BBC Sport and Dock10 trust Zero Density for their new 4K virtual studio

Zero Density technology powers the Dock10 virtual studio in Manchester from where BBC Sport's popular 'Match of the Day' space is produced during the 2019-20 Premiere League season.

Dock10, whose facilities in Manchester (United Kingdom) house ten television studios which offer a wide range of production services, has marked a new milestone with its latest virtual studio capability.

For this it has trusted Reality Engine of Zero Density to feed the new 4K UHD virtual studio which is located on MediaCityUK and is used in programs such as the iconic BBC program Sport Match of the Day. MOTD attracts around 7 million viewers each weekend. MOTD2, Football Focus y Final Score They will also be broadcast in the same virtual studio. The studio has 5 Reality Engines in 5 cameras (three pedestals, a crane and a trolley).

Richard Wormwell, Director of Production Innovation, highlights that "Dock10 is one of the UK's leading facilities providers trusted by broadcast titans for seamless production and we needed the best of everything for our clients. You need a reliable, agile and future-proof product that gives your creative team maximum room for manoeuvre. We are pleased to have this package with ZD."

The Zero Density team was in the field during the installation and implementation stages. “The Dock10 team was a great asset during the builds and their technical knowledge and professionalism are an indication of the impressive work the audience will experience,” he says. Kuban Altan, vice president of research and development at Zero Density.

Ulaş Kaçmaz, VP of Sales and Marketing comments on the project: "We are delighted to help Dock10 take live streaming to the next level. The teams at dock10 strive to innovate and empower storytelling and, as a result, the shows will illustrate technical and visual excellence effectively utilizing the immense capabilities of Reality Engine."

Virtual studio uses camera tracking technology StarTracker de Mo-Sys. Its CEO, Michael Geissler, has been delighted to "support Dock10 and the BBC on this historic and prestigious football programme. StarTracker has been designed specifically for these types of live productions and we are honored to have the opportunity to help them transform their production results. In addition to working with the Zero Density creative team for this project, this has been one of our greatest achievements to date."

Lewis Phillips, production director of AE Graphics, underlines that "the contract with BBC is greatly appreciated by everyone at AE and we are immensely proud to have collaborated with BBC Sport and Dock10 at such a crucial time in their iconic coverage of the nation's favorite sport. The project has brought out the best in adult education, both creatively and technically. In addition to designing the studio concepts, our development teams were challenged to produce a bespoke control system to manage and activate template-based AR graphics in Zero Density/Unreal. The purposes of “Opening week has been a resounding success and we are delighted with the results.”

BBC Sport and Dock10 will join Zero Density in IBC 2019 and su stand the Exclusive Talks. Here the background and production in detail of Match of the Day.