Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Expands Canadawide News Coverage with Dejero LIVE+ 0/0 Transmitters

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Expands Canadawide News Coverage With Dejero LIVE 20/20 Transmitters 12 Nov 2013

Dejero, the award-winning creator of the industrys most powerful and versatile platform of cellular newsgathering products, today announced that Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has adopted the portable Dejero LIVE 20/20 Transmitters to add live, remote news coverage from across Canada to its daily news programming. As the premier national television network for Canadas indigenous people, APTN has deployed LIVE 20/20 Transmitters at six of its news bureaus.

With broadcast headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba, APTN produces a weekday newscast, APTN National News, and current affairs programming as well as several news updates throughout the day. After an initial purchase of two Dejero LIVE 20/20 Transmitters, the network was convinced of the technologys potential to provide high-quality live or recorded HD video at a small fraction of the cost of ownership and maintenance of microwave or satellite trucks. It has now deployed the transmitters at its news bureaus in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto as well as Halifax, Nova Scotia; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Edmonton, Alberta; and Vancouver, British Columbia.

One of the biggest challenges for a national network in Canada is the sheer vastness of the geography. But the instant the Dejero systems transmit coverage back to our newsroom, the gap is closed, said Wayne McKenzie, director of operations, APTN. A reporter in the field, without any technical training, can hook up the camera to the LIVE 20/20 Transmitter and hit the transmit button, and within seconds were looking at high-quality live video here in Winnipeg. The immediacy and quality of the transmissions, along with the portability, reliability, and efficiency of the Dejero transmitters, is proof positive that we made the right choice in newsgathering technology.

Using Dejeros cloud-based remote control management tool, APTN personnel in the broadcast center are able to view the status and signal strength of each transmitter in the field and advise the news crews on how to maximize bandwidth and adjust the transmitters for optimal video quality. Because the Dejero transmitters are so easy to set up and use, APTN is able to maximize its field reporters time by empowering them to focus on covering the news, rather than worrying about the technical aspects of the production. In a future phase, APTN will deploy the Dejero Mobile App for iOS and Android devices, giving crews another versatile tool for covering news using their smartphones and tablets.

APTN National News has grown into a reliable, informative news source for all Canadians, said Brian Cram, CEO of Dejero. Using the Dejero LIVE 20/20 Transmitters, APTN has been able to add depth, richness, and immediacy to its coverage of events and stories across Canada. As APTN has discovered, our technology simplifies the overall workflow for news crews and control rooms by delivering high-quality live or recorded video from the field.

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