Creative block is the enemy of a fast-paced production. We all know that feeling of staring at a blank canvas with a deadline looming. That’s why we’ve completely reimagined our Template Library, designed to be the “jumper cables” that ignite your next great show segment.

With hundreds of professionally designed templates at your fingertips, the possibilities aren’t just doubling; they’re multiplying.

One Template, Infinite Stories

The true magic of the library lies in its versatility. A single template isn’t just one graphic; it’s a gateway to thousands of unique segments.

• Data-Driven Scale: Take one sports data-integrated lower third, it instantly becomes a custom graphic for every athlete or team across the league.
• Social-Mapping Scale: One social-mapped display becomes a custom graphic across all major social platforms and Tagboard Share-It.
• Poll Packs: A single group of poll or trivia templates can fuel an entire season’s worth of audience engagement segments.

These templates are built to be mixed and matched. You can combine various elements to build an entire show or create multiple segments that feel completely unique to your brand.

Find Your Vibe with Advanced Filtering

We’ve introduced a brand-new advanced filtering system—one that would make Melvil Dewey rethink his decimals—to help you move from searching to producing in seconds. Whether you’re looking for specific creative inspiration or a precise layout, you can now filter by:

• Vertical & Show Type: Tailor your search to your specific industry or show format.
• Data Type: Find graphics pre-mapped with advanced data connections like sports stats, and social feeds, or UGC.
• Graphic Layout: Choose the exact screen real estate that fits your safe zones.
• Full Graphic Packages: Need a cohesive look? Grab an entire pack containing everything from traditional layouts to social graphics, live stats, polls, trivia, countdowns, and QR codes.

Beyond the filters, we’ll also surface trending and recommended templates, offering up smart suggestions based on what you’ve already selected.

What’s Next?

We’re just getting started. While the library is already packed with countless options to fuel your creativity, we are committed to making it an even more robust resource for your production team.

Moving forward, we’ll be adding more templates, full graphic packages, and fresh creative ideas on a weekly cadence. Whether you need a new look for a playoff run or a specialized layout around a tentpole event, we’ll be constantly expanding the library to ensure you always have the latest looks to build a primetime show.

Ready to build? Current customers can click here to explore the Tagboard Template Library and see how you can ignite thousands of show segments in a matter of a few clicks.

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From the adrenaline of the control room to the technical precision behind every live replay, the Big Ten Network’s StudentU Productions is more than just a training ground, it’s a launchpad for the next generation of sports media professionals. In this episode of Storyteller, we sit down with Lauren Day, StudentU Los Angeles’ Production Manager, who transitioned from being a student in the program at the University of Michigan to now leading the West Coast operation. Lauren shares how StudentU provides thousands of hours of live production opportunities across 18 campuses, giving students hands-on experience in every role.

The Mission: Professional Experience for Every Student

Building “On-Ramps” for New Audiences

The Reward of Mentorship and Watching Growth

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Live production doesn’t wait. It doesn’t rewind. And it rarely goes according to plan.

In this episode of Storyteller, we sat down with Nick Zacharczuk, Producer and Content Manager at The Jim Rome Show, to unpack what it really takes to produce 20 hours of live sports content every week. From breaking news pivots to lean production workflows, Nick shared how modern sports shows succeed by staying nimble, collaborative, and ready for anything.

Real-Time Storytelling Happens in the Moment

Wearing Every Hat in the Control Room

Adapt or Die: The Modern Production Mentality

If there’s one philosophy that defines Nick’s career, and increasingly the entire media industry, it’s adaptability.

The shift from traditional radio to a live streaming simulcast represents just one example of how quickly formats evolve. Platforms change. Technology advances. Audience expectations grow. Survival depends on embracing that uncertainty.

Nick summed it up with the mantra shared across the show:

“It’s adapt or die… you have to be willing to adapt and able to adapt.”

For production teams, adaptability isn’t just about learning new tools, it’s about staying curious, experimenting with workflows, and remaining ready for whatever comes next. The future of live content isn’t fixed, and that’s exactly what makes it exciting.

Because in live production, the story never stops moving, and neither can the people telling it.

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Tagboard has long helped customers create faster, engage better, and turn interactive moments into loyal audiences with longer watch times. Now we’re adding a powerful new conversion layer to the mix: built-in personal data collection — including name, email, and phone number — across your interactive experiences.

Anytime someone engages with your poll, trivia, landing page, or UGC Share It activation, you now have the ability to capture opt-in first-party information directly within the experience. Whether your audience is in a stadium, watching a livestream, or interacting during a broadcast, you can seamlessly gather the insights that matter most to your business.

What’s the Unlock?

Until now, interactive experiences delivered engagement metrics, but not always the personal identity behind them.

