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.
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Primestream at NAB 2019 unveiled a new vision for the company, including a redesigned logo and reorganization of its product portfolio. Primestream has combined all its technologies into a single, overarching toolset to enable flexible workflows for four key markets: enterprise, digital media, sports, and broadcast. Also on display at NAB […] More
Speedcast made its NAB Show debut this month following its recent acquisition of Globecomm. With the Globecomm deal now complete, the company has rolled out the Speedcast Media Network, which integrates satellite, fiber, and cellular networks to provide secure point-to-point and point-to-multipoint live and linear digital-video delivery anywhere in the world with low latency and […] More
One of the big buzz items at NAB 2019 was the increasing use of object-based storage by M&E organizations. Although the migration from file-based to object-based storage has been a major trend in other industries for years, broadcasters have yet to jump on the bandwagon in a big way. However, that appears to be gradually […] More
The first free, round-the-clock, sports-betting network in the U.S. is officially on its way. Sports-data provider Sportradar and sports-betting/daily fantasy programmer SportsGrid have announced a partnership to launch a free, 24-hour network dedicated to the sports betting audience. The partnership marries Sportradar’s ad tech, OTT technology and data with SportsGrid’s original programming featuring coverage and […] More
With the recently acquired Level 3 Communications fully integrated into the company portfolio, CenturyLink made a series of announcements at NAB 2019 expanding its cloud-based media and OTT services. The Vyvx suite of fiber-based broadcast services is integrated with Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In addition, a global agreement with Streamroot provides peer-to-peer networking solutions that […] More
At the Amazon Web Services booth at NAB 2019, Levels Beyond showcased the latest integrations of its Reach Engine Media Production as a Service (MPaaS) platform with AWS. Its partner portal at the AWS booth highlighted how Reach Engine 2.6 has integrated with Amazon Cognito, AWS Elemental MediaConvert, and Amazon S3 and S3 Glacier to […] More
NBC Sports will present a number of innovative broadcast elements in its coverage of the 2019 Notre Dame Football Blue-Gold Game on NBCSN Saturday, April 13 at 12:30 p.m. ET, from Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, IN. A dual Skycam will be deployed, including a sideline Skycam that will follow the line of scrimmage […] More
NVMe (non-volatile memory express) has become a major trend in the asset management and storage side of the media business and its a hard buzz word to avoid at a trade show like NAB Show. One of the market leaders, Quantum, is making a big storage splash this year in Vegas by introducing the F-Series, […] More
Specializing in both audio and IP-based solutions, its of little surprise that Lawo’s NAB Show booth is loaded with cutting-edge gear designed to support the sports video production industry. The company certainly hasn’t shied away from diving into IP, helping support more than 50 major real-world IP projects. Our Jason Dachman visits with Jamie Dunn, […] More
Between Super Bowl LIII, NBA All-Star, and the Oscars, 2019 is off to a blistering start for the team at Bexel. In addition, the NEP family continues to grow with the recent acquisitions of BSI and Fletcher Sports. At the 2019 NAB Show, our Jason Dachman got a few minutes with VP of Account Development […] More
