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.
Filmwerks studio sets have been common at MLB All-Star games in recent years, and the company continued its run at Nationals Park this week, providing both Fox Sports and MLB Network with multiple sets. More
SMT was back at MLB All-Star in Washington, providing Fox Sports its live virtual–strike-zone system and, for the 14th consecutive year, virtual signage. More
CP Communications has been a staple at MLB All-Star Games for many years, but the company set a new bar with its largest presence ever at the event in Washington this week. Running out of CP’s RF7 mobile unit, the 27-person crew rolled out 14 total RF cameras for MLB, Fox Sports, and ESPN; laid […] More
Over the past decade, MLB Network’s presence at the All-Star Game festivities has grown each year. That’s true once again in Washington, DC, this week — not only because of the 14-plus hours of live onsite programming on MLB Network but also thanks to a cavalcade of events being live-streamed across MLB platforms. In addition, […] More
As Fox Sports’ biggest summer ever closes with this week’s MLB All-Star Game, Fox certainly shows no sign of fatigue technologically. Not only is the network rolling out a SkyCam system for actual game coverage for the first time in MLB history, Fox will also deploy its largest high-speed–camera complement (including all 12 primary game […] More
The MLB All-Star Game is a breeding ground for sports video production innovation and this year’s edition in Washington D.C. is no exception. Fox Sports is breaking ground with a SkyCam, has deployed a camera arsenal loaded with high speed cameras, and much more. At Nationals Park, our Jason Dachman catches up with Francisco “Paco” […] More
Wireless cameras are playing a major role in both the TV-broadcast and in-house game productions for the MLB All-Star Game this week, and Wave Central is on hand at Washington’s Nationals Park with a full arsenal of wireless gear to support them. More
ESPN is thinking outside the 2D box for this year’s Home Run Derby, deploying a 4D Replay system that will provide 360-degree replays of homers and debuting 3D spray charts that will show paths and arcs of home runs on a virtual field. More
It’s July in Las Vegas, and that means the NBA Summer League is back in action at Thomas & Mack Center — and, with it, the league’s annual “Innovation Lab” effort. Although the Summer League has always been a hotbed of technological innovation, the league and ESPN are taking it to a whole new level […] More
Over the past week in Las Vegas, the NBA and its network partners ESPN and NBA TV have once again used the NBA Summer League as an “Innovation Lab” to experiment with bleeding-edge production technologies. The NBA and its broadcasters are trying out a variety of camera positions at the Thomas & Mack Center — […] More
