NEP Broadcasting
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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.
It is a limited liability company
.
The company was founded by Tom Shelburne in 1984 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 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
.
Component divisions:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
-based privately owned international production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world.
Its facilities are used to broadcast the Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
, Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
, Premier League, Emmy Awards, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
, UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
, NASCAR
NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...
, Asian Games
Asian Games
The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...
, WWE Wrestling, FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
and French Open, Grammy Awards, U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
, British Open
British Open
The British Open is the Open Championship men's golf tournament.British Open may also refer to:* Women's British Open of golf* British Open Show Jumping Championships* British Open Squash Championships...
, The People's Court
The People's Court
The People's Court is a US television court show in which small claims court cases are heard, though what is shown is actually a binding arbitration....
, Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
and The Rolling Stones.
It is a limited liability company
Limited liability company
A limited liability company is a flexible form of enterprise that blends elements of partnership and corporate structures. It is a legal form of company that provides limited liability to its owners in the vast majority of United States jurisdictions...
.
The company was founded by Tom Shelburne in 1984 and was part of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...
television station WNEP-TV
WNEP-TV
WNEP-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for northeastern Pennsylvania licensed to Scranton. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter on Penobscot Knob in Mountain Top...
(which in turn stood for Northeast Pennsylvania). 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
New Kensington, Pennsylvania
New Kensington is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania situated along the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh. The population was 14,701 at the 2000 Census. The mayor of New Kensington is Tom Guzzo , elected in 2009. He succeeded Mayor Frank E. Link , elected in 2001.-History:New...
-based TCS after the companies jointly produced the 1987 Pan American Games
1987 Pan American Games
The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event which was celebrated in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from 7 August to 23 August 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas competed in 30 sports earning...
in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
.
Since 2007 it is primarily owned by American Securities Capital Partners
American Securities Capital Partners
American Securities LLC is a private equity investment firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions. AS focuses primarily on investments in the United States and Canada....
.
Component divisions:
- NEP Supershooters - Handles mobile production operations
- 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)
- NEP Europe - Consisting of NEP VisionsNEP VisionsNEP Visions, a division of NEP Broadcasting, is one of the largest Outside Broadcasting Facilities Companies in Europe. It has more than 26 years experience in facilities for the production of television virtually anywhere in the world....
which provides major Outside broadcastingOutside broadcastingOutside broadcasting is the electronic field production of television or radio programmes from a mobile remote broadcast television studio. Professional video camera and microphone signals come into the production truck for processing, recording and possibly transmission...
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. - NEP Studios - New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
's largest television production service which has seven studios scattered throughout ManhattanManhattanManhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
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 TVCurrent TVCurrent TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....
's Countdown with Keith OlbermannCountdown with Keith OlbermannCountdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program that airs on Current TV, where it began airing on June 20, 2011. The program was broadcast on MSNBC from March 31, 2003, to January 21, 2011. On MSNBC, the show presented five selected news stories of...
beginning on June 20, 2011. - NEP Screenworks - Provides large mobile LEDLEdLEd is a TeX/LaTeX editing software working under Microsoft Windows. It is a freeware product....
video screens - New Century Productions - full-service remote video production company (acquired in 2008)
- International Events Group - Coordinates broadcast of large scale events including the NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
Olympics coverage, and the FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
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