{"id":278605,"date":"2026-06-22T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/svg-new-sponsor-spotlight-metinteractives-rachel-mele-ken-cyr-on-building-technology-backbones-for-sports-venues-sports-video-group\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T11:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:35:23","slug":"svg-new-sponsor-spotlight-metinteractives-rachel-mele-ken-cyr-on-building-technology-backbones-for-sports-venues-sports-video-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/svg-new-sponsor-spotlight-metinteractives-rachel-mele-ken-cyr-on-building-technology-backbones-for-sports-venues-sports-video-group\/","title":{"rendered":"SVG New Sponsor Spotlight: Metinteractive\u2019s Rachel Mele, Ken Cyr on Building Technology Backbones for Sports Venues \u2013 Sports Video Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2026\/06\/22\/svg-new-sponsor-spotlight-metinteractives-rachel-mele-ken-cyr-on-building-technology-backbones-for-sports-venues\/\">SVG New Sponsor Spotlight: Metinteractive\u2019s Rachel Mele, Ken Cyr on Building Technology Backbones for Sports Venues \u2013 Sports Video Group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2026\/06\/22\/svg-new-sponsor-spotlight-metinteractives-rachel-mele-ken-cyr-on-building-technology-backbones-for-sports-venues\/\">https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2026\/06\/22\/svg-new-sponsor-spotlight-metinteractives-rachel-mele-ken-cyr-on-building-technology-backbones-for-sports-venues\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-22 11:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.sportsvideo.org\">www.sportsvideo.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As sports venues continue to evolve into more video-centric, fan-engagement-driven environments, <strong>Metinteractive<\/strong> is bringing its AV, IT, and broadcast-integration expertise to the SVG community. The woman-owned technology-solutions firm designs, builds, and supports the technology backbone for stadiums, arenas, theaters, casinos, convention centers, and other live-event venues, with a focus on complex, high-stakes projects where systems need to perform reliably from day one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of the SVG New Sponsor Spotlight, we sit down with <strong>CEO Rachel Mele<\/strong> and <strong>Director of Strategic Accounts &#038; Partnership Ken Cyr<\/strong> to discuss the company\u2019s approach to customized venue technology, its work at the University of Connecticut, Polar Park, Xcel Energy Center, and People\u2019s Bank Arena, and how Metinteractive sees the convergence of AV, IT, and broadcast shaping the future of sports production and fan engagement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To introduce yourself to more of SVG\u2019s newest sponsors, watch the\u00a0SVG New Sponsor Spotlight\u00a0series on\u00a0SVG PLAY.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2026\/06\/22\/svg-new-sponsor-spotlight-metinteractives-rachel-mele-ken-cyr-on-building-technology-backbones-for-sports-venues\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SVG New Sponsor Spotlight: Metinteractive\u2019s Rachel Mele, Ken Cyr on Building Technology Backbones for Sports&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/open-metinteractive-2-951x535.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-278605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278605"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278608,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278605\/revisions\/278608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}