Dejero app paves the way for high schools to stream broadcast-quality live sports at a fraction of the cost of traditional set-ups

Atlanta school enhances sports event coverage during pandemic with simpler set up, extra mobility and more creative freedom using Dejero LivePlus mobile apps and WayPoint receiver

Atlanta-based high school reduces kit, crew and costs by adopting Dejero LivePlus mobile apps and WayPoint receiver in order to deliver its live sports event broadcasts during pandemic

Waterloo, Ontario, April 28, 2021 — Dejero has enabled The Lovett School in Atlanta to deliver its live sports event broadcasts despite the many safety protocols in place due to the ongoing pandemic. By incorporating four Dejero LivePlus mobile apps and a WayPoint 104 receiver into its live streaming production workflow, and connecting to the existing campus Wi-Fi infrastructure, the school is able to reduce its production crew at games from fifteen students to just two or three, meaning they can adhere to social distancing regulations while covering sporting events – a feat that could not have been achieved with their pre-pandemic set up.

The new technology was initially incorporated so that viewers of The Lovett Network, including students, parents, relatives, faculty, college recruiters, and the wider community could continue to watch Lovett games live without physically attending.

Dejero LivePlus app is enabling Lovett High students to produce more engaging content for the fans watching school sports events live at home

“Although social distancing was a driving concern at the time, we immediately realized that the Dejero gear could be set up in a fraction of the time versus our traditional set up,” explained parent-volunteer and coordinating producer for Lovett Network, Jim Claussen. “The students can now set-up and strike a game in literally one-tenth of the time it used to take because they don’t have to pull coax, power cables and haul heavy equipment up and down the countless steps at all these various stadiums and arenas. Now it’s just smartphones on lightweight tripods.”

Simple, low-cost Dejero solution could be used as a template for high-quality broadcasting and streaming capabilities at high schools and other remote productions across the globe

Prior to the pandemic, their traditional production workflow required Lovett students to physically move all their technical equipment – switchers, audio boards, graphics generators and other gear – to every venue in order to produce the live stream for each event; from the swimming pool, to the football field, to the baseball diamond, to the basketball courts, and so on. Now, all of this equipment stays in the school’s press box ‘control room’ where the Dejero WayPoint receives the live feeds from four smartphones using the Dejero LivePlus app. This also means that only students capturing the content need attend away games, rather than the entire production crew. The app uses Dejero’s Smart Blending Technology to aggregate available networks, including wired (cable/DSL/fiber broadband) and wireless (3G/4G/5G cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite) networks from multiple providers — delivering the bandwidth needed for high-quality live video transmission.

The LivePlus smartphone app is also enabling the students to produce more engaging content for the viewers at home. Utilizing low-cost, handheld gimbal stabilizers in conjunction with their smartphones, camera operators can now get inside team huddles during timeouts, follow players from the locker rooms to the field and track swimmers alongside the pool.

“Using smartphones with the Dejero app, the students not only instinctively know how to operate them, but are also unintimidated by the easily grasped LivePlus app interface, compared to the complexities of operating a semi-pro video camera,” added Claussen, who believes this simple, nimble and low-cost solution from Dejero could be used as a template for high-quality broadcasting and streaming capabilities at high schools and other remote productions across the globe.

“From a mobility perspective, the Dejero gear has opened up a world of opportunity. We’re considering using the LivePlus apps’ ability to blend cellular networks in order to produce formerly impractical programming like cross-country running and golf! From an ease of use perspective, it also encourages more of our students to hone broadcasting and journalism skills for potential college scholarships in those disciplines; and having all these extra ISO camera feeds provides additional video sources for quickly packaging high-end post-game highlights together to showcase Lovett athletics on local TV affiliates’ nightly sports coverage, as well as for use in sizzle reels helping to promote our star athletes’ efforts to catch the eye of college recruiters.”

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About Dejero

Driven by its vision of reliable connectivity anywhere, Dejero aggregates diverse connectivity paths including LTE and 5G cellular, satellite and broadband into a virtual ‘network of networks’ to deliver enhanced reliability, expanded coverage, and greater bandwidth using cloud-based technology. A two-time technical Emmy® Award winner, Dejero is trusted to solve the mission-critical live video transport and real-time data transfer challenges of organizations around the world. Founded in 2008, privately-held Dejero is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit www.dejero.com.

About Lovett High School

Founded in 1926, The Lovett School is an Atlanta independent school serving children in Kindergarten through grade 12. With an emphasis on the whole child, Lovett provides integrated experiences in academics, arts, athletics, and service through an education grounded in learning, character, and community. For more information, visit www.lovett.org.

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