NEP Group
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Incorporation | |
Industry | Video production, broadcasting services |
Founded | Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States (1984 ) |
Founder | Tom Shelburne |
Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Kevin M. Rabbitt (CEO)[1] |
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 |
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, 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.
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 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 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]
In August 2018, it was announced that Crestview were to exit NEP with The Carlyle Group purchasing their stake, giving them a majority interest.[10]
Acquisitions
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 | [11] | |
January 9, 2008 | NCP: New Century Productions | Outside broadcasting | [12] | |
March 22, 2012 | Trio Video | Outside broadcasting | [13] | |
May 2, 2012 | Bow Tie Television | Managed service provider (capture, broadcast, stream, archive) for Parliaments and Government Authorities in the UK | [14] | |
November 20, 2012 | Corplex | Outside broadcasting | [15] | |
January 24, 2014 | Global Television | Outside broadcasting, studio production, host broadcasting | [16] | |
September 2, 2014 | MIRA Mobile Television | Outside broadcasting | [17] | |
December 22, 2014 | Faber Audiovisuals | Video display, audiovisual rental & operation | [18] | |
January 31, 2015 | Screen Scene Group | Outside broadcasting, post-production, VFX, audio production | [19] | |
March 26, 2015 | Mediatec Group | Outside broadcasting, studio production, video display, master control, post-production, wireless, AV integration | [20] | |
April 30, 2015 | Outside Broadcast | Outside broadcasting, studio production, ENG, post-production, audio. Now branded as NEP Belgium. | [21] | |
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. | [22] | |
December 23, 2015 | Mediatec Asia Pacific | Audiovisual solutions provider for event and television productions | [23] | |
June 17, 2016 | Broadcast Solutions Group | Provider of outside broadcast flypacks | [24] | |
July 14, 2016 | DBlux | Outside broadcasting, sound, lighting and audiovisual production | [25] | |
January 4, 2017 | Creative Technology Ltd | NEP Group, Inc. have completed the acquisition of Creative Technology’s parent company Avesco. | [26] | |
August 2, 2017 | Bexel Global Broadcast Solutions | Outsourced Broadcast solutions and flypacks | [27] | |
June 15, 2018 | Telerecord | Outside broadcasting solutions across southern Europe | [28] | |
October 1, 2018 | Fletcher Group | Ultra-slow motion and robotic camera specialist | [29] | |
October 9, 2018 | SIS Live (Satellite Information Services) | Global connectivity services, uplink vehicles and operations centres | [30] |
References
- ↑ "KEVIN RABBITT". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "DEB HONKUS". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "GERRY DELON". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "CARRIE GALVIN". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "About". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "Tom Shelburne". Sports Broadcasting HOF. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "Crestview Partners Acquires NEP from American Securities". PR Newswire. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP Group Appoints President and COO, and President of Australian Business". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ LLC, NEP Broadcasting,. "The Carlyle Group Makes Significant Minority Investment in NEP Group". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
- ↑ "Crestview to exit NEP with sale to Carlyle". PE Hub Network. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP Broadcasting and National Mobile Television Announce Asset". Bloomberg.
- ↑ "NEP acquires NCP; Werteen promoted to SVP and GM as NCP operates independently : Sports Video Group". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP Acquires Trio Video". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP acquires UK-based Bow Tie TV Limited : SVG Europe". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP To Buy Corplex, Retain Engineering and Support Staff : Sports Video Group". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP Finalizes Acquisition of Global Television". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP Closes Mira Acquisition". TV Technology. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ NEP (22 December 2014). "NEP Acquires Faber Audiovisuals". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ NEP Group Inc. (2 February 2015). "NEP Acquires The Screen Scene Group". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP Group set to snap up OB company Mediatec". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP Acquires Outside Broadcast and RecordLab". TV Technology. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP adds Dutch facilities firm to ever-expanding group". Retrieved December 15, 2015.
- ↑ "NEP to acquire Mediatec Group". AV Magazine. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP ACQUIRES BROADCAST SOLUTIONS GROUP". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP ACQUIRES DANISH OB FIRM DBLUX". NEP Group. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP Completes Acquisition of Avesco Group". Creative Technology. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP acquires California production". 2017.
- ↑ "NEP completes acquisition of Telerecord". Private Equity Wire. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP Group acquires camera specialist Fletcher Group". Broadcast. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ↑ "NEP Group acquires SIS Live". Broadcast. Broadcast Now. Retrieved 9 October 2018.