Recent Posts by Jason Dachman
By Jason Dachman | Sunday, August 5, 2012 - 05:54
After hosting the Winter Olympics in Vancouver two years ago, Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium has not surprisingly taken very different mindset at the 2012 Games in London. With geographical location in its favor, the union of Bell Media and Rogers Media was able locate the bulk of its operations on site in Vancouver. For […]
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By Jason Dachman | Friday, August 3, 2012 - 05:43
ESPN Argentina, ESPN Brazil, and ESPN Star Sports (ESS) in Singapore are keeping the “worldwide leader in sports” plenty busy during the Olympic Games. All three are rightsholders, and ESPN has constructed an overarching workflow here in London that allows all three networks to work in tandem so they can share content, resources, facilities, and […]
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By Jason Dachman | Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 12:46
At this point, Cisco and NBC Olympics can be considered old friends, having worked together to build large-scale IP video-contribution networks at three consecutive Olympic Games, beginning with Beijing in 2008. As with many old friends, their relationship has continued to evolve over the years, but this month in London, NBC and Cisco are taking […]
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By Jason Dachman | Monday, July 9, 2012 - 16:31
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By Jason Dachman | Monday, July 9, 2012 - 16:27
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By Jason Dachman | Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 16:38
The London Games is billed as the digital Olympics, and powering huge swaths of this effort for broadcasters across mobile, PC, OTT, and tablet is Italy’s Deltatre. The company is […]
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By Jason Dachman | Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 21:37
Spanish laSexta’s producer Mediapro has signed contracts with several international broadcasters to ensure the broadcast of La Liga football outside Spain, Rapid TV News reports. The issuance of the league […]
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By Jason Dachman | Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 22:09
The High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) compression standard nearing completion of the standardisation process, a French research consortium in mid April announced a three-year, multimillion-euro plan to reduce the bandwidth […]
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By Jason Dachman | Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 21:42
Another NAB Show has now come and gone, making it time to rest your feet and recollect on what the show floor had to offer. SVG was out in full […]
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By Jason Dachman | Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 21:40
Harris Corp. is getting out of the broadcast business. The company announced Tuesday morning, as part of its fiscal-third-quarter report, that it has approved a plan to sell its Broadcast […]
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