NEP
NEP UK & Ireland is the UK operating subsidiary of NEP Group, providing outside broadcast mobile units, flypack systems, remote production, studios, and media asset management services to broadcasters, sports rights holders, and production companies globally.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1984
- HeadquartersBracknell, United Kingdom
- Headcount1,001–5,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What NEP does
NEP UK & Ireland is a regional operating subsidiary of NEP Group, a privately held global broadcast and production services company founded in 1984 and headquartered in Bracknell, UK. The business delivers technical production services for live sports, entertainment, music, corporate, and scripted film/TV clients — operating what it describes as the industry's largest fleet of outside broadcast (OB) mobile units (65+ UK&I; 70+ EMEA), 40+ broadcast flypack systems, and 40+ studios across the U.S., Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. Headcount stands at 4,000+ globally, of which 1,000+ are based in UK & Ireland and 2,000+ across EMEA, including 1,780+ specialized broadcast engineers.
The underlying technology stack centers on SMPTE ST 2110 IP-based production infrastructure enabling "any production, anywhere" remote workflows, supplemented by proprietary tools including Total Facility Control (TFC) for IP signal routing, NEP Mediabank (a cloud-based media asset management system that processed 12,000+ hours of Olympic content for Discovery), custom IP flypacks, robotic camera systems, RF and specialty capture technology, and ICVFX/virtual production studios. NEP UK & Ireland's product set also spans post-production, VFX, graphics, fixed-rig solutions for reality TV, host broadcast support, and systems integration.
Revenue is generated on a quote-based professional services model: clients rent OB trucks, flypack systems, and studios, and engage NEP for technical crew and project management on a project-by-project basis, with pricing undisclosed publicly. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting rights holders (Wimbledon, UEFA, Premier League, Extreme E), broadcasters (ITV, BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, Eurosport), and production companies (Lifted Entertainment, Sunset and Vine, Keo Films). Customer segments prioritize live sports and live entertainment/unscripted TV, followed by film/scripted TV, music/touring, and corporate events. NEP UK Ltd. is wholly owned by NEP Group.
NEP firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- NEP
- Legal name
- NEP UK Ltd.
- Website
- https://nepgroup.co.uk
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1984
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1,001–5,000 employees
- Short description
- NEP UK & Ireland is the UK operating subsidiary of NEP Group, providing outside broadcast mobile units, flypack systems, remote production, studios, and media asset management services to broadcasters, sports rights holders, and production companies globally.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
NEP industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Broadcast Production Services
- NAICS
- Broadcasting and Content Providers (516), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621), Satellite Telecommunications (517410), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)
- SIC
- Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819), Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Live Production Switching & Routing (Vision Mixers, Routers) (MPAHAKAE)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Media Transport & Contribution (SRT/RIST, Satellite/IP, Fiber) (MPAHAKAD), Camera, Grip & Lighting Equipment Rental (MPADAFAB), Graphics, Branding & Character Generation (CG) (MPAHAKAF), Disaster Recovery, Redundancy & Continuity (Backup Playout) (MPAHAKAI), Studios, Stages & Location Services (Facilities, Location Scouting/Permits) (MPAAAMAG)
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Where NEP is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bracknell
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
NEP business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Outside Broadcast Services: Rental and operation of outside broadcast mobile units (OB trucks) for live event coverage. Services include mobile production facilities, technical crew, and equipment for sports, entertainment, and corporate events.
- Flypack Rental and Production Services: Flexible flypack systems configurable for productions from 8 to 100 cameras. Rental includes full production infrastructure including control rooms, cameras, audio, and connectivity solutions.
- Studio Production: More than 40 complete studios available for hire across U.S., Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Sweden with full technical support.
- Remote Production Solutions: End-to-end remote production services enabling production crew to operate from centralized locations while capturing content from remote venues, reducing travel and logistics costs.
- Post Production, VFX & Graphics: Full picture and sound post-production, graphics and animation, and VFX services for broadcast, film, commercial, corporate and digital projects.
- Host Broadcast Support: Comprehensive host broadcasting services including technical delivery, systems integration, transmission and connectivity for major international events.
- Systems Integration: End-to-end solutions from design to management, transmission to archiving for broadcast infrastructure projects worldwide.
- Fixed-Rig Solutions: Long-term fixed camera installations for reality TV and documentary productions, including embedded camera systems, control rooms, and remote monitoring infrastructure.
