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Sky to bring thrilling drone racing events to the UK and Ireland

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Sky (LSE: BSY.L - news) has invested $1m (£750,000) in the Drone Racing League (DRL) in a deal to broadcast the thrilling US competition on Sky Sports Mix.

Broadcast as 10 one-hour episodes starting in October, the series will feature five races from the 2016 DRL season and a winner-takes-all World Championship which will crown the year's best drone pilot.

The high-octane races, in which competitors fly the radio controlled machines through futuristic obstacle courses at speeds reaching 80mph, have been compared to bringing video games to life.

In addition to Sky's investment, Sky Sports has completed a distribution deal with the DRL to bring live drone racing events to the UK at an as yet to be named iconic London venue.

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DRL founder Nicholas Horbaczewski said: "This is an incredibly exciting day for DRL.

"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. We can't wait to share it with fans around the world.

"Having a distribution deal and strategic partnerships with Sky will bring DRL to tens of millions of viewers.

"With (Other OTC: WWTH - news) 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."

Emma Lloyd, group business development director at Sky, which produces Sky News, said: "We're thrilled to be partnering with DRL to help develop this exciting new sport.

"The investments we make are all about driving innovation, and ultimately improving the Sky experience for customers.

"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."

Sky Sports Mix will broadcast an introduction to drone racing at 4am on Friday, 16 September before the series gets under way in October.