Sinclair Broadcast : Wins FAA Approval for Night Drone Operations
June 06, 2018 at 06:28 pm EDT
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June 6, 2018
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SINCLAIR WINS FAA APPROVAL FOR NIGHT DRONE OPERATIONS
Is also selected for FAA's Integration Pilot Program
Baltimore (June 5, 2018) - The FAA recently granted Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI) permission to fly its newsgathering unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond daylight operations, a restriction to which most UAS operators are subject. The waiver was granted based on Sinclair's demonstrated high standards of safety and risk mitigation. 'Sinclair's safety training and protocols go above and beyond the minimum's required by the FAA, which is a big part of our success,' said Jeff Rose, Sinclair's Chief Pilot and head of drone fleet operations. Sinclair currently operates the largest news-gathering drone program in the country, with almost 100 FAA certified and licensed pilots, and nearly 50 trained visual observers, operating at 40 stations and having logged over 6,000 flights to date. Rose continued, 'A lot of breaking news happens at night, whether it is safety or weather related, and these exigent circumstances benefit from drone coverage.'
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Sinclair, Inc. is a holding company of Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC. The Company is a diversified media company and a provider of local news and sports. It operates through two segments: Local Media, and Tennis. Its Local Media segment is comprised of its television stations. It produces more than 2,400 hours of news per week at 115 stations in 73 markets. Its Tennis segment primarily consists of Tennis Channel, a cable network which includes coverage of many of tennis' top tournaments and original professional sports and tennis lifestyle shows. Its content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the major broadcast networks; owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest; and owns and provides services to 21 regional sports network brands.
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