- RF and Specialty Capture: RF solutions, specialty cameras, robotic cameras, aerial solutions and wireless technology for specialized production requirements.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels5 records
NEP product offering
Product offeringCore offering
NEP provides end-to-end technical broadcast and live production services for sports, entertainment, film, music, and corporate events globally. The company rents and operates the industry's largest fleet of outside broadcast mobile units, configurable flypack systems scalable from 8 to 100 cameras, and 40+ studios, supplemented by remote production, virtual production, post-production/VFX, systems integration, RF and specialty capture, and cloud-based media asset management (Mediabank). Services are delivered with in-house technical crews across the UK, EMEA, Americas, and APAC regions, supporting marquee clients such as Wimbledon, UEFA, the Premier League, the Olympic Games, BBC, ITV, and Discovery/Eurosport.
Product overview
NEP is a global broadcast and production services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of technical production services. The company operates as a service provider rather than a software product company, delivering solutions through its industry-leading fleet of OB trucks, flypacks, and studio facilities. Key services include Outside Broadcast (OB) mobile units, Studio Production (40+ studios across 7 countries), Flypacks (scalable from 8-100 cameras), RF Solutions, Specialty Capture, Total Facility Control (IP-based control), Centralised and Cloud Production, Host Broadcast Support, Systems Integration, Post Production/VFX/Graphics, and Live Events services. The company also provides Virtual Production capabilities including ICVFX, virtual studios, and augmented reality, alongside media asset management solutions like Mediabank (IABM BaM Award winner) and Sora Share. Entertainment & Fixed-Rig Solutions cater to reality TV productions with bespoke camera systems and remote site installations. SMPTE 2110 IP Solutions enable modern IP-based broadcast workflows supporting 3G, HD, 4K formats with remote production capabilities including zero-latency operations.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- NEP Connect: Connectivity services providing fixed fibre circuits and satellite options for UK racecourses
- NEP Production Centre - London
- Project Earth
- NEP Mediabank
- Total Facility Control (TFC)
Products and services
- Outside Broadcast (OB) Mobile Units Rental and operation of the industry's largest fleet of outside broadcast mobile units for live event coverage, including sports, entertainment, film, and corporate events. Provides mobile production facilities, technical crew, and equipment.
- Flypack Production Systems Configurable flypack production kit scalable from 8 to 100 cameras for streaming or broadcast requirements, with more than 30 flypacks available globally for multi-venue productions.
- Studio Production More than 40 complete studios available for hire across the U.S., Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, Finland and Sweden with full technical support.
- RF Solutions Turn-key radio frequency services covering communications, audio, video, and data, from one-camera shoots to large multi-venue productions.
- Specialty Capture Robotic cameras, specialty cameras, RF and wireless technology, and aerial solutions for capturing every angle of live events.
- Centralised & Remote Production Centralized and cloud-based production solutions enabling remote production workflows with zero-latency remote gallery operations and dual 10-gig fibre connectivity.
- Total Facility Control (TFC) IP-based tool for controlling data, intercom, video and audio signal flow within a unified live event network.
- Host Broadcast Support End-to-end host broadcasting services with resources for successful events globally, including technical delivery, systems integration, transmission and connectivity for major international events.
- Systems Integration End-to-end broadcast systems integration solutions from design to management, transmission to archiving, delivered worldwide.
- Post Production, VFX & Graphics Full picture and sound post-production, graphics and animation, and VFX services for broadcast, film, commercial, corporate and digital projects.
- Entertainment & Fixed-Rig Solutions Bespoke solutions for reality TV and entertainment productions including fixed-rig installations, custom camera systems, and long-term remote site coverage for shows like Big Brother, Love Island, and Eden.
- SMPTE ST 2110 IP Solutions Industry-leading Internet Protocol transport standard solutions enabling interoperability for video and audio communications, supporting SDI, 3G, HD, 4K and other formats for remote production.
- Virtual Production & AR Solutions ICVFX, visualization, virtual art department, virtual studios, creative services and augmented reality solutions for virtual production.
- Mediabank Cloud Media Asset Management Cloud-based media asset management solution for content storage, management, and distribution, including live MCR, ingest, craft editing, automated clip generation, storage, distribution, signal hub, audio matrix and 24/7 monitoring.
- Live Events Production LED screens, LED screen trucks, projection and project mapping, video display, video/content management, audio, lighting, rigging and related live event production services.
- Crewing & Logistics Services Technical crewing, logistics and project management, freight forwarding (via SOS Global Express partnership), and connectivity services for broadcast and event projects worldwide.
Quantifiable outcome
- 57 episodes of Love Island delivered remotely during pandemic with 22,272 hours of content produced and same 30-hour turnaround
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use NEP
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
NEP technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature7 records
NEP partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, flagship and core.
- SOS Global ExpresssupportingFreight forwarding partnership for shipping logistics and freight forwarding options for broadcast equipment worldwide.
- ITV / Lifted EntertainmentflagshipLong-term production partnership delivering major ITV programmes including Love Island. NEP provides end-to-end technical broadcast solutions including remote production capabilities.
