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LOS ANGELES—Noticias MundoFox is
one of the newest Spanish-language television
networks in the United States, having
launched in August 2012. It’s a joint venture
between Fox International Channels and
RCN from Bogota, Colombia and was established
to meet the increasing demand for
quality Spanish content.

Budgets are always important for startup
news operations, and we were no exception.
We’re committed to operating cost-effectively
without compromising on the
quality, immediacy, or completeness of our
news coverage. And as any news professional
knows, the ability to cover live, breaking
news from the source is a critical differentiator—
but can also be a major expense—especially
if the station has to maintain costly
satellite and microwave vehicles.

COST SAVINGS AND PORTABILITY

Instead of purchasing trucks, we adopted
a powerful and cost-effective alternative: the Dejero Live+ 20/20 Transmitter, a stateof-
the-art bonded wireless newsgathering
system that our news crews can carry into
the heart of the story.

The portable, rugged Live+ 20/20 encodes
and transmits live or prerecorded,
high-quality HD or SD
video using any combination of 4G
or 3G cellular networks, Wi-Fi, Ethernet,
and even satellite links. With
this lightweight equipment and a
video camera, our news teams can
enter difficult-to-access areas and
be ready to transmit in just a few
minutes without the expense or
specialized crew needed to operate
a satellite or microwave truck. The
Live+ 20/20 also can go places that
trucks can’t.

We have deployed Live+ 20/20
Transmitters at all of our news bureaus
and have installed two Dejero Live+
broadcast servers at our Los Angeles headquarters.
With feeds coming into the servers
from the Live+ 20/20 transmitters,
it’s easy for me to access the content and
route it as required for live broadcasts, or
archiving for later use.

In its first year, Noticias MundoFox has
deployed Dejero Live+ 20/20 Transmitters
to provide live coverage of some of the
world’s most high-profile events, including
the resignation of Pope Benedict and
the subsequent election of Pope Francis as the Catholic Church’s first Latino leader,
the death of Nelson Mandela, the election
of President Obama to a second term, and
the election of Mexico’s President Enrique
Peña Nieto.

LIVE FROM VATICAN CITY

For the papal election, we connected our Live+ 20/20 Transmitter system to a private
Ethernet drop provided by Dejero and
transmitted live shots from a hotel terrace
with a panoramic view of the Vatican. We
broadcast our full-hour newscast from the
terrace for 15 days with consistent
high quality supported by the bonded
transmission capabilities of the Live+
20/20 Transmitter. Satellite linkage
would have been at least $6,000 a day,
but we were able to transmit broadcast-
quality feeds for a tiny fraction of
that cost.

The versatility of using portable
satellite, bonded cellular and Ethernet
connections means that our lean news
departments can travel to where the
news is breaking. This brings a whole
new level of excitement and immediacy
to our newscasts that simply isn’t
possible with traditional ENG trucks.

Armando Acevedo is director of operations
for Noticias MundoFox and may
be contacted at armando.acevedo@mundofox.com.

For additional information, contact
Dejero at 866-808-3665 or visit www.dejero.com.