San Francisco, Calif. February 15, 2012 — Grass Valley™ live production technologies were central to the broadcast of this year's 54th Annual Grammy® Awards telecast on Sunday, February 12 (at the Staples Center in Los Angeles), which was produced live in the 1080i high-definition (HD) format by veteran mobile production company NEP Broadcasting for CBS and the E! Entertainment Television channel. NEP Broadcasting, based in Pittsburgh, Penn. has used Grass Valley technologies for many years to bring home all of the musical performances and pageantry of the world renowned Grammys.

NEP's Denali Summit HD truck was on-site to handle the main awards broadcast on CBS while its ND4 rig was used to cover the Red Carpet portion of the event for E!. Both trucks carry a Grass Valley Kalypso™ HD Video Production Center switcher, a Trinix (192x160 and 160x128, respectively) HD-SDI video router, and a wide variety of signal processing modules from the Grass Valley GeckoFlex™ product line to switch and manage the dozens of camera and other feeds that make up the Grammy telecast.

The Grammy Awards telecast is presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).

* Disclaimer: Grass Valley is not an official sponsor of the Grammy Awards, nor is it affiliated in any way with the Grammy® Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Recording Academy, the Grammy Foundation, MusiCares, CBS, E! Entertainment Television or any other organization affiliated with the Grammy Awards or the Grammy Foundation. Information supplied in this media alert does not imply endorsement from the Grammy Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Recording Academy, the Grammy Foundation, MusiCares, CBS or E! Entertainment Television. The Grammy Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Recording Academy, the Grammy Foundation, MusiCares, CBS and E! Entertainment Television are registered trademarks, trademarks, and/or service marks of their respective owners.

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About NEP

NEP is a leading provider of services and equipment for remote television production, studio production, video display and live-to-web event production. With more than 700 employees worldwide and three decades experience, NEP leads the industry in engineering expertise and technology innovation. The company is majority-owned by American Securities, a private equity firm headquartered in New York, and NEP management. For more information, please visit our website at www.nepinc.com.


About Grass Valley — the Premier Video Technology Solutions Company

With a rich history serving the broadcast and professional video industries, the Grass Valley name is synonymous with innovation, leadership, and performance. With a full range of products and services supporting many of the world's most high-profile live events, Grass Valley offers the most comprehensive portfolio of software, services and IT infrastructure. Customers deploying Grass Valley solutions include most of the world's leading broadcast and teleproduction IT facilities and independent video professionals, as well as emerging content creators and distributors and providers of broadband, telecommunications, and transmission services. When you're watching news, sports, or entertainment programming, whether on a TV, the web, or a mobile phone, you're watching Grass Valley at work in the connected world.

For information about Grass Valley products, please visit www.grassvalley.com