It's been a banner year for the WNBA. Ratings are up big, the postseason has been thrilling, and the league is loaded with a fun mix of veteran and rising stars. This was also the 25th anniversary of the league and its primary broadcast rightsholder, ESPN, has enjoyed numerous opportunities to tell cool stories during live broadcasts about the history of the league. On this episode of the show, we're going behind the scenes to take a look at the production of this year's WNBA Finals and reflect back on the exciting season it was with ESPN senior managing producer Sara Gaiero. We discuss some of the highlights of the season, the changing face of production models at ESPN, and look ahead at the future of the league on ESPN's air. This episode of The SVG Podcast is supported by Mediapro. Mediapro, the global leader in content, sports production and sports rights management provides its clients the creativity and technical solutions necessary to design, produce, and distribute any audiovisual or multi-channel project. Mediapro uses innovation to push boundaries and production technology to a whole new level, with its new automatic sports production system, AutomaticTV ONE; and its new two-point aerial camera, 2Sky, Mediapro makes your LIVE simple. Learn more at mediaprous.tv. The SVG Podcast is for the sports-video–production professional looking to keep up with the latest in sports-video–production operations and technology. The program features interviews with some of the biggest, most influential names in the sports-video business talking trends and topics that are making an impact on the industry.

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