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NEP Group, Inc. (formerly NEP Broadcasting LLC) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based and privately owned international production company that provides outsourced
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services for major events throughout the world. Its facilities are used to produce television broadcasts of the Indian Premier League,
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, Academy Awards, Premier League,
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, The Daily Show, UEFA Champions League, Olympic Games, NASCAR,
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, FIFA World Cup,
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, U.S. Open, British Open, The People's Court, Sesame Street, The
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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 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 The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...
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

This list of acquisitions is not complete.


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NEP Group
- Official Website {{Commons, NEP Group, NEP Group Companies based in Pittsburgh Companies established in 1984 Television production companies of the United States Television production companies of the United Kingdom Private equity portfolio companies 2012 mergers and acquisitions The Carlyle Group companies