- Wimbledon Broadcast Services (WBS)flagshipOngoing partnership providing technical broadcast delivery for the prestigious Wimbledon Championships. Recently signed new four-year deal.
- DiscoveryflagshipJoint development of first ever cloud-based media asset management system for the Olympic Games, winning IABM BaM Award in 2018.
- ITV StudioscorePartnership for ITV Racing coverage including Grand National, delivering 30+ hours of live broadcast over three days with extensive camera and production infrastructure.
- Sunset and VinecoreProduction company partnership for athletics events including IAAF events and Commonwealth Games.
- Discovery (Eurosport)coreVirtual studio development for Eurosport's Winter Games Today daily live show, creating augmented reality studio environment.
- STEMsupportingPartnership with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) career support provider to encourage more staff to become STEM Ambassadors and provide presentations in schools and universities.
Scale indicators23 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights7 records
NEP competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Mobile TV Group: US-based leading provider of mobile broadcast production units (OB trucks), primarily for live sports. Directly comparable to NEP Americas in service type and customer segment.
- CTV Outside Broadcasts: UK-based outside broadcast specialist serving major sports and live events, including Premier League coverage. Comparable fleet scale and customer base to NEP's UK OB business.
- Timeline Television: UK-based broadcast services provider offering OB trucks, flypacks, post-production, and studio facilities. Directly competes with NEP UK for British sports and entertainment contracts.
- Telegenic (Bexel): Provides outside broadcast and broadcast equipment rental services across the UK and US markets. Directly comparable to NEP in OB fleet operations and equipment rental.
- Gravity Media: Direct UK/global competitor providing outside broadcast, live production, and broadcast rental services for sports, entertainment, and news clients. Closely comparable to NEP in service portfolio and customer base.
- EMG (Euro Media Group): European leader in outside broadcast and production services with comparable fleet of OB trucks, flypacks, and studios. Directly competes with NEP in EMEA for major sports and entertainment events.
Broad incumbents
- EVS Broadcast Equipment: Global leader in live video production systems, providing replay, slow-motion, and content management technology used inside NEP's OB trucks. Adjacent incumbent in the same production ecosystem.
- Grass Valley: Major broadcast technology vendor supplying cameras, vision mixers, routers, and playout infrastructure that NEP deploys across its fleet. Overlaps in broadcast technology infrastructure category.
- IMG (Endeavor): Global sports and entertainment production services company producing, distributing, and hosting major events. Overlaps with NEP in host broadcasting and production services for global sports properties.
Emerging players
- Fletcher Group (Aurora Media Worldwide): UK-based broadcast and sports content services group; Aurora Media Worldwide won SVG Sports TV Awards alongside NEP in 2022. Overlaps with NEP in sports broadcast and creative production.
Market position
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
NEP social profiles
Digital presenceNEP compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
NEP financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
NEP leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
NEP subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
NEP funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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NEP M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A1 record
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about NEP
What does NEP do?
NEP provides end-to-end technical broadcast and live production services for sports, entertainment, film, music, and corporate events globally. The company rents and operates the industry's largest fleet of outside broadcast mobile units, configurable flypack systems scalable from 8 to 100 cameras, and 40+ studios, supplemented by remote production, virtual production, post-production/VFX, systems integration, RF and specialty capture, and cloud-based media asset management (Mediabank). Services are delivered with in-house technical crews across the UK, EMEA, Americas, and APAC regions, supporting marquee clients such as Wimbledon, UEFA, the Premier League, the Olympic Games, BBC, ITV, and Discovery/Eurosport.
Is NEP a public or private company?
NEP is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was NEP founded?
NEP was founded in 1984. It employs 1,001 to 5,000 people.
Where is NEP based?
NEP is headquartered in Bracknell, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does NEP make money?
Nine revenue lines are on record. Outside Broadcast Services are the primary driver. The others are flypack Rental and Production Services, studio Production, remote Production Solutions, post Production, VFX & Graphics, host Broadcast Support, systems Integration, fixed-Rig Solutions and RF and Specialty Capture.
Who are NEP's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Mobile TV Group, CTV Outside Broadcasts, Timeline Television, Telegenic (Bexel), Gravity Media and EMG (Euro Media Group). Broad incumbents are EVS Broadcast Equipment, Grass Valley and IMG (Endeavor). Fletcher Group (Aurora Media Worldwide) is listed as an emerging player.
Does NEP have an API?
No public API is recorded for NEP.
What industry is NEP in?
NEP's product category is Broadcast Production Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPAHAKAE, Live Production Switching & Routing (Vision Mixers, Routers), with a secondary code of MPAHAKAD, Media Transport & Contribution (SRT/RIST, Satellite/IP, Fiber). Its NAICS code is 516 and its SIC code is 7819.