With their expertise and our industry leading technology, media production and development of the best competitive racing, we believe we can truly grow a global franchise around this futuristic, high-speed racing sport.”ġ) References to Drone Racing League and DRL are to Drone Racing League Inc.Ģ) Gross assets subject to this transaction were $1mģ) Profits attributable to the assets subject to this transaction were $nil “Having a distribution deal and strategic partnerships with Sky will bring DRL to tens of millions of viewers.
We can’t wait to share it with fans around the world. Our team has worked tirelessly to develop the technology, racecourses, and sporting rules needed to deliver the most elite, competitive, and thrilling drone racing league on the planet.
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“We’re really looking forward to working with the team at DRL to grow the sport and to bring something completely different to audiences across both TV and digital.”ĭRL CEO/Founder Nicholas Horbaczewski said: “This is an incredibly exciting day for DRL. The investments we make are all about driving innovation, and ultimately improving the Sky experience for customers.
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Sky Sports and DRL will also team up with London & Partners to bring an official DRL race, the first professional drone race in the UK, to an iconic venue in London.Įmma Lloyd, Group Business Development Director at Sky, said: “We’re thrilled to be partnering with DRL to help develop this exciting new sport. Sky Sports Mix will provide an introduction to the sport for millions of Sky customers at no extra cost, with live sports every day. The broadcasts will air from this October on the newly launched Sky Sports Mix channel. Airing as ten, one-hour episodes, the 2016 DRL season covers five races including a winner-take-all world championship to crown the best drone pilot. In addition to Sky’s investment, Sky Sports has completed a distribution partnership with DRL to bring live events and broadcast content to the UK and Ireland. The DRL media team creates and continues to innovate a custom-designed broadcast and race infrastructure to capture the fast, close proximity racing. Sky plc (“Sky”) today announces that it has invested $1m in The Drone Racing League (DRL), and has agreed to a distribution deal that will see the thrilling world of elite drone racing come to the newly launched Sky Sports Mix channel.ĭRL is the global leader of First Person View (FPV) drone racing, which features elite pilots each flying a custom designed, hand built and identical drone, through complex, thematic, three-dimensional racecourses that have been compared to a real life video game.
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