Eclipse HX and FreeSpeak II systems support the return of live, in-person events for the global gaming tournament. When the PUBG Nations Cup, one of the biggest tournaments in esports, returned to a live audience format in June 2022, event producers One Up Solutions and Banana Culture were well-equipped

ArKaos, the real-time visual processing technology provider for live performance, architectural installations, LED applications and broadcast, has appointed DWR Distribution as a reseller in the South African market. In October 2020, InMusic, a global leader in music technology hardware, software and consumer electronics, announced the acquisition of ArKaos – a

Join Kyle Robson of DWR Distribution for Waves Training on 4 October 2022 from 9am to 4pm. Waves is the world’s leading developer of audio plugins and signal processors for the professional and consumer electronics audio markets. Heard on hit records, major motion pictures and popular video games worldwide, Waves’

DWR Distribution is delighted to announce an introductory Vectorworks Spotlight 2022 workshop to be presented by Jade Manicom on 4 October 2022 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Cape Audio College in Observatory. Jade will provide a basic overview of the capabilities, concepts, resources, services, and benefits available

  The LED Hire Company, a Johannesburg- based rental company that specializes in the hiring of LED screen solutions, content creation and creative design and renders, has invested in 100 sqm of Absen PL2.9 lite LED panels. The panels, supplied by DWR Distribution, form part of a large shipment containing

London, UK – London’s Four Seasons Hotel Park Lane was the setting for a pre-fight press conference by British boxer Anthony Joshua and his Ukrainian opponent, Oleksandr Usyk, with a stunning LED screen backdrop driven by a Hippotizer Nevis+ Media Server.The heavyweight champions were giving interviews to the global sports press,

Christchurch, New Zealand – Visitors to The Air Force Museum of New Zealand are seeing its collection of historic aircraft in a whole new light, thanks to a new LED rig and control solution from Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting

An Anolis Ambiane and Eminere auditorium lighting installation is part of a complete revamp at the Rakkestad Theatre, a busy community hub and performance venue serving the Rakkestad municipality and surrounding areas of this thriving and diverse Norwegian agricultural heartland. Opened in 1988, general manager Magne Bjørnstad oversees everything happening at

Creative Technology (CT) has invested in multiple DiGiCo SD12s in recent years, with the two it has in its hire stock now including the theatre-specific T software. “Theatre and CT is evolving rapidly and we’re very busy with it and were keen to invest in the T software as soon

It is an enormous privilege for DWR Distribution to welcome Darren Durbach to the sales team, a big name in the live events industry and AV integration market, and someone who has paid his dues. Under the guidance of legendary Joe Copans, founder of Wild and Marr, Darren’s enthusiastic character

  The South African live events industry has snapped up 2 080 (520 Square metres) Absen PL2.9 lite LED panels, each upgraded with a NovaStar A8s-N receiver card, shipped to the country by DWR Distribution. It started when Cape Town-based Marcel Bezuidenhout, owner of Audio Engineering, wanted to find like-minded technical

DWR Distribution is pleased to welcome Ruud de Deugd back to South Africa as he presents a certified Rigging Training Course on 30 January to 4 February 2023 from 9am to 4pm at our offices in Johannesburg. With almost twenty years of experience, lecturer Ruud de Deugd specialises in rigging

New York and LA based lighting and visual designer Rob Ross of technical production specialist, Studio RRD used his vast imagination and 160 Astera Titan Tubes to create a stunning light sculpture centrepiece for the SOMA Tent at the 2022 Outside Lands Festival staged in San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate

New York based lighting designer Myles Mangino used the stylish appearance of Robe’s PATT 2013 luminaires and the excellent CRI and crisp optics of their ESPRITE moving lights to add a touch of class to a video shoot for music producer Mark Ronson featuring singer Lucky Daye. The music video

  Osnabrück, Germany – German video conferencing expert GreenIT24 has created an inspired unified communications solution for companies using MS Teams and Zoom rooms, with a tvONE CORIOview multi-window processor at its core. The Osnabrück-based company, which specializes in video comms and IT for organizations looking to optimize internal communications,

Robe’s new IP65 rated iSpiider LED wash moving lights passed some serious jungle tests on the latest edition of “I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Germany” (Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier rau) … which was recorded at Blyde River Canyon in Hoedspruit, Limpopo Province, South

Located in the Songjiang District of Shanghai, the Yun Hall Cultural Art Centre is a major community and economic project of the district party committee and district government. Its aim is to build a comprehensive, high-quality cultural landmark, providing one-stop public cultural services such as art exhibitions, cultural performances, group

Lighting and Production Designer Patrick Brannon selected Claypaky Xtylos, A.leda B-EYE K20s and Sharpysfor country superstar Tim McGraw’s just completed “McGraw Tour 2022,” which played dates in the eastern half of the US.  Premier Global Production Company, the world-class staging and lighting production company based in Nashville, was the lighting