With this new capability:

• Engagement becomes actionable audience data
• You can grow newsletters, SMS lists, and CRM audiences without friction
• You unlock monetization through sponsorships that value both attention and identity
• All collection is opt-in and privacy compliant by design

This isn’t just about capturing data. It’s about building direct relationships.

Give Me Some Ideas

Whether you’re a sports team, local news broadcaster, or digital-first media company, there are countless ways to create interactive experiences that benefit both your audience and your business.

• Collect emails for an exclusive VIP fan newsletter
• Build SMS lists for last-minute game-day offers
• Incentivize data capture with sweepstakes (e.g., signed jersey contest entries)
• Capture phone numbers for priority postseason ticket alerts
• Tie UGC submissions to identifiable fans for personalized campaigns

The key? Make the value exchange clear.

Case in Point

Presenting sponsor Fanatics is giving away a signed jersey from the first player to score tonight.

During pregame, you ask fans to predict the first goal scorer and enter their email in case they win. After the goal is scored, you randomize the correct entries and reward one fan.

Fans get a shot at exclusive merch.
You capture high-intent, game-engaged audience data tied to a specific moment.

Fun in the moment. Powerful in your CRM.

Getting Started

This new data collection ability is fully baked into the experiences you already build with Tagboard:

• Popup forms before, during, or after engagement
  
• Embedded forms on landing pages
  
• Share It UGC uploads with optional PII fields
  
• Analytics and CSV export inside the Tagboard UI
  

And as always, responsible data handling comes standard. All personal information is opt-in, transparent, and compliant, with tools to manage exports, reporting, and deletion requests.

Engagement is great. But knowing who engaged is transformative.

With first-party personal data collection built into your interactive experiences, you’re not just participating in the conversation, you’re owning the audience relationship behind it.

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Sports media isn’t just shifting platforms, it’s being rebuilt in real time.

Few shows represent that evolution better than Nightcap, the breakout hit from Shay Shay Media featuring Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson. What started as a digital sports talk show has quickly grown into one of the biggest sports programs on YouTube, powered by instant reaction, authentic personalities, and a fiercely loyal community that shows up night after night.

On this episode of Storyteller, we sat down with Nightcap Director Jacob Hazzard to unpack his journey calling the shots behind the scenes, and problem solving in real time.

Almost Fired On Day 2

One Show, Five Jobs: The Modern Director

Turning Viewers Into Community

The Nightcap Formula

The rise of Nightcap proves that building a successful sports show in 2026 isn’t about recreating television online.

It’s about embracing what digital does best: speed, authenticity, and participation.

Behind every viral moment is a production team solving problems live.
Behind every episode is a director juggling five roles at once.
And behind the growth is a community that feels like part of the show itself.

The future of sports media isn’t just watched.

It’s experienced together.

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The Orlando Magic have embraced a new era, defined by a modernized logo and a fast-paced identity on the court. That same energy is now fueling their digital productions. In a strategic move that mirrors their on-court innovation, the Magic have partnered with Tagboard to streamline live production workflows and amplify audience engagement by powering graphics across all digital shows.

Productions that once required week-long ramp times, all hands on deck, and at times hours of post-production edits, are now going from idea to live show in a quarter of the time. Tune in to Magic Insiders, Magic Gameday, or Orlando Magic Group Chat, and you’ll see the change: fresh, vibrant on-screen graphics and a packed lineup of broadcast-quality segments.

“After last season we were looking for a solution that would provide a more streamlined approach to all of our livestream graphics. We needed efficiency, a platform that would work across all of our livestreams, and we found Tagboard,” said Jason Dewberry, Magic Executive Producer. “The service and team at Tagboard have exceeded our expectations. Not only is it user friendly, but it has allowed us to enhance the viewers’ experience. On the production side the team at Tagboard are great resources and are always available, not only for technical issues but also for ideation. Any team looking to take their livestreams to another level should not hesitate.“

With Tagboard, the Magic can instantly incorporate automated live stats, real-time audience mentions from YouTube Live Chat, and interactive trivia, all seamlessly powered by the cloud. This eliminates the need for traditional control rooms, enabling the production team to move faster, innovate on the fly, and respond to fans in real-time.

“In basketball, we’ve all run sets of lines in practice; the  Orlando Magic are setting the pace with speed and efficiency for digital productions  across the league,” said Nathan Peterson, Tagboard CEO. “They’re showing how teams can deliver broadcast-quality shows for fans, using a fraction of the resources it used to take. It’s the content equivalent of calling iso, get your creatives the ball and get out the way.”

The collaboration between the Orlando Magic and Tagboard is just getting started. As the season progresses, fans can expect to see even more innovative content and interactive elements during live shows. The Magic are committed to pushing the envelope, using this powerful technology to find new ways to bring their global fanbase closer to the action.

