In front of a capacity crowd at the sold-out 2009 Parnelli Awards in Orlando, Florida, USA, XL Video was announced as the winner of the Video Rental Company of the Year Award. René de Keyzer, CEO of the XL Video Group and Phil Mercer, Managing Director of XL Video LA, accepted the prestigious award. Also on hand to celebrate was XL Video's President Marcel de Keyzer and Jo Beirne of XL … [Read more...]
XL Video supplies MTV Europe music awards
This year's spectacular MTV Europe Music Awards were held at the O2 World in Berlin, where XL Video’s UK and French offices combined forces to provide a dynamic interactive video backdrop for this high profile event. XL Video France supplied a massive 22 projector system managed by Klaas Eecloo, comprising of Barco FLMs for front and rear projection on the main set, 2 IMAG projection … [Read more...]
XL Video supplies Cliff and The Shadows tour
XL video UK supplied a PixLED screen, cameras, PPU and crew to the 2009 Cliff Richard & The Shadows UK and European tour which has just finished. Video and lighting was designed by LD Derek Jones. The idea of the screen emerged when Jones decided that it would be more dynamic and expedient on truck space to replace potentially chunky scenery pieces with a multi-functional scenic/IMAG … [Read more...]
Phil Mercer appointed MD of XL Video LA Office
Phil Mercer has been appointed as the new MD of XL Video's busy Los Angeles office. After 5 years on the project management team at XL Video UK, Mercer is looking forward to taking up the new challenges and "Exciting opportunity" of heading up the LA operation. "My role is to ensure that the rigorous quality standards for which XL Video has become known in Europe for providing the best … [Read more...]
XL Video and Barco make U2 tour a success
For opening night in Soldier Field, U2 sold out all 65,000 tickets in a matter of minutes, and based on the demand, the band had to schedule an extra show on September 13th. The centrepiece of the U2 360° tour is the world's first transformable LED screen, comprised of over 500,000 Barco FLX LED modules. For the third time this millennium, the close cooperation between XL Video and Barco has … [Read more...]
