Sports channel ESPN has signed long-term contract with International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) about TV coverage of the Championships by racing drones. This is stated in the message on the website IDRA.
The first organized Association event, which will show the channel will be the national championship of the USA with races of drones, which will be held in new York from 5 to 7 August.
Other events from the world of competition among the drones will be broadcast live on ESPN3, and then the flagship cable channel ESPN will give the competition one hour broadcast.
In IDRA believe that in the near future drone race will become will be in line with “the Formula-1” and NASCAR.
According to representatives of associations, interest in racing drones is growing from year to year, as participants and spectators of the spectacle can experience emotions similar to those experienced by the pilot sitting in the cockpit.
First international racing championship bespilotnykh aircraft took place in July 2015 in Sacramento California. The prize Fund amounted to 25 thousand dollars.
Another world Cup — World Drone Prix — was held in Dubai. Victory in the competition in 2016, won a 15-year-old Briton Luke Bannister, he received from the organizers of 250 thousand dollars. Russian team VS Meshcheriakov won bronze and won the prize for the fastest lap..
