NEP Group is pleased to announce that Vince Russell has been appointed Interim Managing Director of NEP Connect, effective immediately.

Finance Director Samantha Harrison has been appointed to the Non-Executive Directors (NED) board at Rise, a distinguished advocacy group for gender diversity in broadcast media technology.

NEP Connect's Helen Jeffrey, International Sales Director, has proudly been shortlisted for this year's Rise Awards alongside three of her colleagues across the NEP Group network.

Equipped with NEP Connect’s industry-leading connectivity solutions, 16 hybrid and battery-powered vehicles are now serving ITV’s regional, national and major event news coverage

NEP had the honour of being an official sponsor for the greatly anticipated Broadcast Awards 2023 with NEP Connect’s Managing Director David Meynell presenting the Best Sports Programme Award, also sponsored by NEP. Celebrating the very best in British programming and channels. The awards recognise and reward the UK’s most ground-breaking content, creators and channels across the television industry.

The final round of Extreme E Season 2 took place in Punta del Este for the Uruguay Natural Energy X Prix. NEP, Aurora and Extreme E provided the technical solution for this exciting and innovative series. The success of Extreme E has resulted in a third season in the works. The series will return to destinations from season 2 – heading to Saudi Arabia, Italy and Chile. Two new destinations have also been confirmed, with the race series landing in Scotland for the first time, whilst the fourth race’s location has been teased as either Brazil or the USA, which will be taking place in September.

This weekend concluded the men’s, women’s, and wheelchair Rugby League World Cups. Fans had to wait an extra year for the tournament due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the tournament will leave an impact that lasts generations! The tournament saw all the men’s and women’s teams making it all the way to the semi-finals, losing to Samoa and New Zealand, respectively. The wheelchair side managed to make it all the way to the final in what was a successful tournament both on and off the pitch.

This week the Broadcast Sports Awards took place, with NEP Connect thrilled to have worked on many projects that won awards, that including our work with Sky Sports, ITV and the BBC! Winners included Best Sport Production of the Year, NEP TV Sport Moment of the Year and Sports Broadcaster of the Year!

NEP Connect employees Samantha Harrison and Marley Forrester visited Hazeley Academy as part of a local outreach programme concerning STEAM; designed to inspire students towards a career within Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths!

Alongside partners Aurora and Extreme E, NEP Group win two awards related to production and sustainability at the SVG Sports Awards. At the DeLaMar Theatre in Amsterdam, Extreme E won awards in Outstanding Production Achievement – Event, and the One Planet Award for Sustainability in Sports.

According to charity Shelter, 1 in 94 people in Milton Keynes are unhoused, leaving them subject to the elements each night. NEP Connect staff have been collecting their empty crisp packets in the office to recreate blankets similar to the foil ones that paramedics provide patients with. The company have then gone on to hand these blanket out to the unhoused population of Milton Keynes

Exciting plans have been put in place for NEP to collaborate with ITV once again, with ITV getting a new fleet of News Production Vehicles (NPV). This began with two open days hosted by NEP Connect, to welcome ITV regional news crew members.

As part of our pledge to be more sustainable, NEP Connect is celebrating #WorldRefillDay, with all crew members using refillable bottles.

NEP are proud to have worked with BBC Studios Events providing facilities for the host broadcasts operation in celebration of the prestigious Queen’s Platinum Jubilee over the bank holiday weekend.

NEP Connect is committed to making smart use of the earth’s resources and minimising our environmental impact. This is why we are supporting Plastic Free July! We strive to carry out our work sustainably in every sense and eliminate the use of single-use plastics at work, or during a production / event. We at NEP are in full support of Plastic Free July. We want to share this challenge with you, so you can contribute in your own way at work, home, or in your wider community! Remember: if we all see the bigger picture, do our bit, and start making small changes in our own lives, we can start seeing some incredible results for our planet.

NEP Connect are proud to announced that have the ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management, as part of our growing pledge to be more environmentally conscious. ISO standards are an internationally recognised standards that promote and require best practice for management systems.

The eSkootr Championship™ (eSC) and NEP are breaking new ground with advanced broadcasting technology for a mobile-first generation by streaming the inaugural season in 9:16 format, which means the racing action will fill the entirety of a vertical screen.

Multi-million-pound contract for eco-friendly, battery-powered vehicles gives ITV News market-leading fleet for new hybrid era

End-to-end broadcast and live event solutions bring live coverage of critical climate change Summit to millions around the world

NEP deploys a team of 100+ and end-to-end solutions to assist Identity’s delivery of highly anticipated global event

Extreme E, the new electric off-road racing series, has enlisted a host of broadcast partners including NEP Group, a leading technical production partner for producers of live sports and entertainment, which will provide the technology, expertise and global network to deliver the most innovative and sustainable broadcast production.

