The Red Bull Air Race World Championship received a prestigious Sports Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Science in New York. The Red Bull Air Race World Championship program, which is broadcast in the U.S.A. on Fox Sports Network (FSN), won in the category "Outstanding Technical Team Remote" which recognizes the technical portion of sports programs in remote venues. The programs for FSN is produced by the American company G.R.A.C.E Productions together with the Austrian based production company West4Media as well as Riedel Communications, SiVision and Sky Media. The Emmy Awards are regarded as the Oscars' equivalent for sports television.
For the seventh year in a row, Riedel Communications is serving as the official global supplier of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Riedel is at the forefront of the event providing the entire communications and signal distribution solutions, integrating both HD video and audio signals as well as wireless and wired digital intercom systems. Additionally, Riedel is supplying the HD cameras and RF links for the race planes' onboard cameras enabling stunning pictures to be delivered from the pilots' perspectives.