{"id":2657,"date":"2016-04-14T12:33:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T04:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/14\/soon-you-can-watch-drone-racing-on-espn\/"},"modified":"2016-04-14T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T04:33:43","slug":"soon-you-can-watch-drone-racing-on-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/14\/soon-you-can-watch-drone-racing-on-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Soon, you can watch drone racing on ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ESPN is taking drone racing to the masses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The network on Wednesday announced it’s struck a multi-year deal with <\/span>The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) to bring the emerging sport to TV.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Citing an “unprecedented rise in popularity,” the network said in a release it positioned the sport as the next great racing sport, alongside NASCAR and Formula 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Drone racing gives anyone the ability to fly like a superhero,” Scot Refsland, \u00a0chairman of the IDRA said in a statement. \u201cBecause everyone can experience the thrill of racing as if they were sitting in the drone cockpit, the sport is skyrocketing. To go from a first ever, US national drone race to partnering with ESPN for international distribution in eight months is truly a sign of great things ahead.”<\/span> Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ESPN is taking drone racing to the masses.\u00a0 The network on Wednesday announced it’s struck a multi-year deal with The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) to bring the emerging sport to TV.\u00a0 SEE ALSO: An underwater drone is searching for … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[739,1860,740,883],"class_list":["post-2657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-entertainment","tag-espn","tag-sports","tag-television"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}