NBA TV Is In 59.8 Million U.S. Homes

NBA TV is in 59.8 million U.S. homes as the regular-season kicks into full gear in November, up from 55.2 million homes at the same point last year. The league's other cable partners -- ESPN and TNT -- are both seeing their respective distibution down from November '11. The Weather Channel leads all ...

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Cable Sports Net Audience In October

The addition of early season games to NFL Network paid big dividends in October. The net saw primetime viewership jump 501% year-over-year, with total-day audience up 132%. NBA TV also saw big year-over-year gains in October with preseason games this year. The net saw primetime viewership jump 231% ...

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Overnight Nielsen Ratings

Weekend sports overnights were led by coverage of the NFL and college football. ESPN earned a 2.5 overnight for its coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 yesterday, down 11% from a 2.8 for the same race last year. NBC also aired its first-ever MLS playoff game on Sunday afternoon, ...

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Overnight Nielsen Ratings

ABC’s regional coverage on Saturday night led all college football telecasts over the weekend. That window earned a 3.5 overnight for coverage featuring Baylor-Texas and Florida State-Miami. Right behind ABC’s primetime window was CBS’ South Carolina-Florida in the 3:30pm ET windo ...

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ESPN, FIBA Agree To Media Rights Deal

ESPN today will announce it has reached a multiyear, multiplatform agreement with FIBA. The deal will include the rights to more than 400 games across six tournaments from '13-15. Events include the '13 and '15 FIBA Americas Championship, the '13 and '15 EuroBasket tournament, the '14 FIBA Basketbal ...

Overnight Nielsen Ratings

NBC earned a 3.9 overnight Nielsen rating for Notre Dame’s OT win over Stanford in the 3:30pm ET window on Saturday, tops among all college football telecasts this weekend. Ranking second was ESPN with a 3.7 overnight for Saturday night’s South Carolina-LSU matchup. ABC also earned a 3. ...

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Orioles-Yankees Tops Steelers-Titans Ratings

After overnight ratings originally had TBS’ telecast of Orioles-Yankees ALDS Game 4 out-rating NFL Network’s Steelers-Titans “Thursday Night Football,” fast-national Nielsen data now has the NFL game topping the MLB game. NFL Net earned a 3.6 U.S. rating and 5.7 million viewe ...

Yanks' Win Helps TBS Draw Even To '11

TBS is now averaging a 3.0 overnight Nielsen rating through the first six days of MLB LDS coverage, flat compared to the same period last year. The net was boosted by the Yankees' extra-inning walk-off home run against the Orioles in Game 3 of their ALDS matchup last night, which drew a 4.9 overnigh ...

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PGA Tour Sees Big Audience Jump

The PGA Tour saw big gains across each of its media partners during the ’12 FedExCup season. NBC averaged 3.43 million viewers for its weekend telecasts, marking the net’s best average since the current TV contract began in ’07. The previous high was 3.42 million viewers in ’ ...

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MLB TV Audience Down Sharply During Reg. Season

MLB this year doubled its media rights haul, however several network partners saw record-low viewership figures. Fox averaged a 1.7 rating and 2.5 million viewers for its Saturday regionalized telecasts, marking the net’s lowest MLB audience since it acquired TV rights prior to the ’96 s ...

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