DPA Microphones played a central role in broadcasting this year’s Bastille Day celebration in France.
The event that ranks as the oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe.
With more than 120 d:screet 4061 miniature microphones and d:vote 4099 instrument microphones, which accounted for around half of all the microphones used, DPA was on full display during the festivities.
In a tradition that dates back to 1880, this annual French national holiday parade takes place in Paris along the iconic Champs Élysées.
The event is broadcast across all major French TV channels, scoring around seven million viewers, and is also screened by a number of foreign TV channels. Approximately 100,000 people watch the parade, which includes mounted and motorized divisions, flight squadrons, and of course a large amount of musicians.
