d&b reinforces its services business with the acquisition of White Light

After the purchase of the AVLM activity (audiovisual, lighting and multimedia) of White Light, The German company increases its presence in the market d&b solutions, focused on services.

d&b has reached an agreement to acquire one hundred percent of the shares of White Light, an operation that is scheduled to be completed in January 2022. With this movement, seeks to strengthen d&b solutions, company created in May 2021 with the mission of offering “expert and comprehensive” advice to its clients in the areas of services such as planning, installation, systems maintenance and management.

“White Light is a strategic addition for d&b Group. Its technology and experience increase the ability to d&b solutions to offer complete and flexible audio solutions, video, lighting and extended reality (XR). It is a step forward in the strategic transition of d&b”, comment Amnon Harman, CEO of d&b Group.

D&b solutions acts independently of d&b audiotechnik and focuses on offering a higher level of service and integration, and end-to-end production and installation solutions to customers. They have independent management teams that report to d&b Group.

Company of d&b solutions

Founded in 1971, White Light is a complete production solutions specialist operating in different markets such as theaters, corporate events, radio and television, concert tours, idle, education and retail. After the acquisition, The company will become part of d&b Group and will be known as 'White Light, a d&b solutions company’ , and all existing staff will remain with the company.

One of the key technologies of White Light is SmartStage, which has been in development since 2017. It is an immersive video environment that uses extended reality technology to replace the traditional chroma green screen of virtual studios..

The potential of XR technology, in combination with the immersive audio platform Soundscape of d&b and the experience at White Lights, will open new opportunities in the market for immersive AVLM solutions.