Univision and ABC News presented new state-of-the-art TV production studio Newsport in Doral, Florida

On Wednesday, Aug. 28, elected officials, community leaders and VIP guests attended the grand opening of Newsport, the new state-of-the-art television production facility that will be home to Univision News and Fusion. Florida Governor Rick Scott and City of Doral Mayor Luigi Boria joined Univision and ABC News executives in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate and welcome the opening of the new studios.“The Newsport facility is a continuation of Univision’s investment in the future of Miami-Dade County and the State of Florida. This new state-of-the-art 150,000 square foot operations/production facility will allow us to expand our capabilities in order to better serve our audience. The facility will also house our groundbreaking joint venture with ABC News, Fusion, the first English-language 24/7 news network targeted at young Hispanics and millenials, all of which will contribute to South Florida’s economy by creating jobs and attracting talent to the area. We thank all of our partners, including Disney, ABC, Enterprise Florida, the State of Florida’s economic development agency, and The Beacon Council for their stalwart support and for helping us to further establish Miami as the undisputed home of Hispanic media,” said César Conde, president, Univision Networks.Fusion launches on TV October 28, and six major distributors have already agreed to carry the network, including Cablevision, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-Verse, Verizon FiOS and Google Fiber.Newsport will include: 5 Control Rooms and 5 studios, 15 robotic cameras; 950 miles of cable (from Miami to Tallahassee and back); 3,500 cubic yards of concrete (covers 6 football fields 3″ deep); 140 tons of rebar (as much as a Boeing 777); 500 tons of structural steel (fully loaded 747-8); 1025 Terabytes of online storage (190 million MP3 songs or 1,450 years of play time); 3 million watt power capacity from FPL; 2 x 2.25 megawatt generators and, 850 tons of cooling capacity. The facility took nearly 500,000 hours of manpower to build.