NEP announced today that Brian Sullivan will join the company as Chief Executive Officer starting August 31. Sullivan brings more than 30 years of broadcast industry experience to NEP, having previously served in executive leadership roles at media giants FOX Networks Group, SKY Deutschland AG and Sky UK.

NEP UK and NEP Connect announce the launch of a new, integrated remote production centre in Manchester’s MediaCityUK complex. NEP’s teams built out the facility in time to support Sky Sports’ return to live football coverage.

NEP Connect is capping off a tremendously successful year with the news that it fibred close to 100 new venues over the course of 2019.

NEP Connect has provided satellite and Anylive® fibre solutions to major UK broadcast clients to enable global coverage of a host of top-flight women’s sports events, including major tournaments and global championships for football, cricket and netball.

NEP Connect (formerly SIS LIVE), the leader in critical broadcast connectivity, has announced two new appointments in key positions within the company. Effective immediately, Chris Ainger becomes Head of Technical Sales, while Jeff Hallman, is appointed as Global Network Solutions Architect.

NEP Connect has announced that it has provided bespoke production solutions and fibre connectivity to ITV Studios Entertainment for the summer’s biggest reality show, Love Island.

NEP Connect provided bespoke production solutions and satellite connectivity for the 106th Tour De France bicycle road race broadcast daily on ITV4.

An essential technical requirement for bringing Dancing on Ice to millions of viewers each week was to install permanent media fibre connectivity.

NEP Connect has won a contract with Premier Sports, Dublin, to provide fibre network broadcast HD connectivity services for Guinness PRO14 Rugby coverage.

NEP Connect announced today its acquisition of SIS LIVE Limited, a leading provider of connectivity services.

NEP Connect will showcase the success of recent deployments of its Anylive® connectivity network and NEP Connect Gateway Service at CABSAT 2018.

Broadcast connectivity expert NEP Connect & leading satellite operator ABS have launched a new NEP Connect Gateway Service solution for ABS OU services.

Broadcast connectivity expert NEP Connect will showcase the recent deployments of its Anylive® connectivity network at IBC 2017.

NEP Connect announced that a total of 26 of its ‘ad-hoc’ SNG vehicles will be despatched for multiple UK broadcasters for live coverage throughout the day.

NEP Connect today announced that it has further extended its Anylive® connectivity network to 25 horse racecourses throughout Ireland.

Technology has changed the way we socialise, the way we consume news and now it’s changing the way we organise and attend major corporate events.

NEP Connect will connect the headliners as well as hundreds of additional artists to the rest of the world at Glastonbury.

There are multiple elements needed to make an event successful. But if there’s one thing that successful events do have in common – it’s good connectivity.

NEP Connect provided connectivity & streaming services for production company North One Television’s support of W, the entertainment channel of UKTV.

NEP Connect (formerly known as SIS LIVE) has made it into Streaming Media Europe’s 101 list.

NEP Connect has announced a partnership with Telstra, a leading telecommunications and technology company, to expand their connectivity network in Asia.

NEP Connect (formerly known as SIS Live) has installed a 1GB fibre network for leading sports production company Input Media.

NEP Connect (formerly known as SIS LIVE) is to provide Ultra High Definition fibre connectivity for Sky Sports Ultra HD coverage of the Premier League.

NEP Connect (formerly known as SIS Live) will announce the further expansion of its ‘anylive® fibre network’ at IBC.

The festival season is upon us across the UK and Europe. Organisers will need to look out for festival wifi services and streaming opportunities.

Leading broadcast connectivity supplier, NEP Connect, has signed an agreement with the media services arm of Babcock International Group.

If you haven’t thought about using this highly effective medium before, then it’s time you did. Here are several business uses for streaming.

Leading broadcast connectivity expert NEP Connect has significantly increased its portfolio of connectivity resources in the Middle East.

NEP Connect has stepped up to the oche and extended its venue connectivity portfolio with TV coverage of the William Hill World Darts Championship.

NEP Connect was relied upon by the UK’s main news broadcasters to provide uplink facilities for their general election coverage.

NEP Connect is pleased to announce its new agreement with Sky Sports News for the provision of satellite capacity for its news gathering operations.

Leading connectivity expert NEP Connect (formerly known as SIS LIVE) has signed new contracts with ITV and ITN.

NEP Connect (formerly known as SIS LIVE) has been working with Sky to explore & develop the technology used to transmit ultra HD (4K) video via satellite.

Sky Sports News HD embarked on an ambitious mission to broadcast live from every one of the 92 premier & football league club grounds in the united kingdom

NEP Connect has signed a new contract with European Tour Productions to provide worldwide satellite services for their golf coverage.

NEP Connect announces this week its increased presence at MediaCityUK as the latest developments to its facilities come online.

NEP Connect (formerly known as SIS Live) has been working in a collaborative venture with France televisions sports department.

NEP Connect (formally known as SIS Live) produces the first ever HD stream of a live classical concert.

NEP Connect (formally known as SIS Live) announced plans to relocate its london operation to mediacityuk at salford quays.