NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Sports Video Group (SVG) announced today the members of its Advisory Board, which is comprised of technology leaders in sports production for television, broadband and mobile devices.
The Sports Video Group was formed in 2005 to support the professional community that relies on video, audio, and broadband technologies to produce and distribute sports content. Leagues, owners, teams, players, broadcasters, web casters, and consumer technology providers have joined the SVG to learn from each other, turn vision into reality and implement new innovations, while sharing experiences that will lead to advancements in the sports production/distribution process and the overall consumer sports experience.
"SVG has aggregated an inspired group of sports media executives and created a forum for open discussion that will help promote and circulate the innovations that will shape sports media in the years ahead," said Adam Shaw, senior vice president, distribution sales and marketing, NFL Network.
"The Sports Video Group serves a valuable purpose by providing the sports industry with a central organization to discuss new technologies," said Chuck Pagano, chief technology officer of ESPN. "By working together the members of the advisory board will be able to more easily ensure that fans have a great experience: whether at home, on the road, or in the stands."
The complete list of the Sports Video Group Advisory Board members is listed below:
-- Ken Aagaard, CBS Sports SVP Operations and Production Services
-- Kevin Annison, VP Business Dev. & Ops, SpeedTV
-- Peter Brickman, NFL Senior Director of Operations and Technology
-- Tom Catlin, Boston Red Sox director of TV and video production
-- David Catzel, Industry Consultant
-- Preston Davis, ABC President, Broadcast Operations and
Engineering
-- Jim DeFillipis, Fox Technology Group, SVP, Television Engineering
-- Ed Delaney, YES Network VP, Operations
-- Chris Farrow, NCAA Productions coordinating producer
-- Jerry Gepner, Vitec Group CTO
-- Steve Hellmuth, NBA SVP, Operations and Technology
-- Ardell Hill, Media General, SVP Broadcast Operations
-- Robert D. Jordan, New York Jets VP, Design & Construction
-- Michael Meehan, NBC Sports, VP
-- Chuck Pagano, ESPN CTO
-- Del Parks, Sinclair Broadcast Group, VP of Engineering and
Operations
-- Patty Power, CSTV SVP of Operations
-- Paul Puccio, Fox Television Stations, SVP, Engineering
-- Scott Rinehart, NASCAR Images, director of operations and
licensing
-- Bob Ross, CBS, SVP, East Coast Operations
-- Chuck Scoggins, PGA Tour Productions, VP Operations
-- Adam Shaw, NFL Network, SVP, Distribution
-- Jerry Steinberg, Fox Sports SVP, Operations
-- Ernie Watts, Turner Studios Senior Director, Technical Ops,
Live Events
-- Dave Zur, Altitude Sports & Entertainment VP, Operations
"The Sports Video Group is committed to technical excellence in the sports industry," said Ken Kerschbaumer, editorial director for the Sports Video Group. "Over the coming years our Advisory Board members will help guide the direction of the organization, consult on various group initiatives and advance the creation, production and distribution of sports content."
Any sports video professional interested in membership information or participating in the Sports Video Group should link to: http://www.sportsvideo.org/artman/publish/membership.shtml
About Sports Video Group
Sports Video Group's advisory board is comprised of executives from leading television and cable networks, including NBA, ESPN, PGA Tour Productions, CBS and ABC Sports, professional sports leagues and stadium operations. The complete list of board members can be found at: http://www.sportsvideo.org/artman/publish/advisory_board.shtml
Sports Video Group is a division of Entertainment Technology Partners (ETP), a new venture formed by two leading figures in the entertainment media industry -- Paul G. Gallo and Martin A. Porter -- former executives at United Entertainment Media and producers of 25 magazines, Web sites and trade shows serving the business information needs of audio, video, broadcast, musical instrument and systems professionals.
The Sports Video Group logo is available at: http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=2217