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.
Each spring for 18 years, the NBC Sports Group operations team has pulled into Churchill Downs and built a Super Bowl-size production in a week — half the setup time allotted for a Super Bowl telecast. And NBC’s 19th consecutive Kentucky Derby production this weekend is bigger than ever, with a new high-speed robo at […] More
Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to a deal worth more than $10 billion to acquire 21 regional sports networks from Walt Disney Co., according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times. Sinclair, the largest TV-station operator in the U.S., is buying Fox Sports Regional Networks, which Disney acquired as part of […] More
At NAB 2019, Cloudian and Telestream combined their Cloudian HyperStore and Telestream Vantage technologies to provide advanced intelligence for search and analysis of media files by using automated enriched metadata tagging. Under the joint offering, Telestream Vantage creates a media-aware overlay on the Cloudian HyperStore object-storage platform. Vantage processes and analyzes media files, providing such […] More
AT&T was back in Las Vegas this month for NAB 2019, and the company highlighted the latest developments from its Global Video Services team, which provides fiber transmission services with up to 400 or more points of presence for domestic and international sports and entertainment events. In addition, AT&T highlighted the latest offerings from its […] More
The 2019 NFL Draft is officially in the books and, thanks to host city Nashville, it was one to remember. The event drew a whopping 600,000 spectators and delivered a combined 3.9 HH TV rating and average of 6.1M TV/digital viewers – making it the highest-rated and most-watched Draft ever. ESPN and NFL Media’s production […] More
SES and MX1 had a busy week in Vegas during NAB 2019, touting SES’s growing 4K Ultra HD platform, and a host of MX1 solutions, including the MX1 360 unified media platform, the new broadcast-scale Online Video Platform (OVP), the company’s OU Flex service, and an enhanced sports- and events-management tool paired with a new […] More
When it came to studio sets, the 2019 NFL Draft did not disappoint. Whether it was about quantity — ESPN erected five different locations throughout Draftville — or quality — NFL Network created its own Honky Tonk set attached to Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge — there were plenty of highlights from Nashville. More
NEP leapt into the future in Nashville this week, rolling out its first side-by-side 1080p productions for ESPN’s dual NFL Draft productions on ESPN and ABC, respectively. NEP’s EN1 and ND1 were on hand to serve the pair of 1080p shows as part of NEP’s massive presence on-site, which also included recent NEP acquisitions Bexel, […] More
Game Creek Video’s fleet of Encore mobile units were back at the NFL Draft for the third straight year, once again serving NFL Network’s primary Draft production in Nashville. In addition, Game Creek provided a full arsenal of gear for NFL Media’s growing number of at-home productions at the Draft, including Good Morning Football each […] More
NFL Network isn’t the only arm of NFL Media that’s bigger than ever at the Draft this year. The NFL Digital Media team has also been out in full force in Nashville, live-streaming a Draft Tonight post-show on NFL.com, producing podcasts onsite, and creating VOD content for the league’s digital properties and social-media channels. More
