More than 100 sports industry video professionals came together in Secaucus, NJ for the first SVG Sports Asset Management conference. The topic of the day was the challenge both leagues and broadcast partners face in building cost-effective archive systems that provide the flexibility to change with future needs while providing the means to grow revenues and recoup the large capital investment required.

Sponsored by Bexel, Panasonic, Quantel and Sony, the event featured a wide range of industry experts providing insight into digital archiving for sports leagues. With leagues like the NBA converting 400,000 videotapes to non-tape storage systems, the PGA figuring out how to make 4,500 hours of content each year more useful, and NASCAR looking to digitize nearly 50 years of material the archiving needs are broad and diverse.