heisler,
University
of Notre
Dame, Senior Associate Athletics
Director
Joel Kitay,
Kitay
Productions, President
Lucas Kraut, ISP Sports Network,
Elon
University, GM
John Kvatek,
University of Central
Florida
Athletics Association, Director of
Video Services
David Lind,
Indiana
University of Pennsylvania,
Executive Producer, WIUP-TV
Burke Magnus,
ESPN,
Senior Vice President of College Sports Programming
Dan Margulis,
ESPNU,
Senior Director of Programming and Acquisitions
Drew Martin,
Texas
A&M
University, Assistant
Athletic Director for Branding and Creative Development
Jim Nachtman,
The Pennsylvania State University,
Director of Broadcasting Operations
Tim Pernetti,
CBS
College
Sports Network, Executive Vice
President
Patty Power,
CBS
College
Sports Network, Senior Vice President
of Operations
Rich Routman,
Collegiate Images,
Senior Vice President of Business Development
Rob Schupler,
CBS
College
Sports Network, Senior Vice President
of University Sales and Marketing
Phil Sharpe,
Turner
Sports, Senior Vice President of Technology
Colin Smith,
Raycom
Sports, Vice President of Distribution and New Media
Chris Wagner,
JumpTV,
Executive Vice President
Rich Wanninger,
Patriot
League, Associate Executive Director for External Relations

Among the
topics to be discussed at the Summit
are: production format pros and cons (SD, HD, 3D), understanding the landscape
of rights, video and ROI –
formulas for success, building a video department, live-streaming solutions, video
and marketing, and content syndication.

In
addition to the conference program, CSVS will feature a technology showcase of
cost-effective products and services geared to the college-sports market, as
well as live demonstrations by 30 leading technology providers from among the
sponsors of the Sports Video Group.

For more information on the College Sports Video
Summit, including registration, please visit

https://staging.sportsvideo.org/portal/eventscalendar/College_Sports_Video_Summit.shtml

For conference
program information, contact Tom Buffolano at [email protected] or 917-359-0787.

For sponsorship
opportunities, contact Rob Payne at [email protected]
or 212-481-8131.