WWE launches production facility in Connecticut
April 11, 2024
WWE, part of TKO Group, has launched The Studios at WWE, a 30,040-square-foot, production facility equipped with five studios, highlighted by a virtual production stage built in collaboration with AbelCine and Meptik and featuring the latest generation technology from Sony Electronics and Disguise.
Located within the recently constructed WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut, The Studios at WWE is houses technologies that will enable WWE to enhance its production quality, versatility and efficiency, and serve a broad spectrum of clientele across broadcast, film and production. The full-service production facility features wide-ranging amenities, including a Cyclorama, two production control rooms, two live audio rooms, robotic camera control, two playback rooms, editing suites, seven post-audio suites, two green rooms, dressing rooms and office space.
The Studios at WWE is also equipped with a purpose-built virtual production stage housed within Studio 3. Equipment and service provider AbelCine, who provided design and installation of camera and lighting for the studios, brought in virtual production specialists at Meptik who spearheaded the design, installation, and integration of the virtual production stage.
The LED stage leverages Sony’s latest generation Crystal LED VERONA, a modular display that provides quality and efficiency to in-camera VFX applications, and two mobile LED carts that can be moved around the set. WWE is the first US facility to install Crystal LED VERONA, implementing a total of 158 cabinets across its main wall and auxiliary carts.
Studio 3 will feature Sony’s Virtual Production Tool Set, which is designed to tackle common problems with virtual production and to support quality in-camera VFX, as well as Sony’s full-frame digital cinema camera, VENICE 2. The combination of these products will allow WWE to leverage a colour-accurate ecosystem.
The next-generation production stage is powered by the visual experience platform Disguise, the advanced and integrated virtual production workflow. Three Disguise VX 4+ media servers were chosen for their playback performance and flexibility to power content of any size, format and complexity.
The installation was supported by the collaborative efforts of Rogue Productions, Atlanta Rigging Systems, and StYpe tracking systems.