WRN Broadcast has been selected by sports and lifestyle broadcaster The Nautical Channel to provide fibre distribution to the US.

The three-year deal also includes data centre and content management services.

WRN Broadcast will look after the delivery of the channel’s content to satellite operator Dish’s head-end in Wyoming in the US, together with secure hosting of the client’s playout equipment at WRN’s London data centre.

The Nautical Channel, which was launched in 2011, is available to 15 million subscribers across 29 countries.