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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Video production, broadcasting services |
Founded | 1984Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States | , in
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 |
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.
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).
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]
This list of acquisitions is not complete.
Acquisition date | Company | Facilities | Country | References |
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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:
| NZ | [41] [42] |
March 1, 2021 | VISTA Worldlink | Video production and transmission | USA | [43] |
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