NEP Broadcasting

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 broadcast the Super Bowl, Academy Awards, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, FA Cup, 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 and The Rolling Stones.^[1]

It is a limited liability company.

The company was founded by Tom Shelburne in 1984 ^[1] and was part of Scranton, Pennsylvania television station WNEP-TV (which in turn stood for Northeast Pennsylvania).^[2] It was spun off after the New York Times bought the station in 1986 from Shelburne. The company took off after it merged with New Kensington, Pennsylvania-based TCS after the companies jointly produced the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Since 2007 it is primarily owned by American Securities Capital Partners.^[3]

Component divisions:

• NEP Supershooters - Handles mobile production operations ^[4]
• NEP Denali - Large scale mobile production facilities (used for such events as the Academy Awards; formerly Greene, Crowe & Company (G.C. & Co.) and later Unitel Mobile Video in the 1980s and 1990s)^[5]
• NEP Europe - Consisting of NEP Visions which provides major Outside broadcasting services in Europe as well as NEP - Roll to Record which specialises in multi camera and live streaming and NEP-Cymru providing studio and mobile facilities for sports and entertainment events. ^[6]
• NEP Studios - New York City's largest television production service^[7] which has seven studios scattered throughout Manhattan including NEP Studio 54 which home of the Colbert Report, NEP Studio 52 which is home to the Daily Show, and Studio 33 which will be home to Current TV's Countdown with Keith Olbermann beginning on June 20, 2011.
• NEP Screenworks - Provides large mobile LED video screens ^[8]
• New Century Productions - full-service remote video production company ^[9] (acquired in 2008)^[1]
• International Events Group - Coordinates broadcast of large scale events including the NBC Olympics coverage, and the FIFA World Cup.^[10]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "NEP Acquires Stock of New Century Productions". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS205097+08-Jan-2008+PRN20080108. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
2. ^ "NEP Broadcasting, LLC News". Guardian.nepinc.com. http://guardian.nepinc.com/newsArchive/2006/newsHarmarFirm.php. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
3. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "NEP Planning Resources Home". Guardian.nepinc.com. http://guardian.nepinc.com/packages/index.php. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
5. ^ "NEP Broadcasting, LLC Denali". Guardian.nepinc.com. http://guardian.nepinc.com/packages/denali/index.php. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
6. ^ "NEP Broadcasting, LLC NEP Europe - NEP Visions - NEP Roll to Record". Guardian.nepinc.com. http://guardian.nepinc.com/nepEurope.php. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
7. ^ largest television production service
8. ^ "NEP Broadcasting, LLC Screenworks". Guardian.nepinc.com. http://guardian.nepinc.com/screenworks.php. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
9. ^ "NEP Broadcasting, LLC - New Century Productions". Guardian.nepinc.com. http://guardian.nepinc.com/NewCentury.php. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 
10. ^ "NEP Broadcasting, LLC - International Events Group (IEG)". Guardian.nepinc.com. http://guardian.nepinc.com/services.php. Retrieved 2011-06-06. 

External links

• Nepinc.com