UK media company 1080 Media TV has renewed its production and distribution partnership with the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
The new agreement runs until 2020 and will allow 1080 Media TV to continue to produce and distribute the event’s global long-form official television series, The Race of Their Lives.
The media company also produces and distributes two additional live shows, as well as news feeds, B-rolls and edited packages, as well as social media content.
Cliff Webb, 1080 Media TV's chief executive, said: “We are currently in production with the third season of ‘The Race of Their Lives’ – following the 2017-18 edition of the Clipper Race, which has just reached Cape Town. The extension of our role as host broadcaster for the Clipper Race to 2020 enables us to respond to the growing demand to include the 2019-20 edition in our distribution deals.”
The 2017-18 edition of the Clipper Race began in Liverpool on August 20 and will finish in the English city on July 28 next year.