NEP Expands Access to Premium Live Production Capabilities Across Europe
New production unit EU-01 marks the latest step in NEP's standardised fleet strategy across Europe, combining UEFA-level specifications with a hybrid architecture and software orchestration through NEP Platform.
HILVERSUM, Netherlands, August 20, 2026--NEP Group, the leading media services provider for live sports and entertainment worldwide, today announced the launch of EU-01, its newest outside broadcast unit and another major step in its strategy to build new units around a common technical framework designed to operate across European markets. The approach gives customers a consistent production experience, with familiar tools, workflows and production environments wherever their events take them across the region.
Built on a common IP-based technical architecture, EU-01 takes a hybrid approach, bringing together software-defined capabilities and traditional hardware-based solutions engineered to work seamlessly together. This gives NEP greater flexibility to deploy production capacity across European markets while preserving a familiar operating environment for customers and production teams.
NEP Platform, the industry's largest ecosystem of trusted software applications for live media production, is a key enabler of this standardised approach, helping teams deploy and configure software-defined capabilities faster and respond more efficiently to the evolving needs of live production.
Designed to UEFA technical specifications, EU-01 is capable of supporting the highest levels of international production while remaining flexible enough to move between sports, entertainment and other live productions. The unit will begin supporting ESPN's coverage of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands and will be showcased during the IBC Show 2026, where customers and partners will have the opportunity to tour EU-01 in person.
"Our customers want the confidence that wherever they're producing across Europe, they'll have access to the tools, workflows and production environments they know and trust," said Lise Heidal, President of NEP Europe.
"That's what we're building toward with a more standardised fleet. EU-01 brings that strategy to life, giving our teams the consistency and agility to respond quickly to customer needs while delivering a seamless production experience wherever their events take them."
A Standardised Approach Across Europe
NEP Europe's standardised approach enables production teams to move more easily between markets while maintaining familiar tools and workflows. It also gives NEP greater flexibility to deploy production capacity across countries as customer needs change, helping maximise the scale and utilisation of its European fleet.