NEP Group

Not to be confused with NHK Enterprises, sometimes abbreviated as NEP.

NEP Group, Inc. also known as NEP Super Shooters LP ^[5](formerly NEP Broadcasting LLC) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based and privately owned international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world.

NEP Group, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Video production, broadcasting services
Founded	1984; 40 years ago (1984), in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Founder	Tom Shelburne
Headquarters	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Martin Stewart (CEO)[1] Julie Bellani (Chief Human Resources Officer)[2] Deborah Honkus (Chair)[3]
Services	Outside broadcasting Television studios System Integration ENG Master Control Wireless Broadcast Webcast Visual Effects Audio Production Post-production LED screens
Owner	The Carlyle Group
Number of employees	4,000+[4]
Website	nepgroup.com

Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of the Indian Premier League, Cricket World Cup, Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Eurovision Song Contest, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR, Asian Games, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and French Open, Grammy Awards, U.S. Open, British Open, The People's Court, Sesame Street, The Rolling Stones, Page Six TV and Love Island (franchise).

History

The company was founded by Tom Shelburne in 1984^[6] and was part of Scranton, Pennsylvania television station WNEP-TV (which stood for North East Pennsylvania). It was spun off after The New York Times Company bought the station in 1986 from Shelburne. The company took off after it acquired the failing New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based TCS after the companies jointly produced the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana.

From 2007 to 2012 it was primarily owned by American Securities. In 2012 it NEP was sold to Crestview Partners.^[7]

On September 25, 2015, NEP appointed Keith Andrews (formerly CEO and managing director of NEP Australia) as Chief Operations officer of NEP Group, Inc.^[8]

On June 24, 2016, The Carlyle Group made a significant minority investment in NEP alongside existing shareholders Crestview and NEP management.^[9]

In August 2018, it was announced that Crestview were to exit NEP with The Carlyle Group purchasing their stake,^[10] giving them a majority interest as of October 19, 2018.^[11]

In August 2020, NEP Group announced that Brian Sullivan will join the company as the new CEO starting August 31.^[12]

Acquisitions

NEP UK's Adriatic OB vehicle

NEP Supershooter SS24 under construction

This list of acquisitions is not complete.

Acquisition date	Company	Facilities	Country	References
January 5, 2005	NMT: National Mobile Television	Outside broadcasting	USA	[13]
January 31, 2005	Visions	Outside broadcasting	UK	[14]
April 12, 2006	Roll to Record	Outside broadcasting	UK	[14]
January 9, 2008	NCP: New Century Productions	Outside broadcasting	USA	[15]
March 22, 2012	Trio Video	Outside broadcasting	USA	[16]
May 2, 2012	Bow Tie Television	Managed service provider (capture, broadcast, stream, archive) for Parliaments and Government Authorities in the UK	UK	[17]
November 20, 2012	Corplex	Outside broadcasting	USA	[18]
January 24, 2014	Global Television	9 outside broadcasting trucks and flyaway units, studio production, host broadcasting	AUS	[19]
September 2, 2014	MIRA Mobile Television	Outside broadcasting	USA	[20]
December 22, 2014	Faber Audiovisuals	Video display, audiovisual rental & operation	NLD	[21]
January 31, 2015	Screen Scene Group	Outside broadcasting, post-production, VFX, audio production	IRE	[22]
March 26, 2015	Mediatec Group	Outside broadcasting, studio production, video display, master control, post-production, wireless, AV integration	SWE	[23]
April 30, 2015	Outside Broadcast	Outside broadcasting, studio production, ENG, post-production, audio. Now branded as NEP Belgium.	BEL	[24]
July 10, 2015	Consolidated Media Industries	Outside broadcasting, studio production, post-production, audio production, master control, wireless, event management, VFX, ENG, streaming, live playout. Now branded as NEP The Netherlands.	NLD	[25]
December 23, 2015	Mediatec Asia Pacific	Audiovisual solutions provider for event and television productions	AUS	[26]
June 17, 2016	Broadcast Solutions Group	Provider of outside broadcast flypacks	SGP	[27]
July 14, 2016	DBlux	Outside broadcasting, sound, lighting and audiovisual production	DEN	[28]
January 4, 2017	Creative Technology Ltd	NEP Group, Inc. have completed the acquisition of Creative Technology’s parent company Avesco.	UK	[29]
August 2, 2017	Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions	Outsourced Broadcast solutions and flypacks	USA	[30]
April 17, 2018	NZ Live	Independent playout, outside broadcast and studio provider	NZ	[31]
June 15, 2018	Telerecord	Outside broadcasting solutions across southern Europe	ITA	[32]
July 11, 2018	Big Picture	Video production and equipment for concert tours, music festivals, broadcast, corporate and special events	AUS/ NZ	[33]
October 1, 2018	Fletcher Group	Ultra-slow motion and robotic camera specialist	USA	[34]
October 9, 2018	SIS Live	Global connectivity services, uplink vehicles and operations centres	UK	[35]
February 5, 2019	Facility House Broadcast Group	ENG, OB and post-production services	NLD	[36][37]
September 9, 2019	Aerial Video Systems	Wireless camera technology, aerial production and RF control	USA /  UK	[38]
October 15, 2019	SOS Global Express	Logistics and freight forwarding	USA	[39]
TBC (Q4 2019)	HDR Group	Full-service production partner with studios, outside broadcast, post-production etc.	SWE	[40]
August 12, 2020	Outside Broadcasting	Outside-broadcast provider with 6 trucks, formerly part of Sky New Zealand. Merging with NEP New Zealand. Offer was completed on 5 February 2021. NEP acquired the following vehicles from OSB along with its two original OB units: HD1 and HD3: 14.3m semi-trailer production unit with expanding side, capable of holding 20+ cameras. They are supporter by tender vehicles. HD1 is based in Christchurch. HD2: 14.3m semi-trailer production unit with the capability of holding up to 16+ cameras. It is supported by a tender vehicle with extra production facilities. This unit is based in Wellington. HD4: 15m semi-trailer production unit with the capability of using 16+ cameras. It too is supported by a tender vehicle with additional production space. HD5: 12.5m rigid truck and can input 8+ cameras supported by a similar sized tender vehicle with additional production room. HD6: Small van which is capable of 6+ cameras. It is supported by a similar sized van for storage and linking AUX1: Was an original outside broadcast production unit (OSB1), however it has been converted into a specialised production trailer (not a stand-alone OB trailer) for specialty cameras, additional graphics and houses any overflow production areas for larger broadcasts OSB2: An original standard definition 13.5m semi-trailer production unit capable of 14+ cameras. This is supported by a tender truck with additional production space. HD/SD Fly Away kits: Suitable for broadcasts overseas	NZ	[41][42]
March 1, 2021	VISTA Worldlink	Video production and transmission	USA	[43]

