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.
NFL Media makes its annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis this week for the NFL Scouting Combine, delivering more than 50 hours of coverage of the top prospects expected to be selected at the NFL Draft in April. This year, ESPN and ABC have joined in on the fun, producing daily editions of NFL Live from Lucas […] More
Telestream (Booth SL3308) has laid out plans for one of its most significant NAB Show product-release cycles in recent memory, announcing plans to unveil OptiQ cloud-based channel-creation system and Vantage Cloud Port hybrid cloud solution based on its popular Vantage media-processing platform. More
With the second season of the Overwatch League off and running, Blizzard Entertainment has debuted several technologies — both for the fan-viewing experience and in its broadcast infrastructure. More
NBC Sports Group President Pete Bevacqua is taking over the entire NBC Sports Group portfolio, adding NBC Olympics, production, and operations, among others, to his areas of responsibility, the company announced today. More
Fox Sports is shifting its NASCAR studio operations into high gear with the launch of a virtual studio at its Charlotte, NC, production facility during Daytona Speedweeks this month. More
Fox Sports’ annual pilgrimage to Daytona, FL, this month has once again provided an invaluable petri dish for testing next-gen production technologies. Through its Fox Sports Lab initiative, the Fox Sports team is utilizing its two weeks onsite for Daytona Speedweeks and the epic Daytona 500 finale on Sunday as a test bed for leading-edge […] More
After months of swirling rumors, the Chicago Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group have made it official, announcing plans to launch a joint-venture regional sports network — dubbed Marquee Sports Network — in 2020. The new RSN, which will be co-owned and -operated by the Cubs and Sinclair, will be the exclusive home for all live […] More
Kicking off the 2019 HPA Tech Retreat on Monday, the annual HPA TR-X event was dedicated to the rapidly growing esports sector. As part of the TR-X festivities at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, CA, SVG partnered with the HPA to produce a pair of sessions: “Esports Pipeline of the Future” […] More
SMT (SportsMEDIA Technology) is providing the new Alliance of American Football professional spring league with a full arsenal of broadcast solutions, including virtual technology and statistics. More
The inaugural season of Alliance of American Football (AAF) kicks off this weekend, and all four game productions are expected to feature next-gen production tools aimed at delivering a football-viewing experience unlike anything viewers have seen before. Highlighting the tech expected to be deployed this season are dual Skycam systems on every game, a state-of-the-art […] More
