As more media organizations look to virtualize infrastructure and enhance remote-production workflows, the role of the cloud has never been more integral to creating compelling sports content. This workshop provides an overview of the primary technological and operational considerations when shifting to the cloud, as well as an inside look at the innovative cloud-based workflows being used by sports-media organizations today.




SVG Summit 2024: Cloud Production Workshop

The cloud is revolutionizing the way editing, postproduction, and storage are managed in the media industry, offering unprecedented speed, collaboration, and scalability. Postproduction and media-storage experts delve into how cloud-based solutions are enabling teams to work more creatively and efficiently, regardless of location. Also learn about the latest developments in cloud storage, including cost-effective strategies for managing large volumes of hi-res media and optimizing content retrieval.

Panelists:
Mark Anderson, Seagate Technology, Manager, Channel Systems and Solutions Sales Team
Laquie TN Campbell, Backblaze, Product Marketing Manager, Media and Entertainment
Colin Grimes, VideoShip, President
Dave Klee, A+E Networks, VP, Media Engineering and Broadcast Operations

Moderator:
Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.​


Beyond the Live Broadcast: Editing, Postproduction, and Storage in the Cloud

Welcoming Remarks Presented by:
David Ngo, Backblaze, Chief Product Officer



Cloud Production Workshop: Welcoming Remarks by Lead Sponsor, Backblaze

The Philadelphia Eagles media production team found itself playing hurry-up defense trying to accelerate content creation while using slow access, failure prone tape. The team called upon systems integrator CHESA to help design a secure cloud-based workflow incl. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, Mimir’s asset management system, and a Quantum QXS shared file system. The winning results: instant access, faster delivery, and geographic redundancy. During this session, they’ll break down results and actionable insights from the team’s new gameplan.

Presenters:
Stacy Kelleher, Philadelphia Eagles, Director of Production
Ryan Lakey, CHESA, Principal Lead, Solution and Consulting
David Ngo, Backblaze, Chief Product Officer



Protecting QBs and PBs: Moving From Tape to Cloud for Real-Time Production Access and Resiliency

The shift towards cloud-based production is reshaping how media is created, managed, and distributed, offering unprecedented efficiency, flexibility, and scalability. Could environments are often easy to get into, but it’s also very easy to mismanage yourself into ballooning costs that that will give even the most grounded CFO night terrors. So how are sports-media orgs incorporating long-term cost-efficiency into their cloud development and deployments?

Panelists:
Jim Akimchuk, BitFire, President & CEO
Simone D’Antone, AWS, Global Strategy Leader, Broadcast
Dan Murphy, NEP Group, VP, Product Management
Adil Syed, Lawo, Business Development Manager, Media Infrastructures
Alan Young, Zixi, VP of Product Strategy

Moderator:
George Bevir, SVG Europe, Editorial Director



The Roadmap to a Cloud-Based Production Ecosystem: Creating Cost Efficiency, Flexibility, and Scalability

The integration of cloud technology into remote production has enabled broadcasters to manage complex live events with greater agility and efficiency. Learn how cloud solutions are enhancing REMI production, from enabling seamless real-time collaboration across distributed teams to optimizing resource allocation and reducing on-site infrastructure needs. Learn how production teams are integrating existing workflows with cloud-based solutions and how cloud-based tools and platforms can enhance efficiency.

Panelists:
Ghislain Collette, Haivision, VP, Product Management
Jeremy Dujardin, Tata Comms Media, CTO, Global Media & Entertainment Services
Janel Moorefield, LiveU, VP of Sales, Sports
James Piccirillo, Game Creek Video, Director, Network Systems
Will Waters, Audinate, Principal Product Manager

Moderator:
Claudia Souza, Advanced Systems Group (ASG), Chief Cloud Officer




The Cloud and REMI Production: A Match Made in Heaven

Secure transport of premium content over diverse networks is a challenge which requires no-compromise solutions for stream integrity, whilst offering maximum visibility and flexibility. Discover how innovative failover, content protection and seamless switching technologies are changing the way the world’s top broadcasters operate, whilst retaining end-to-end ownership of ground, cloud and hybrid workflows.

Presenter:
David Mitchinson, Techex, Solutions Director


Premium Content Over Any Infrastructure: Secure Transport and Seamless Switching in the Compressed Domain

For Paris 2024, NBC Sports deployed its first cloud based production systems to allow a fully HDR workflow using Live Cloud Ingest at Scale, AI Captioning, and a Hybrid MAM environment. Using revolutionary connectivity and technology with its partners in AWS and Telestream, NBC launched its first cloud deployment with the high stakes of the Olympic Games. NBC Olympics leaders share the journey of transforming traditional methods and building trust, through to setting the right goals, testing, and cost modeling. Don’t miss this candid conversation detailing the industry-firsts achieved by NBC Olympics, what needs to be hardened, and what’s next — both for NBC and the industry as a whole.

Panelists:
Jim Miles, NBC Sports & Olympics, Senior Director, Live Event Workflows
Alex Murel, AWS Media & Entertainment, Senior Solutions Architect
Dave Norman, Telestream, VP, Sales Engineering - Solutions

Moderator:
Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.​


How NBC Olympics Pulled Off Live Cloud Ingest at Scale for the Paris 2024 Games

Take a journey inside ESPN’s growing cloud-production ecosystem and see where they have implemented these groundbreaking workflows so far. From ‘All-in-One Productions’ on Little League World Series and college soccer to cloud-based Super-SloMo replay on college football, NHL, WNBA, ESPN ops and engineering leaders discuss the challenges in building out these workflows, their approach to automated deployment, and the state of the industry overall.

Speakers:
Marissa Bonertz, ESPN, Technical Operations Manager, REMI
Michael Kidd, Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology, Director, Media Systems Engineering
Daniel Lannon, ESPN, Senior Director, Production Operations
Ben Neiger, ESPN, Technical Operations Manager, REMI

Moderator:
Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.​



SVG Summit 2024: Cloud Production Workshop

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