{"id":24315,"date":"2025-04-16T08:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24315\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:50:11","slug":"hive-appoints-cast-as-german-distributor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24315\/","title":{"rendered":"Hive appoints CAST as German distributor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hive, a company specialising in\u00a0media control systems and software<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0has appointed CAST as its official distributor in Germany, expanding its footprint in central Europe. The partnership leverages CAST\u2019s trusted reputation, technical know-how, and established history in the entertainment technology sector.<\/p>\n

CAST (cast C.Adolph & RST Distribution GmbH), located in Hagen, Germany, is a prominent lighting, stage, and media technology distributor. The company collaborates closely with lighting designers, technical directors, planners, and creatives in theatre, corporate events, studios, architainment, cruise ships, trade fairs, and convention centres.<\/p>\n

The company offers support for permanent installations and touring projects, providing diverse solutions for system integrators and live event professionals.<\/p>\n

A strong partnership <\/p>\n

CAST will provide the complete range of Hive\u2019s products, centred on the acclaimed Beeblade media engine. Beeblade is a compact yet powerful solution engineered for scalability, offering HD, 4K, and 8K video outputs with outstanding performance. <\/p>\n

Whether supporting high-resolution LED walls, intricate multi-projector setups, or captivating visuals, Hive\u2019s media engines present a compact, economical, and efficient solution for contemporary AV applications.<\/p>\n

\"Hive<\/a> <\/p>\n

Mark Calvert<\/strong>, co-founder of Hive, says: \u201cFor many years, the team at Hive has shared a great friendship, mutual trust and respect with the team at CAST. As we expand our route to market, we\u2019re genuinely excited to welcome CAST into the Hive ecosystem. <\/p>\n

\u201cTheir extensive industry expertise, strong technical support and well-established distribution network make them an ideal partner to grow our presence in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christian Pies<\/strong>, sales director at CAST, adds: \u201cWe\u2019re very excited about the market\u2019s response to Hive\u2019s media servers and what this addition means for our portfolio. Hive\u2019s innovative, user-friendly solutions are a perfect fit for our customers, particularly those with a strong focus on media technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Beeblade now part of our offering, we can provide even greater value to professionals across Germany, making access to high-performance media control more seamless and better supported than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hive customers will also benefit from CAST\u2019s consultative, service-oriented approach. With a showroom in Hagen for hands-on demonstrations, technical training provided through CAST Schools, and a responsive support team available in-house and on location, CAST guarantees a smooth experience from purchase to deployment.<\/p>\n

The partnership was unveiled at Prolight + Sound 2025 in Frankfurt, a significant trade event for professionals in live entertainment and event technology.<\/p>\n

Last month, Hive joined forces with Panasonic to launch the \u2018Global Teleport\u2019 experience<\/a><\/strong>, an interactive attraction that breaks new ground in projection, real-time interactivity and AI-driven personalisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hive, a company specialising in\u00a0media control systems and software,\u00a0has appointed CAST as its official distributor in Germany, expanding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[15079,15080,7331,2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-24315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-attractions-business","9":"tag-attractions-technology","10":"tag-av","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114346788350722376","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}