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07/08/2003

XL Video UK complete hectic weekend

XL Video have just completed one of their largest and busiest weekends yet, supplying over 500 square metres of LED screens to five very diverse events.
The company supplied four extra delay screens – a mix of Barco and Saco – allowing over 125,000 people per night to enjoy an intimate view of Williams amazing show. This was in addition to supplying the Robbie Williams’ Escapology European tour with the spectacular 448 tile Barco D10 LED onstage moving screen. This measures 13.4 x 7.7 metres physical size when configured as a 16:9 ratio solid block, splits into eight columns and tracks downstage to upstage. Each column also rotates 360 degrees and rises and falls in the vertical plane.
The Red Bull Flugtag event in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens saw manpowered flying machines and crazy pilots - from Deeply Dippy to Super Squirrel - launch themselves into the Serpentine to discover who could fly the furthest. Attended by over 70,000 enthusiasts in the baking sun, XL Video supplied four screens - two 40 square metre mobiles, one 24 square metre mobile and one 40 square metre modular screen that was flown above the runway. The event was recorded for broadcast on the ITV network.
The Sugarbabes at Rockingham Raceway. To mark the end of another successful Rockingham Motor Speedway event, over 40,000 people enjoyed a post event concert by top popsters the Sugarbabes at the Northamptonshire track, accompanied by 40 square metres of Barco D7 screen supplied by XL.
Newham Council’s “Under The Stars” music and dance spectacular event was staged in Central Park, East Ham, East London, and featured 25 square metres of Unitek screen supplied by XL Video to production company “Standby” for Newham Council.
At Glastonbury Fayre XL provided two Unitek MS17 screens for Michael Eavis’s famous post Glastonbury festival knees up for 10,000 locals, this year starring Jools Holland.
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