References

1. "MARTIN STEWART". NEP Group. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
2. "JULIE BELLANI". NEP Group. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
3. "DEB HONKUS". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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8. "NEP Group Appoints President and COO, and President of Australian Business". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
9. LLC, NEP Broadcasting. "The Carlyle Group Makes Significant Minority Investment in NEP Group". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
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12. August 2020, Terry Scutt 13 (13 August 2020). "NEP Group Names Brian Sullivan New CEO". TVTechnology. Retrieved 2020-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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15. "NEP acquires NCP; Werteen promoted to SVP and GM as NCP operates independently : Sports Video Group". 9 January 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
16. "NEP Acquires Trio Video". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
17. "NEP acquires UK-based Bow Tie TV Limited : SVG Europe". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
18. "NEP To Buy Corplex, Retain Engineering and Support Staff : Sports Video Group". 20 November 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
19. "NEP Finalizes Acquisition of Global Television". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
20. "NEP Closes Mira Acquisition". TV Technology. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
21. NEP (22 December 2014). "NEP Acquires Faber Audiovisuals" (Press release). Retrieved December 15, 2015.
22. NEP Group Inc. (2 February 2015). "NEP Acquires The Screen Scene Group" (Press release). Retrieved December 15, 2015.
23. "NEP Group set to snap up OB company Mediatec". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
24. "NEP Acquires Outside Broadcast and RecordLab". TV Technology. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
25. "NEP adds Dutch facilities firm to ever-expanding group". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
26. "NEP to acquire Mediatec Group". AV Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
27. "NEP ACQUIRES BROADCAST SOLUTIONS GROUP". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
28. "NEP ACQUIRES DANISH OB FIRM DBLUX". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
29. "NEP Completes Acquisition of Avesco Group". Creative Technology. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
30. "NEP acquires California production". 2017.
31. "NZ Live Rebrands Local Operation as NEP New Zealand". Live Production. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
32. "NEP completes acquisition of Telerecord". Private Equity Wire. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
33. "NEP strengthens in Australia and New Zealand with Big Picture acquisition". Sports Video Group. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
34. "NEP Group acquires camera specialist Fletcher Group". Broadcast. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
35. "NEP Group acquires SIS Live". Broadcast. Broadcast Now. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
36. "NEP Group: NEP The Netherlands Acquires Facility House Broadcast Group". FinanzNachrichten.de (in German). 2019-05-02. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
37. "NEP The Netherlands Acquires Facility House Broadcast Group". www.nepgroup.com. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
38. Dams, Tim (2019-09-09). "NEP Group acquires Aerial Video Systems". Broadcast. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
39. "Technical Production Partner NEP Group Acquires SOS Global Express". Trade Show News Network. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
40. Ringrose, Fergal (2019-11-01). "NEP Group Closes Deal to Acquire HDR Sweden". Sports Video Group Europe. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
41. "Sky TV sells its outside broadcast subsidiary to NEP". Radio New Zealand. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
42. "NEP seeks clearance to acquire Sky's outside broadcasting assets". comcom.govt.nz. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
43. "NEP Group Acquires VISTA Worldlink, Expanding Centralized Production Capabilities in the US and Worldwide".

External links

• NEP Group - Official Website