For this "40th+1" edition, the organisers offered a top line-up of artists, including Iron Maiden, The Chemical Brothers, Muse, Bastille and The Lumineers. The engineers from French company Alabama Média were on hand day and night to make sure the punters experienced the best audio and visual experience possible.
Alabama has been an integral part of the success that the festival is enjoying today. The Lyon based staging company has been involved in the festival for 20 years and is not only responsible for the two main stages - les Arches and la Grande Scene - but they also deal with the content management: Indeed, the Alabama team is responsible for broadcasting all images on the giant screens, they manage video recording of Les Arches stage, and ensure that local and national TV gets all the images they need by distributing the audio and video signals from their dedicated control centre.
"We've been using video at the Paléo for 15 years now" remembers Alabama's technical director Jo