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Providing 6,000 producers access to a unified operating system featuring world-class technology from Monterosa, CUE, ScoreStream, and Adventr.

Tagboard, the modern interactive graphics system for news, sports, and entertainment, today announced a major boost to its App Marketplace with the launch of the Partner Development Kit (PDK). This innovative kit streamlines the process of bringing outside sources into Tagboard’s ecosystem of 6,000 producers and 225,000 show productions, handing teams across sports, news, and entertainment instant access to cutting-edge technology all within one operating system.

The PDK gives media partners a faster, more reliable way to bring partner-powered visuals into live graphics. Producers get a single hub inside Tagboard to discover, launch, and control interactive, data-driven elements. It speeds up setup, keeps design consistent across shows, and reduces operational friction in the control room.

For technology partners, the PDK provides a standardized path to become a native Tagboard app. Partners integrate once using shared APIs, UI patterns, and templates, allowing them to focus on the data, interactivity, and innovation that differentiates their products, while Tagboard handles production workflows and live output.

A Powerhouse First Wave of Partners

Four industry leaders across gamification and live data will be integrating their games, in-venue experiences and widgets into Tagboard:

• Adventr: Turns any screen into a multiplayer game experience, allowing audiences to collectively control live, sponsored gameplay on the jumbotron through their phones – creating high-attention, branded moments across stadium and personal screens in real time.
• CUE: Powers large-scale smartphone light shows and real-time fan interaction, synchronizing mobile participation with live video boards, broadcasts, and mixed reality outputs to turn audience engagement into live, on-screen moments.
• Monterosa: An award-winning platform that enables sports and media organizations to gamify their digital products fast, increasing fan engagement, loyalty and conversion at scale.
• ScoreStream: The essential source for local sports, providing real-time scores, fan-submitted photos, and customizable widgets for non-professional athletics.

“Through this integration, we’re opening up a world of Tagboard-powered services to Monterosa Platform customers,” said Tom McDonnell, Monterosa CEO. “This means easy-to-use, TV-ready visuals at scale – featuring compelling calls to action, real-time visualization, and live fan engagement data from Monterosa Experiences. It’s a fantastic way to surface interactive content on-screen and increase audience participation and engagement levels.”

Join the Next Wave

Tagboard is inviting other industry-leading companies to join this elite ecosystem. By joining the Tagboard App Marketplace, developers can get their experiences in front of 6,000 producers worldwide in the next wave of releases. If you want to learn more about how it works, and see the technology in action, connect with our team for a live demo.

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🗣️ The Show in 25 Words or Less

Where basketball obsessives feel at home, and casual fans become fluent. Smart, sharp, and made to boost your hoops IQ.

✨ Segments That Shine

This isn’t just a show, it’s a playbook. Kevin O’Connor and team mix smart structure with fan-fueled conversations, delivering segments that stick with you and travel everywhere.

🧠 Data-Backed Breakdowns

There’s nothing lazy about the takes, or the topics, on this show. The Kevin O’Connor Show approaches breakdowns like a great Reddit thread: informed, opinionated, and grounded in receipts. Instead of reacting to the loudest headline of the day, KOC brings in data-backed analysis you won’t find on more reactive platforms, then lets it breathe. Charts, graphs, and clean visuals aren’t decoration, they’re the foundation of the conversation between KOC and his guests. Just as important, the topics feel intentional. No cherry-picked stats. No recycled talking points. Each segment gives fans real ammo they can take straight to the group chat or the watercooler and confidently sound like the smartest NBA mind in the room.

👥 Audience-Led Discussions

KOC hasn’t just built an audience, he’s built a community. And more importantly, he actually listens to it. Instead of using his platform as a one-way feed of takes, he flips it into a two-way conversation. His superpower? Turning fan replies, comments, and hot takes into fuel for smarter segments. Whether it’s live chat feedback or reactions sourced in the days leading up to a show, he brings the audience into the process, and the content is better for it. These are the modern mailbags: raw, relevant, and perfectly in sync with his audience. It’s not just engagement, it’s editorial collaboration at scale.

🔥 Hypothetical Hot Topics

To win in 2026, you need segments that feed the social algorithm without feeling like clickbait, and KOC nails the balance. The show doesn’t chase virality, it earns it. Hypotheticals, especially trade machine scenarios, are a core part of NBA fan culture, and KOC knows how to tap into them without going full chaos mode. These aren’t wild, video game trades, they’re thoughtful “what ifs” that get fans fired up and spark real conversation. The takes feel grounded, not gimmicky. And when those viral moments hit, they hit authentically, because they were built to, not manufactured.

