NEP Group

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::summary American broadcast production company ::

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Field	Value
name	NEP Group, Inc.
logo	NEP-Logo-FC-BLACK-RGB.png
type	Private
founder	Tom Shelburne
area_served	Worldwide
key_people	Martin Stewart (CEO)
Julie Bellani (Chief Human Resources Officer){{cite web	title
Deborah Honkus (chair){{cite web	title
industry	Video production, broadcasting services
services	Outside broadcasting
Television studios
System Integration
ENG
Master Control
Wireless Broadcast
Webcast
Visual Effects
Audio Production
Post-production
LED screens
aum
owner	The Carlyle Group
num_employees	4,000+
foundation	, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
location_city	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
location_country	United States
homepage	nepgroup.com
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NEP Group, Inc. also known as NEP Supershooters LP (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).

History

The company was founded by Tom Shelburne in 1984 and was part of Scranton, Pennsylvania television station WNEP-TV (which stood for North East Productions/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.

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

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

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

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

Acquisitions

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This list of acquisitions is not complete.

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Acquisition date	Company	Facilities	Country	References
	NMT: National Mobile Television	Outside broadcasting	US
	Visions	Outside broadcasting	UK	last1=O'Neal
	Roll to Record	Outside broadcasting	UK
	NCP: New Century Productions	Outside broadcasting	US
	Trio Video	Outside broadcasting	US
	Bow Tie Television	Managed service provider (capture, broadcast, stream, archive) for Parliaments and Government Authorities in the UK	UK
	Corplex	Outside broadcasting	US
	Global Television	9 outside broadcasting trucks and flyaway units, studio production, host broadcasting	AUS
	MIRA Mobile Television	Outside broadcasting	US
	Faber Audiovisuals	Video display, audiovisual rental & operation	NLD
	Screen Scene Group	Outside broadcasting, post-production, VFX, audio production	IRE
	Mediatec Group	Outside broadcasting, studio production, video display, master control, post-production, wireless, AV integration	SWE
	Outside Broadcast	Outside broadcasting, studio production, ENG, post-production, audio. Now branded as NEP Belgium.	BEL
	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
	Mediatec Asia Pacific	Audiovisual solutions provider for event and television productions	AUS
	Broadcast Solutions Group	Provider of outside broadcast flypacks	SGP
	DBlux	Outside broadcasting, sound, lighting and audiovisual production	DEN
	Creative Technology Ltd	Outside broadcasting and live events services	UK
	Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions	Outsourced broadcast solutions and flypacks	US
April 17, 2018	NZ Live	Independent playout, outside broadcast and studio provider	NZ
	Telerecord	Outside broadcasting solutions across southern Europe	ITA
July 11, 2018	Big Picture	Video production and equipment for concert tours, music festivals, broadcast, corporate and special events	AUS/NZ
	Fletcher Group	Ultra-slow motion and robotic camera specialist	US
	SIS Live	Global connectivity services, uplink vehicles and operations centres	UK
	Facility House Broadcast Group	ENG, OB and post-production services	NLD
September 9, 2019	Aerial Video Systems	Wireless camera technology, aerial production and RF control	US / UK
October 15, 2019	SOS Global Express	Logistics and freight forwarding	US
October 17, 2019	HDR Group	Full-service production partner with studios, outside broadcast, post-production etc.	SWE
August 12, 2020	Outside Broadcasting	Outside-broadcast provider with 6 trucks, formerly part of Sky New Zealand. Merged with NEP New Zealand. Offer was completed on 5 February 2021.	NZ
March 1, 2021	Vista Worldlink	Centralized live television production	US
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References

References

1. "MARTIN STEWART".
2. "JULIE BELLANI".
3. "DEB HONKUS".
4. "About".
5. "Supershooters".
6. "Tom Shelburne".
7. "Crestview Partners Acquires NEP from American Securities".
8. "NEP Group Appoints President and COO, and President of Australian Business".
9. LLC, NEP Broadcasting. "The Carlyle Group Makes Significant Minority Investment in NEP Group". GlobeNewswire News Room.
10. (28 August 2018). "Crestview to exit NEP with sale to Carlyle".
11. "The Carlyle Group Assumes Majority Interest in NEP Group".
12. August 2020, Terry Scutt 13. (13 August 2020). "NEP Group Names Brian Sullivan New CEO".
13. "NEP Broadcasting and National Mobile Television Announce Asset". Bloomberg.
14. (23 January 2019). "NEP: 35 Years of Live Television Production".
15. (9 January 2008). "NEP acquires NCP; Werteen promoted to SVP and GM as NCP operates independently : Sports Video Group".
16. "NEP Acquires Trio Video".
17. "NEP acquires UK-based Bow Tie TV Limited : SVG Europe".
18. (20 November 2012). "NEP To Buy Corplex, Retain Engineering and Support Staff : Sports Video Group".
19. "NEP Finalizes Acquisition of Global Television".
20. "NEP Closes Mira Acquisition". TV Technology.
21. NEP. (22 December 2014). "NEP Acquires Faber Audiovisuals".
22. NEP Group Inc.. (2 February 2015). "NEP Acquires The Screen Scene Group".
23. "NEP Group set to snap up OB company Mediatec".
24. "NEP Acquires Outside Broadcast and RecordLab". TV Technology.
25. "NEP adds Dutch facilities firm to ever-expanding group".
26. "NEP to acquire Mediatec Group".
27. "NEP ACQUIRES BROADCAST SOLUTIONS GROUP".
28. "NEP ACQUIRES DANISH OB FIRM DBLUX".
29. "NEP Completes Acquisition of Avesco Group".
30. (2017). "NEP acquires California production".
31. "NZ Live Rebrands Local Operation as NEP New Zealand".
32. (15 June 2018). "NEP completes acquisition of Telerecord".
33. "NEP strengthens in Australia and New Zealand with Big Picture acquisition".
34. "NEP Group acquires camera specialist Fletcher Group".
35. "NEP Group acquires SIS Live". Broadcast Now.
36. (2019-05-02). "NEP Group: NEP The Netherlands Acquires Facility House Broadcast Group". FinanzNachrichten.de.
37. "NEP The Netherlands Acquires Facility House Broadcast Group".
38. Dams, Tim. (2019-09-09). "NEP Group acquires Aerial Video Systems".
39. (2019-10-28). "Technical Production Partner NEP Group Acquires SOS Global Express".
40. Ringrose, Fergal. (2019-11-01). "NEP Group Closes Deal to Acquire HDR Sweden".
41. "NEP Sweden AB och HDR Sweden AB".
42. (12 August 2020). "Sky TV sells its outside broadcast subsidiary to NEP".
43. (2020-09-28). "NEP seeks clearance to acquire Sky's outside broadcasting assets".
44. Balderston, Michael. (2021-03-02). "NEP Buys VISTA Worldlink to Boost Centralized Production Capabilities".

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