NEP UK wins ITV contract to cover horse racing

NEP UK Broadcast Services has announced that it will be continuing its 30-year provision of outside broadcast facilities for the UK coverage of horse racing. Horse racing has recently found a new home at ITV, with NEP UK confirmed to continue working on the new contract from January 2017.

NEP UK will be providing a state of the art, double expanding, UHD ready truck to deliver this contract. This new truck will be one of five being delivered between now and early 2017.

John Turnbull, deputy managing director, NEP UK, says: “The horse racing has been part of NEP UK for almost 30 years, right since the inception of the business and we have an unmatched depth of knowledge and experience. The team and I are very much looking forward to working on the Racing with ITV Sport & producing top quality coverage.”

Ben Russell, operations manager ITV Sport, says: “ITV Sport are delighted to be working with NEP UK on our Horse Racing Coverage. We have a long standing relationship with NEP UK across our portfolio and we know we can rely on them to work collaboratively with our production teams to deliver first class coverage.”