Posted on 04/24/2016 5:50:15 AM PDT by huldah1776
The fledgling sport of drone racing is about to fly onto more screens.
The International Drone Racing Assn. has signed a multiyear international distribution deal with sports media giant ESPN, marking the first time the sport will be on major network television.
In drone racing, competitors maneuver small flying drones around a course and wear goggles that show the drone's perspective of the track. At home, viewers will see a version of that perspective.
The 2016 National Drone Racing Championships, held in New York City in August, and the 2016 World Drone Racing Championships, set for Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii, in October, will be streamed live on ESPN3, the network's online streaming service.
After the live event, a one-hour documentary-style show about the competition will be aired on an ESPN network, said Charles Zablan, vice president of marketing at the association.
The organization, which is based in Berkeley and Los Angeles, generally shows races via livestream, with post-race footage available on YouTube.
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I just don’t want 3 or 4 of them racing towards me, piloted by the DOJ
Professional Russian
Sorry, still not too good at HTML.
As always, have nice day!
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LOL good luck with that. They’ll shrink them down to the size of flies...oh wait, they’ve had them for a long time.
Sounds very athletic.
Good for thumb wrestling!
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