The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race international sailing event has agreed a distribution deal with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC, and has named media company 1080 Media TV as its official host broadcast partner.
The Clipper Race did not disclose the length of the deals, but under the agreement BBC Worldwide will distribute two television series produced by 1080 Media TV.
One is a series of nine 25-minute sports shows about the Clipper Race, while the other is a series of eight 25-minute factual adventure programmes about the human drama from the race.
Both series are currently in production and were launched this week by BBC Worldwide at Sportel in Monaco.
In addition, 1080 Media TV will also produce a range of news, features and live content to supplement the race’s press resources, social media and live streams.
“The Clipper Race has been rapidly growing its international audience and we hope to see the two new series build on this success,” BBC Worldwide’s head of sport and sport entertainment, Danny O’Toole, said. “I’m confident it will appeal to our clients.”