VisualAudio Productions’ Staal Van Der Bergh has invested in a new Hippotizer Karst Media Server from South African distributor, DWR Distribution, contributing to the company’s existing Hippotizer Boreal Media Server. “I love animals. The more Hippos the merrier! But in all earnestness, I don’t always need a big Hippotizer such as the Boreal and the Karst’s greatest selling point is flexibility. Now I have the best of both worlds,” said Van Der Bergh. DWR’s Dylan Jones added: “Staal can send out the Karst on an extra show, he can work on large productions using both the Karst and the Boreal,…
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Avid (Nasdaq: AVID), a leading global media technology provider for the creation and distribution of media assets for global media organisations, enterprise users, and individual creative professionals, announced that MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center) Group has implemented a comprehensive Avid newsroom solution for its new facility in Dubai Studio City. The new MBC studios at Dubai Studio City features Avid MediaCentral UX, allowing the team to create, collaborate, manage, and deliver a wider range of content faster, and put the story at the centre of all planning and delivery. Powered by MediaCentral, the industry’s most open, tightly integrated and efficient platform…
eclipse Staging Services delivered an elite line of technical equipment for the 44th edition of WorldSkills Competition, the world’s leading technical and vocational skills event organised by Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET) and EmiratesSkills. The world championship, hosted by the Middle East for the first time, welcomed more than 10,000 attendees from over 70 countries, including contestants, experts and local dignitaries. The platform’s mission is to distinguish, celebrate and support the excellent work that skilled youngsters do to promote education and training through developing their knowledge and skills. eclipse Staging Services supplied lighting and…
Protec, a world leading event solutions provider, headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates has entered an agreement with Bumat Motion Systems, the Middle East’s leading manufacturer of turntables and revolves. Protec’s Founder and CEO, Stephen Lakin commented: “Over the last year we have had more and more requests for revolves, particularly in the Motor Industry. We felt that working together with a world leader like Bumat would be the ideal solution to beef up our stocks with a quality product that we could offer our clients. Bumat’s modular system can supply turntables of any size and carrying capacity: made…
Philips Entertainment Lighting, the world leader in lighting, has announced its latest lighting fixtures play a key role in enhancing the quality of the television pictures for the current series of South Africa’s televised talent contest, Idols. The LED-based new Philips VLZ Profile fixtures from Philips Entertainment Lighting are providing a quality of light output that enables even more finely colour-balanced television pictures for the latest series. Produced by Mzansi Magic channel 161 DSTV, Idols is currently in its 13th season. Lighting Designer for the seventh consecutive year, Joshua Cutts, along with Director and Executive Producer, Gavin Wratten wanted to build…
DWR Distribution has announced the latest Prolyte Rigging Course, in conjunction with Prolyte and Rhino Rigs, will be held in Johannesburg from 29 January to 3 February 2018. The internationally recognised 5-day course, presented by Rinus Bakker, will feature practical hands-on session presented by DWR Distribution’s Robert Izzett on the final day. Interested delegates must be competent in mathematics and those who pass the course will receive certification and 48 SACIA CPD Points. The course will be held at DWR Distribution, Block C, Unit 1, Kimbult Industrial Park, 9 Zeiss Road, Laserpark Honeydew and costs $9,500 (ZAR), including a 50%…
Renown Sound Engineer Adriaan van der Walt joined South-Africa’s Multi-Media Event Trading, debuting his production skills on The Voice Nigeria. Upon van der Walt’s arrival, the company purchased 2 DiGiCo SD10 consoles from DWR Distribution, accompanied by 2 SD Racks on HMA Optics, Wave Servers, Orange Box and option cards, all of which went straight onto The Voice, Nigeria. van der Walt commented: “I was working in the UK with audio rental company Capital Sound as a freelancer and DiGiCo was the thing. The moment I mentioned anything else, someone would want to hit me over the head! Since then…
The eclipse Group, a leading multi-disciplinary supplier of event technology to the live events industry, has opened a new office and operation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to accommodate the accelerated growth of the Middle East region, and improve the needs of their clientele. Saudi Arabia played host to many business events in 2016, and aim to invest an estimated $1.6 billion (USD) to boost its Mice business for the coming years to 2019. Including further plans to establish operations and interests in Saudi Arabia were a practical step in line with the government-led Saudi Vision 2030 to diversify the society. The…
SES Global and Production Technology (Protec) have signed a major deal in October 2017. Steve Lakin CEO of Protec placed an order with SES Global to provide power distribution, dimmers and motor controllers for the company’s new set up in Saudi Arabia. Valued at nearly $750,000 (ZAR), a landmark first order for the new SES FLX dimmer system in the Middle East region. Upon trialling the unit at the recent Tomorrowland production, Protec’s Head of Lighting Aaron Russ was impressed with the system. The order is made up of a number of these multi-channel racks, traditional hard power socapex units…
The latest series of reality show, Take Me Out Mzanzi, recorded at Sasani Studios in Johannesburg, featured a lighting scheme designed by Rob Grobler, with equipment supplied by rental specialist Gearhouse South Africa. Over 130 Robe fixtures assisted Grobler in achieving the spegracific lighting style, which featured Robe’s original DL range of LED moving lights, with 12 Robe DLS Profiles, 24 Robe DLX Spots and 24 Robe DLF Washes. Joined by 14 Robe ColorSpot 700E ATs, 36 Robe LEDForce LED PARs, and 24 Robe CityScape 48s. The set was designed by Michael Gill and built for the show by Sets…
Dubai’s Spectrum Entertainment Services has joined the Adamson Network with the purchase of a substantial E-Series system, with the new package featuring at the 2017 Saudi National Day celebrations at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. “We’re seeing the demand for high-performance audio systems continue to grow and invested in Adamson’s E-Series due to its high-fidelity sound, phase coherence, even coverage, and clarity,” explained Julien Beyrouthy, General Manager of Spectrum Entertainment Services. “We’re following our longtime clients to bigger venues while also supporting larger festivals and major international tours. Adamson’s rider acceptance has grown significantly and promoters in our market…
International YouTube sensation Vidya Vox embarked on an international tour in support of her first EP Kuthu Fire starting with 2 dates in South Africa. Chris Reade and Jay Ballinger designed a lightshow accompanying the production, featuring a collection of Chavet Professional Maverick MK2 Spot, Rogue R2 Wash and STRIKE 4 fixtures from Chauvet Professional. “We use these fixtures in wide variety of ways to reflect the scope of Vidya’s music,” said Reade of Las Vegas based KYVA Design LLC. “Much of the credit for our impactful lightshow goes to Heather Cossette. Jay and I gave her a general overview of what we were…
