NEP's Sweetwater Opens First East Coast Facility in New York City

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NEP's Sweetwater, a full-service provider of video display solutions and camera systems for television production, corporate and special events, today announced they opened a facility in New York City. The new facility reflects Sweetwater's growing market focus on serving productions based on the East Coast.

In addition, Steven Alper, a veteran of the television production and events business has joined Sweetwater as Director of Business Development with the primary mission to expand the company's East Coast business.

"For over 30 years, Sweetwater has built a reputation for world-class video, audio and display systems backed by on-site expert engineering staff and unparalleled customer service," said Sweetwater Senior Vice President, Ron Drews.  "With our new presence in New York City, and the addition of Steve, we have added some great talent and facilities creating an east coast hub - which will allow us to provide more comprehensive and truly local service for projects and clients located closer to the Eastern Seaboard." 

The New York City facility adds capacity to Sweetwater's existing location in Van Nuys, CA.  As part of NEP's worldwide network of broadcast and event production services, Sweetwater also has access to the industry's largest pool of broadcast and display resources across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.  This includes engineering and technical experts around the globe, television studios and custom production control rooms, the largest fleet of mobile television production trucks available and a full line of video display technologies.

"I am thrilled to be part of such a renowned team.  On any night of the week, Sweetwater's video support and display technologies are lighting up eye-catching and innovative live performance stages for some of the most popular live television and entertainment programs around," added Alper. "As part of NEP, we have the experience, scale and resources to serve any client, regardless of the size of the project or its location.  Now we also have an important hub in New York, expanding the network of support we offer our video display clients."

For more information on Sweetwater and their display technologies, visit www.svptv.com. 

About NEP

For over 30 years, NEP has been delivering expertly engineered solutions for remote production, studio production, video display and host broadcasting. With a worldwide network that includes the most advanced equipment and largest fleet of mobile units available, as well as global production studios to suit every genre, our talented team of experts work together to deliver superior service to every client.  Driven by passion and a focus on innovation, NEP has supported productions in over 20 countries on all seven continents, and has set the industry standard for excellence.  For more information, visit www.nepinc.com, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

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