NEP Group, Inc.
NEP Group, Inc.
Type | Incorporation |
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Industry | Video production, broadcasting services |
Founded | Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States (1984 (1984)) |
Founder | Tom Shelburne |
Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ,United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kevin M. Rabbitt (CEO)[1] Deborah Honkus (EC)[2] Gerry Delon (CFO)[3] Carrie Galvin (CSO)[4] |
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 | 3000+[5] |
Website | NEPgroup.com [38] |
NEP Group, Inc. (formerly NEP Broadcasting LLC) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based 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 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 and Page Six TV.
Type | Incorporation |
---|---|
Industry | Video production, broadcasting services |
Founded | Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States (1984 (1984)) |
Founder | Tom Shelburne |
Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ,United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kevin M. Rabbitt (CEO)[1] Deborah Honkus (EC)[2] Gerry Delon (CFO)[3] Carrie Galvin (CSO)[4] |
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 | 3000+[5] |
Website | NEPgroup.com [38] |
History
The company was founded by Tom Shelburne in 1984[6] and was part of Scranton, Pennsylvania television station WNEP-TV (which in turn stood for Northeast Productions). 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 25 September 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]
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 |
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January 5, 2005 | NMT: National Mobile Television | Outside broadcasting | ![]() | [12] |
January 31, 2005 | Visions | Outside broadcasting | ![]() | [13] |
April 12, 2006 | Roll to Record | Outside broadcasting | ![]() | [13] |
January 9, 2008 | NCP: New Century Productions | Outside broadcasting | ![]() | [14] |
March 22, 2012 | Trio Video | Outside broadcasting | ![]() | [15] |
May 2, 2012 | Bow Tie Television | Managed service provider (capture, broadcast, stream, archive) for Parliaments and Government Authorities in the UK | ![]() | [16] |
November 20, 2012 | Corplex | Outside broadcasting | ![]() | [17] |
January 24, 2014 | Global Television | Outside broadcasting, studio production, host broadcasting | ![]() | [18] |
September 2, 2014 | MIRA Mobile Television | Outside broadcasting | ![]() | [19] |
December 22, 2014 | Faber Audiovisuals | Video display, audiovisual rental & operation | ![]() | [20] |
January 31, 2015 | Screen Scene Group | Outside broadcasting, post-production, VFX, audio production | ![]() | [21] |
March 26, 2015 | Mediatec Group | Outside broadcasting, studio production, video display, master control, post-production, wireless, AV integration | ![]() | [22] |
April 30, 2015 | Outside Broadcast | Outside broadcasting, studio production, ENG, post-production, audio. Now branded as NEP Belgium [39] . | ![]() | [23] |
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 [40] . | ![]() | [24] |
December 23, 2015 | Mediatec Asia Pacific | Audiovisual solutions provider for event and television productions | ![]() | [25] |
June 17, 2016 | Broadcast Solutions Group | Provider of outside broadcast flypacks | ![]() | [26] |
July 14, 2016 | DBlux | Outside broadcasting, sound, lighting and audiovisual production | ![]() | [27] |
January 4, 2017 | Creative Technology Ltd | NEP Group, Inc. have completed the acquisition of Creative Technology’s parent company Avesco. | ![]() | [28] |
August 2, 2017 | Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions | Outsourced Broadcast solutions and flypacks | ![]() | [29] |
April 17, 2018 | NZ Live | Independent playout, outside broadcast and studio provider | ![]() | [30] |
June 15, 2018 | Telerecord | Outside broadcasting solutions across southern Europe | ![]() | [31] |
July 11, 2018 | Big Picture | Video production and equipment for concert tours, music festivals, broadcast, corporate and special events | ![]() ![]() | [32] |
October 1, 2018 | Fletcher Group | Ultra-slow motion and robotic camera specialist | ![]() | [33] |
October 9, 2018 | SIS Live | Global connectivity services, uplink vehicles and operations centres | ![]() | [34] |
February 5, 2019 | Facility House Broadcast Group | ENG, OB and post-production services | ![]() | [35][36] |