XL Video Wins 8th TPi Award

XL Video has won its eighth Total Production International Award (TPi) for Favorite Video Services Company of the Year.

The 2011 TPi Awards -- which recognize the industry's most innovative and ambitious technical, creative and production achievements -- were presented by Huey Morgan from the alternative band Fun Lovin' Criminals at the Novotel West London on February 7. The award was collected by members of the XL Video UK team, and follows on from wins in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.

XL UK's Chris Mounsor and Lee Spencer comment, "It is a remarkable achievement to win the TPi Award for the eighth time, especially considering that it's not influenced by any judges, the magazine or promoters ... it's won purely on votes from our peers. These are our friends in the lighting, sound, trucking, and rigging industries and in artist, tour, and production management, plus all the ancillary industries involved with concert touring worldwide."

They add that it is a recognition of the "high regard" in which XL is held, a position that has been achieved by the "hard work, expertise, passion, and dedication of everyone in the company," including freelance crews and other front-line ambassadors who support and are an integral part of this incredible teamwork.

XL's good friend and long time collaborator Jon Shrimpton won the Video Visionary Award. Shrimpton has worked with XL on numerous projects and directed some stunning shows, most recently with Depeche Mode, Elbow, Paramore, Paulo Nutini, and the Scissor Sisters.

Live Production of the Year was won by Gorillaz, a band with which XL has been involved on a number of projects.