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. A member of the SVG team since 2009, Dachman also serves as Program Director for SVG's Sports Content Management & Storage (SCMS) Forum, RSN Summit, Sports Graphics Forum, and TranSPORT event. 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.
In 2015, ESPN and Gearhouse Broadcast revamped the entire broadcast operation at the US Open, replacing an army of trucks, temporary cabins, and flypacks with a two-story broadcast center at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC). Three years later, this streamlined operation continues to bear fruit for domestic-rights holder and host broadcaster […] More
Kicking off the 2018 NFL campaign tonight in Philadelphia, NBC Sports is bringing new and enhanced production elements to its Sunday Night Football slate. From the much discussed new Green Zone graphic — which illustrates the distance between the line of scrimmage and the first-down marker — to a heavy dose of SkyCam and NFL […] More
SMT is once again one of the busiest vendors on hand at the US Open, providing a cavalcade of technology to serve the USTA, broadcasters, spectators, athletes, and media onsite at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC). In addition to providing the much discussed serve clock, SMT — now in its 25th […] More
In Tennis Channel’s 10th year at the US Open, its first service began a week early with coverage of all five broadcast courts during the US Open Qualifying Tournament (Aug. 21-24) at the Billie Jean King USTA National Tennis Center (NTC). The qualifiers added nearly 40 hours of live tennis to the network’s coverage, including daily […] More
For ESPN, it simply doesn’t get bigger than US Open tennis. Even with thousands of live events on its annual production calendar, ESPN’s annual pilgrimage to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC) stands out as the largest and most complex. More
For the first time, ESPN is covering all 16 courts at the US Open, thanks to a new automated production system deployed on the nine outer courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (NTC). Having debuted at Wimbledon in June, the Fletcher Tr-ACE motion-detecting robotic camera system has been deployed on each […] More
NBC Sports Group continued its push into the esports realm this month with the second season of Universal Open Rocket League, its joint-venture tournament with FACEIT. Last weekend’s Grand Finals at NBC Sports Group’s International Broadcast Center in Stamford, CT, was the culmination of a month-long, company-wide effort that utilized resources from both the NBC […] More
When it comes to high school football, it simply doesn’t get any bigger than Texas. And, with that in mind, Fox Sports Southwest (FSSW) is rolling out “Texas Football Days” across the state this week for the second consecutive season. The week-long gridiron celebration will culminate on Friday when Fox Sports Southwest produces 15 straight […] More
As a truly global brand, Riot Games was looking to build a content-management system that would allow its esports production and distribution teams to seamlessly share content with partners across the globe. The Riot Games technical team selected an object-based storage and orchestration solution because it provided the capability to serve its on-premises workflows and […] More
The inaugural season of the NBA 2K League comes to a close this weekend, with Heat Check Gaming and Knicks Gaming meeting in the Finals. The best-of-three series will close out the first chapter in what has been the most ambitious esports effort by a major U.S. sports league. To stream the entire 15-week regular […] More
