Enabled by Inmarsat’s flagship satellite communications services, the gripping multimedia content distributed to a global audience throughout the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race has won a prestigious BT Sport Industry Award.

The Ocean Race was selected by the judges over some of the biggest names in sport to collect the Cutting Edge Sport Award for its live social-first coverage, ‘RAW’ storytelling from the race and ground-breaking firsts such a live drone footage of racing in the Southern Ocean, all made possible via Inmarsat’s leading global mobile satellite network.

As the official Satellite Communications Partner for the Race for the fifth consecutive edition, Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband powered the digital content delivery from the Volvo Ocean 65 race yachts to bring all the excitement of the ocean challenge to fans on shore and make the 2017-18 Race one of the most connected sporting events in history.

In the most challenging and remote regions, each of the boats were able to share pictures, videos and stories via TV, websites and social media channels, produced daily by the Onboard Reporters (OBRs) and crew during over nine months, eleven legs and 45,000 nautical miles.