💐 Flowers for the Design Team

Content keeps viewers around, but visuals are what stop the scroll. And KOC’s show pops, not just on the timeline, but anywhere you’re watching. The production is as polished as anything on primetime TV, with clean graphics, sharp topic banners, B-roll that actually supports the conversation, and league standings that feel built-in, not bolted on. Where some shows are fine tossing two boxes on screen and calling it a day, every inch of KOC’s layout is intentional. It’s sleek, pro, and genuinely fun to watch, plus it makes the show easier to follow, whether you’re locked in or just tuning in.

🏆 Award-Winning Moment

His exchange with Draymond Green shows the power of social-first storytelling that feeds the live show. One platform powers the other, and both win.

You can follow the KOC Show and all Yahoo Sports’ NBA content on their YouTube channel.

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Do you record your show in 16×9 or 9×16?

It’s the question that keeps modern content teams up at night. If you shoot horizontal, you alienate your mobile-first audience on TikTok and Reels. If you shoot vertical, you lose the cinematic polish expected on YouTube and broadcast.

For many, the “solution” has been brute force: hours spent in the post-production lab, cropping, resizing, and frantically clipping segments to feed the beast of social algorithms.

But what if you didn’t have to choose? What if you could produce for both formats, live, at the exact same time?

At AWS re:Invent, we aren’t just asking the question, we’re proving the answer.

Live Cloud Production in Action

Within the Industries Pavilion at the Sports Forum, attendees found a transparent, glass-walled Production Control Room (PCR), affectionately known as the “fishbowl.” Inside, a live production team of just three people ran a full week of shows, powered by a game-changing workflow from the cloud production duo of Tagboard and Grabyo.

“We are outputting two shows, in two totally different aspect ratios (16X9 & 9X16) simultaneously. It’s the same three people who are cutting, switching, and flying graphics, but we are creating two uniquely different shows,” said Christine Chalk, Chief Product Officer at Tagboard. “They have their own graphics, their own camera shots, layouts, you name it. All to show the power of how we can version things out and be flexible. So in one week we output close to 50 shows with those three people in the cloud control room.”

“The really amazing thing about this show,” said Bryan Samis, AWS Principal Solutions Architect. “All of the stuff to put this on we literally brought within one Pelican case.”

One Workflow. Two Outputs. Zero Compromise.

The production showcases a unified cloud workflow that solves the multi-format struggle through seamless integration.

1. Tagboard: One Graphics Op, Two Graphics Outputs The visual magic starts with Tagboard’s modern graphic system. Instead of needing multiple ops for different aspect ratios, a single graphics operator drives the on-screen experience. Tagboard is simultaneously flying bespoke graphics packages optimized for 16×9 and 9×16.

• What’s happening: Interactive segments, data-driven displays, and dynamic overlays that look native to the device they are viewed on, controlled by one person, in real-time.

2. Grabyo: One Director, Universal Distribution Those rich Tagboard graphics are fed directly into Grabyo’s cloud vision mixing platform as an HTML5 graphics layer. Inside Grabyo, the director mixes various camera and audio feeds, switching the show live.

• What’s happening: Grabyo takes the live show and instantly produces platform-ready horizontal and vertical outputs, each tailored for its destination with no manual reversioning. At the same time, its real-time clipping tools capture breakout moments the second they happen and push snackable, social-ready clips to every channel almost instantly. The workflow gives digital teams a faster path from live to feed, delivering more content in native formats without extra hardware, re-edits, or added crew.

If you want to start powering your own productions in 16×9 and 9×16, get connected with our team.

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Views are great. Watch time is better. But connection? That’s the secret sauce to building a loyal, stick-around-for-the-whole-show kind of audience. And in the world of YouTube streaming, that connection often lives in the live chat.

But here’s the thing: when the chat’s moving a mile a minute, even great comments can get buried. That’s why fans who really want to be seen throw down a few bucks for a Super Chat, those bright, paid messages designed to rise above the noise.

Now with Tagboard, those Super Chat comments don’t just get a quick shoutout. You can bring them front and center, on screen, in your show, in real time.

*Add the Tagboard Chrome Extension to start featuring YouTube live chat and super chat content*

Whether you’re live from your bedroom or a broadcast control room, you can now elevate your superfans without missing a beat. Tagboard’s click to feature workflow means you can highlight Super Chats with the same ease as a verbal nod, but with way more impact.

Let’s be real: fans who pay to interact deserve more than a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment. When their comment gets featured in your stream, it’s a reward loop that fuels deeper connection, and yes, more revenue. More visibility = more incentive = more Super Chats.

It’s a win for your fans. It’s a win for your watch time. It’s a win for your bottom line.

So don’t leave your biggest fans on the bench. Bring them into the spotlight where they belong.

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