The first major live post pandemic corporate event staged in South Africa was organized by international services, trading and distribution company Bidvest for key clients, suppliers and staff. Taking the theme “Future Now”, the large and impressive show returned live after a two-year absence, due to Covid restrictions, staged for

Multifaceted nightclub becomes UK’s first club to install the compact K3 line source system for a versatile and enveloping sound experience Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – June 2022 – Located in the heart of Newcastle’s buzzing city centre, The Lofts, which opened in August last year, has already earned a

    Three years in construction, the new Romanian Pentecostal Betania Church in Dublin is remarkable not just because it is now ranked the largest church in Ireland, but because the building was funded and primarily built by volunteers in the Church’s community. Accommodating 1500 worshippers in its main sanctuary,

In late 2021, a fire ravaged Dulaney High School’s (DHS) 1,000- seat auditorium in Baltimore County, Maryland, when a PAR 64 lighting fixture was inadvertently pointed at the red curtain. The fire was quickly extinguished, and all students and faculty were evacuated safely, but much of the audio and lighting

Knoxville, TN, June 16, 2022 — Waves Audio, the world’s leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, announces support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the Waves Cloud MX Audio Mixer, a cloud-based professional audio mixer with superior sound quality for broadcast productions. As broadcast and media

So say K3 – arguably the most successful Belgian-Dutch girl group of all time! Currently on a 2022 theatre tour through Belgium and the Netherlands, “Giddy Up & Go” is the foot-tappingly catchy third song of the set, and it features 15 Astera Titan Tubes which are used highly effectively

UK, Europe and USA – Gary Numan took to the road in April 2022 with a moody and ethereal lighting design created by award winning LA-based designer Dustin Snyder. An essential objective of the design was to ensure that the fans could clearly seeNuman and his band’s expressive faces from

For those who missed out on the DiGiCo training earlier this year, please join Kyle Robson from DWR Distribution as he presents S-Series training on 7 July 2022 from 99 am to 4 pm in Johannesburg. The course will cover the following topics: Introduction and console design Console navigation, layout

London, UK – The eyes of the world were on the incredible Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Concert in June, to witness a host of big-name singers perform on a specially created stage in front of Buckingham Palace. As the Royal Family, politicians, dignitaries and the public looked on, a show fit

  DWR Distribution is delighted to invite you to the Broadcast Studio Lighting Training Course presented by the legendary Andre Rossouw on 21 – 22 June from 9am to 4pm. With a career spanning almost four decades at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), Andre has worked as a lighting

  MADRIX 5.5 is one of the company’s biggest releases ever, and it shows! It has big features. It has small ones. Features you have been eagerly awaiting for a long time. New features that might surprise you! Features you will surely love as much as we do. The exciting

Denver, USA – Grammy Award winning, Puerto Rican mega-star Bad Bunny kicked off his 36-date sell out El Último Tour Del Mundo 2022 from the Ball Arena, Denver in February. Featuring a show design as stylishly unconventional as the artist himself, lighting designer Alain Corthout, chose to deploy a battery

Stage Electrics recently installed a pair of Robert Juliat Arthur 800W LED followspots at The Lowry, Salford Manchester. The Arthur 5°-15° followspots were supplied to Stage Electrics by Ambersphere Solutions, Robert Juliat’s exclusive UK distributor. The 1700+ seat Lowry is an important theatre for the north-west of England and runs

The final evening concert of the 2022 Volbriöö event in Estonia’s vibrant and picturesque second city of Tartu took place on the Kaarsild (Arch) Bridge, an elegant pedestrian link that connects the centre of town with the Ülejõe District, traversing the Emajõgi River. Andres Sarv, lighting designer from Tartu’s famous

DWR Distribution is pleased to announce the addition of Stuart Andrews to take on the position of projects and operations manager. “I’m so positive and happy to be back in South Africa and at DWR,” said Stuart, who has lived in Rwanda and Dubai for well over a year since

Reotshepile Tlhowe and Nathan Thiart with the new Fenix Hercules 8.   Blue Array Productions, a professional rental and production company, has invested in two FENIX Stage Hercules 8 front-loading lifting towers supplied by DWR Distribution. The units were put to work for the very first time at Liefde by

For those living in Cape Town, please join Jaques Pretorius from DWR Distribution as he presents an intensive two day introductory grandMA3 introductory workshop, which includes the granMA3 new software release v1.7, from 27 – 28 June from  9 am to 4 pm. The workshop will be held at the

Twenty of Robe’s new FORTE moving lights are a key feature of a new lighting design by Maxime Chotard for “Mousquetaire de Richelieu” (Richelieu’s Musketeer), one of the flagship shows at Puy du Fou, a historical theme park in Les Epesses in the Pays de la Loire region of Western