As Chief Editor, Dachman oversees all aspects of SVG's North American editorial operations – including all news on Sportsvideo.org, the daily SVG Insider newsletter, and SVG’s annual print publications – and is one of the primary contributors to SVG's daily coverage of the sports-video-production industry. A member of the SVG team since 2009, Dachman also serves as Program Director for SVG's Esports Production Forum, RSN Summit, Sports Content Management Forum, Sports Graphics Forum, and TranSPORT conference. Prior to joining SVG, he covered local sports for The Patriot Ledger in Quincy, MA, and served on the production staff of SiriusXM Satellite Radio's The Ron & Fez Show. Dachman began his career in the Sports Information department at Northeastern University in Boston, where he earned a BA in Media Communications and Cinema Studies. A native of Denver, CO, Jason currently resides in Queens, NY, with his wife Alyson.
Over the past year, the M&E industry has begun to more fully embrace NVMe (non-volatile memory express) storage, as the price of the technology has dropped and content creators look to accelerate their data-transfer speeds. For several years, the next-gen technology has been a major point of emphasis for Qumulo, which now finds itself in […] More
NEP’s growing portfolio of companies is on full display here at the US Open. In addition to supporting the USTA and rightsholders with content distribution and communications, three NEP mobile units are onsite, Mediatec has deployed a state-of-the art LED wrap display on the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium, Bexel has provided extensive fiber support, […] More
Tennis Channel will close out its 11th year at the US Open this weekend, and the network is churning out more content than ever, with more than 160 hours of linear content and a cache of digital content coming out of Flushing, NY, over the past two weeks. Tennis Channel once again has a dedicated […] More
The NFL makes it an even century tonight, kicking off its 100th season from Soldier Field. And NBC Sports Group kicks off its 14th season of Sunday Night Football with the Packers-Bears matchup on the NFL Kickoff Game tonight, rolling a massive show that features the debut of Canon’s new CJ15ex4.3B 4K broadcast lens on […] More
As ESPN enters the homestretch at the US Open — its largest production of the year — the broadcaster’s monumental production efforts look to be paying off. After 10 days of Open coverage, ESPN’s 1.0 average overnight rating is up 25% from 0.8 a year ago. Through Tuesday, all key demos, including a 23% rise among […] More
Since launching in 2007, Big Ten Network has continued to enhance its coverage of the conference’s gridiron action, adding new production elements to its game coverage, expanding its on-campus studio presence on Saturdays, and creating award-winning documentaries as part of it BTN Originals series. That evolution continues tonight, as Big Ten Network kicks off its 2019 […] More
The New York Yankees have officially partnered up with Sinclair Broadcast Group and Amazon to purchase YES Network from The Walt Disney Company, acquiring the 80% of the regional sports network not already held by Yankee Global Enterprises at a total enterprise value of $3.47 billion. Additional equity investments were provided by RedBird Capital, funds […] More
Step aside, Univision Deportes. It’s now time for TUDN to step into the spotlight. With the recent merger between Univision and Televisa, the two-headed giant within the Spanish-language market is moving forward with a new rebrand and reinvigorated mission. At the SVG Soccer Summit Americas, Alexis Salinas, senior director, technical creative services, TUDN caught up with Jason Dachman to […] More
NEP has continued to be a strong player in the mobile production game with a deep fleet of trucks. Recently, the hybrid M15 truck was rolled out just in time for baseball season and in the coming months, the all-IP SS8 will be out on the road as well. With these two trucks, NEP is […] More
Sports leagues, broadcasters, and content producers of all sizes are challenged with The Big Archive Question: Where do I store my stuff? We explore cloud providers who offer multiple archive tiers, various retrieval models, and aggressive pricing models, comparing them with on-premises tape and disc solutions that scale. Although data tape continues to be a […] More
