The annual gathering of the US sports content production industry, closing out the broadcast year in New York.
The SVG Summit is the flagship US conference of Sports Video Group, the year-end gathering for the American sports content creation and production industry. It runs over two days in New York each December; the 20th edition took place on 15 and 16 December 2025 at the New York Hilton Midtown, and the 2026 edition is expected in mid-December, with exact dates to be confirmed. It is the larger American counterpart of the SVG Europe Summit and the reference point that closes the North American sports broadcasting year.
Sports Video Group was founded in the United States as the community organisation for sports content professionals, later extending to Europe through SVG Europe. The SVG Summit is its original flagship, and by its 20th edition in 2025 it had become the established year-end meeting for the American sports production industry. Like its European sibling it is a conference and networking event rather than a trade show, built around the production community.
The Summit gathers the technical and production leadership of the major US broadcasters and leagues, including ESPN, NBC Sports, Fox Sports and the league-side production operations of the NBA, NFL and MLB, alongside service providers and manufacturers. The audience is the American equivalent of the European broadcast decision-makers the vertical tracks, at a scale of roughly 2,000 professionals.
The agenda spans live production, streaming, AI, infrastructure and the trends shaping US sports content. As the year-end event it doubles as a review of the season and a preview of the priorities ahead, with the major American sports properties and their technology partners setting much of the agenda.
The SVG Summit is a two-day conference in New York, typically at a midtown hotel venue, combining general sessions, breakouts and extensive networking. Its scale is larger than the European Summit, reflecting the size of the US sports media market.
The Summit falls in mid-December, closing the sports content year in North America. It mirrors the SVG Europe Summit in September and gives the vertical a transatlantic pair of reference points. The 2026 dates are not yet confirmed; the event has consistently run in mid-December in New York.
For the vertical, the SVG Summit is the larger US mirror of the SVG Europe Summit. It is the place to map North American technical and production decision-makers and to read the trends that frequently cross the Atlantic to Europe, making it a key reference even for a Europe-anchored mapping exercise.
| Audience | ~2,000 professionals |
| Format | 2-day conference |
| Latest edition | 20th (December 2025) |
| Organiser | Sports Video Group (SVG) |
| Timing | mid-December (2026 TBC) |
| Host city | New York |
In mid-December 2026 in New York; exact dates are to be confirmed. The 20th edition ran on 15-16 December 2025 at the New York Hilton Midtown.
Technical and production leaders at US broadcasters and leagues, service providers and manufacturers.
It is the larger US counterpart; the European Summit runs in September, the US Summit in December.
Around 2,000 sports content professionals.
Sports Video Group, the US community organisation for sports content professionals.
Not yet. The Summit has consistently run in mid-December in New York.