SVG Europe SportTech delegates to benefit from dock10 Innovation Day and full technical tours

Overlooking the Manchester Ship Canal near to the premises of dock10 and BBC Sport

Attendees to the next SVG Europe summit – SportTech 2015, taking place in Manchester on 6-7 May – will have the chance to experience an Innovation Day showcasing the very latest broadcast technology at the dock10 studio complex. This opportunity will arise at the conclusion of full technical tours of dock10 and another leading MediaCityUK, Manchester, facility: BBC Sport.

Organisations set to take part in the Innovation Day include ARRI, deltatre, Ncam, Stype GRIP, Augmented Reality, Panalux, West End Studios and BBC Blue Room.

Meanwhile, the 45-50 minute technical tours commencing at 4pm will take visitors behind the scenes of two leading MediaCity UK facilities. Control rooms, post-production areas and more will all feature on the specially-devised routes.

BBC Sport technical executive Charlie Cope tells SVG Europe that attendees will have the opportunity “to see behind the BBC Sport operations based at MediaCityUK. Tours will include the studios, galleries,  journalism, production and technical areas that support all the multiplatform output areas. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to see the BBC Blue Room where future technologies are tested and showcased.”

A dock10 representative confirms that visitors “will benefit from access to dock10’s high tech studios where filming of shows such as The Voice, Blue Peter and Jeremy Kyle take place. Delegates will then be taken through to the Post Production Suites and their MCR/CTA.

Inside Studio 3 at dock10 – venue for the Innovation Day on 6 May

“Visitors will also have access to dock10’s Studio Innovation Day, where Dock10 and a number of technology partners will explore key innovations in studio workflow. Exhibiting in HQ3, home to BBC’s Match of the Day, partners will demonstrate techniques such as augmented reality, IP camera channels and 360 camera technology interfacing with devices such as Oculus Rift. Many of these devices are becoming more commonplace in the broadcast production arena.

“The event will create a chance to hear about their latest development and discus, with other visitors, how this technology is being deployed.”

SportTech Europe 2015 takes place on 6-7 May. To find out more, and to register to attend, please visit https://www.svgeurope.org/sport-tech-europe-2015/full-programme/.