During the week of July 25, the Sports Video Group gathered over 100 sports professionals from across the country in Charlotte, N.C. to share ideas, challenges and success stories in asset management. Sponsored by Bexel Broadcast Services, Avid, Sony, Thomson Grass Valley, Panasonic, Ascent Media, Aspera, and Quantel, SVG's second annual Sports Asset Management event was hosted by NASCAR Media Group and included an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the company's expansive Charlotte facility, giving attendees a closer look at NASCAR Media Group's new workflow. The tour included demonstrations by NASCAR technology partners Videobank, Front Porch Digital, Pillar Data and Quantel.

"Giving our members and sponsors a chance to see a world-class organization's asset management and production workflow in person goes to the heart of SVG's mission of advancing content creation and distribution techniques," says Martin Porter, SVG executive director. "We thank NASCAR Media Group COO Jay Abraham, Director of Internal Operations Scott Rinehart and their entire team for allowing our members to get under the hood of NASCAR's operations."

Following the tour, three conference panels were held focusing on top industry concerns like metadata and logging, choosing the best codec for one's needs and weighing the different archive media and technology options. The interactive panel discussions brought together top executives from technology providers, broadcasters and sports leagues to share their experiences, answer questions and raise some new ones regarding best practices in the field of asset management. Visit Sports Video Group for more information.