Grass Valley has signed a multi-year enterprise agreement with NEP Group that will strengthen the latter’s strategic position as the worldwide leader in centralised, remote production.
Jeff Hughes, Chief Operating Officer, NEP Group, said, “We want to offer our customers the best choice when it comes to financial models, products and workflows, so they can deliver the rich live content experiences consumers demand today.
“Grass Valley and NEP Group have partnered on many premium live event productions in the past, and I look forward to many successful future collaborations.”
For Grass Valley, the deal underscores its commitment to lead the digital transformation and be the partner of choice for its customers. The deal will see the two companies combine their knowledge, insight, and offerings to support modern providers and creators of premium live content and will allow the two companies' R&D teams to work closer to bring critical innovations to market.
Jan Lange, Chief Revenue Officer, Grass Valley, added, “Our enterprise pricing agreements are about selecting the best partners that support our mission to make the transition for media companies to future workflows – such as IP, cloud and software-defined – a reality.”
“Our relationship with NEP has evolved from a vendor to a partner, and I am excited to continue this journey, offering superior commercial choices, technical excellence and industry insight to our customers and the greater media market."
Grass Valley and NEP have produced and delivered live coverage of some of the most significant sporting events for more than a decade, including coverage of the Tokyo Games, Wimbledon and Superbowl.
NEP has already in hand a suite of both Grass Valley's software and hardware live production technology, including the full raster 4K UHD/HD IP and SDI GV K-Frame XP video production switcher, the native IP LDX 150 camera platform, and other IP technologies.