Golf Channel Sets Network Record With Distribution In 84.8 Million Homes

Golf Channel is in 84.8 million U.S. homes in June, setting a record for the network for the second straight month. During the same period last year, the network was in 83.8 million homes. Three sports nets -- NBA TV, Speed and NBC Sports Network -- rank in the top 10 among all cable TV networks in terms of percentage gain in U.S. household distribution since the start of the year. NBA TV has seen a 7.1% increase since the start of year, tops among sports networks and sixth among all cable TV nets. ESPN is in 99.0 million U.S. homes in June, tops among sports nets, but down from 100.1 million homes during the same period last year. Listed below are the top 10 cable TV networks in terms of U.S. distribution during the month of June, with comparisons to the same period in previous years. Also listed are similar figures for cable TV sports networks.

JUNE CABLE TV NETWORK DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S.
NETWORK	'06 (000)	'07 (000)	'08 (000)	'09 (000)	'10 (000)	'11 (000)	'12 (000)
The Weather Channel	90,225	93,951	96,244	99,066	100,045	100,986	100,303
TBS	90,160	93,697	96,872	99,135	100,529	101,138	100,136
Nickelodeon/Nick-at-Nite	90,183	93,851	96,010	98,573	100,030	100,594	99,925
Discovery	90,872	94,451	96,453	98,795	99,973	100,814	99,769
Food Network	89,257	93,085	95,463	98,145	99,893	100,533	99,738
USA	90,482	93,949	95,970	98,438	99,399	100,345	99,458
CNN	90,609	94,175	96,048	98,405	99,573	100,311	99,354
Cartoon Network/Adult Swim	89,420	93,139	95,357	97,550	98,756	99,654	99,276
TNT	90,495	94,016	95,940	98,245	99,565	100,288	99,159
A&E	90,094	93,737	95,815	98,022	99,233	100,133	99,147
ESPN	90,686	94,269	96,259	98,121	99,514	100,052	99,048
ESPN2	90,190	93,905	95,695	97,774	99,483	99,928	98,940
FX	88,536	92,086	93,298	95,441	96,366	99,328	98,189
Golf Channel	68,602	74,903	74,873	80,998	83,161	83,759	84,797
Speed	66,749	71,052	72,367	73,217	75,972	78,476	81,878
NBC Sports Network	69,148	72,365	73,120	75,102	73,897	76,183	78,719
ESPNews	49,867	58,708	64,028	68,435	73,523	74,156	74,798
ESPNU	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	73,159	73,213
MLB Network	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55,361	56,231	69,461
NBA TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55,567	59,748
NFL Network	n/a	43,132	40,284	42,092	56,584	56,846	59,267
Fox Soccer	n/a	n/a	n/a	34,521	36,495	39,115	41,422
Fuel TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31,856	36,239
ESPN Classic	61,148	64,988	62,726	63,458	42,631	34,479	31,944

NOTES: Figures not available for nets that do not subscribe to regular Nielsen ratings, including Big Ten Network, CBS Sports Network, Fox College Sports, Longhorn Network, NHL Network, Tennis Channel and Universal Sports.