The SVG Podcast: The Return of MLB – An SVG Edit Team Roundtable, Plus An Interview With Formula 1’s Dean Locke

A deep dive into the return of live sports from both sides of the Atlantic

Major League Baseball returns on Thursday and the NBA and NHL are just around the corner. The next two weeks may among the biggest weeks in the history of live sports television production.

On today’s episode of The SVG Podcast, the SVG editorial team breaks down what to expect as Major League Baseball returns to action this weekend, plus we bring you a conversation on the return of Formula 1 with F1’s Director of Broadcast and Media Dean Locke.

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Check out all of SVG’s ‘MLB Returns’ coverage:

• RSNs Take Over World Feed for All MLB Broadcasts, Customize for In-Market Fans
• ESPN Preps Normal Sunday Night Baseball Graphics Package for ‘Enhanced World Feed’
• Wearing Two Production Hats, MLB Network Deploys Full At-Home Model, Provides RSN Infrastructure
• Baseball Has Its Crowds on an iPad With Artificial Fan Noise
• As RSNs Handle World Feeds, Sinclair’s Fox Sports RSNs Shoulder Production Load
• NBC Sports Regional Networks Seeks Balance Between World Feed and Serving In-Market Fans
• NESN To Produce ‘Red Sox-ized’ In-Market Broadcasts in Addition to World Feed
• AT&T SportsNet RSNs Use Mix of Studio, Mobile Facilities for World Feed, In-Market Productions
• MASN Tested Early With Back-to-Back-to-Back World Feeds for National Broadcasts
• Fox Sports Augments MLB on Fox Telecasts With Virtual Fans
• …and stay tuned for more next week!