NEP Americas Rolls Out Scalable IP Flypack Production Kits

NEP Americas, part of NEP Group, has added scalable, IP-based flypack production kits to its end-to-end offerings for media companies, with the systems deployed from the United States and available to customers worldwide.

The company said the flypacks deliver the same capabilities as its mobile units and serve remote productions where bringing a full mobile unit onsite is impractical. Each kit runs on NEP's Total Facility Control (TFC) broadcast control system.

The kits can operate in three configurations:

• as independent, standalone systems;
• combined with each other to scale up;
• paired with any NEP dynamic facility to match productions of any size.

They support all formats, including 1080p, HDR and 4K.

What does this change for broadcasters?

In practical terms, it gives media companies a middle option between a full mobile unit and a stripped-down remote kit. The flypacks can be sized to the job, from an everyday regional production to a global event, without changing the underlying control system.

The systems were not launched cold. Howie Rosenthal, chief commercial officer for NEP Americas, said: "They were tested and proven on two of the largest international sporting events this summer, helping host broadcasters reach audiences in the millions. Now, they're available to be deployed on live productions of every size and scale, whether it's an everyday regional production or another global event."

NEP did not name the two events or quantify the audience figures beyond the general claim of audiences in the millions, and the company's description of flexibility rests on its own testing rather than independent verification.

Software orchestration alongside hardware

The flypacks are built to incorporate NEP Platform, the company's ecosystem of software applications for media production. During one recent international sporting event, the flypacks used NEP Platform to deploy Riedel's SimplyLive solution for video switching, replay and multiviewing.

That deployment is the notable technical detail: it shows software applications orchestrated alongside traditional hardware-based tools inside the same kit. NEP positions this as giving media companies greater choice and control over how they build smarter and leaner production workflows — a vendor claim, but one anchored in a live-event deployment rather than a lab demonstration.

The kits also use TFC, NEP's broadcast control system, to let operators, engineers and technical teams manage IT and network environments from a single system. Consolidating control of broadcast, IT and network layers into one interface reduces the number of separate systems a technical team must master on site.

Ties into NEP's connected infrastructure

The flypacks do not operate in isolation. They connect into NEP's Connected Solutions facilities, including the NEP Dallas Datacenter and the South Florida Production Hub, and can link with NEP's global hubs. That connectivity means a flypack on location can draw on centralized processing and routing resources, extending the reach of the kits beyond what travels in the cases.

Rosenthal framed the launch as part of a broader push: "We continue to look for new ways to give our customers flexible resources that adapt to the needs of their productions, and these new flypack systems are a great example of this."

He added: "We're excited to continue to expand the remote production capabilities we're providing to our partners in the Americas and beyond."

NEP says more information is available on its website. The kits are available now, and the company's stated direction is continued expansion of remote production capabilities across the Americas and other regions.