NBA TV Rolls Into Regular Season In Nearly 60 Million 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 U.S. cable nets with 99.8 million homes. No cable net has been in over 100 million homes since August. ESPNU is in a network-record 73.5 million homes in November as college football continues and the net begins college basketball telecasts.

Listed below is U.S. distribution for the top 10 cable networks in November, with comparisons to the same period in previous years. Also listed is distribution for networks with a heavy dose of sports content.

U.S. CABLE NETWORK DISTRIBUTION FOR NOVEMBER
NETWORK	'06 (000)	'07 (000)	'08 (000)	'09 (000)	'10 (000)	'11 (000)	'12 (000)
The Weather Channel	91,767	96,364	98,672	99,737	100,513	100,153	99,839
TBS	91,517	97,185	98,968	99,955	100,844	100,119	99,528
Food Network	90,903	95,528	97,902	99,063	100,108	99,671	99,330
Nickelodeon/ Nick-at-Nite	91,773	96,329	98,437	99,372	100,272	99,646	99,186
Discovery Channel	92,338	96,746	98,685	99,639	100,407	99,844	99,040
USA Network	91,980	96,245	98,318	99,095	99,954	99,487	98,894
Cartoon Network/ Adult Swim	90,910	95,488	97,632	98,090	99,170	99,072	98,787
CNN	92,045	96,443	98,292	99,158	99,954	99,378	98,769
A&E	91,591	96,061	97,953	98,770	99,681	99,197	98,636
HGTV	91,022	95,802	97,680	98,575	99,245	98,819	98,610
ESPN	92,245	96,461	98,073	98,968	99,844	99,185	98,404
ESPN2	91,707	96,127	97,631	98,640	99,573	99,008	98,368
FX	90,335	94,369	95,186	95,906	84,576	98,206	97,766
Golf Channel	69,648	76,509	82,062	81,691	83,037	83,719	84,080
Speed	68,465	72,741	73,493	74,414	77,051	78,257	80,775
NBC Sports Network	70,612	73,663	73,917	63,622	74,548	75,783	77,743
ESPNews	52,431	62,482	67,715	70,052	73,675	73,994	74,401
ESPNU	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	72,766	72,776	73,475
MLB Network	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55,369	67,549	70,113
NFL Network	37,483	43,555	41,909	52,847	57,079	57,395	65,406
NBA TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53,359	55,170	59,832
Fox Soccer	n/a	n/a	34,755	35,093	38,381	40,630	41,549
Outdoor Channel	28,915	30,983	29,581	33,075	35,044	35,015	38,115
Fuel TV	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32,680	35,887
ESPN Classic	62,741	63,327	63,451	62,171	40,183	32,814	31,067
Sportsmen Channel	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30,141

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.