The '13-14 NHL season is in full swing in October and the league's primary cable home, NBCSN, is in 79.1 million homes, up from 78.0 million homes during the same period last year. Golf Channel also gets set to start a re-formatted PGA Tour season in 83 million homes, down from 83.9 million homes in October '12. Previous PGA Tour seasons did not begin until January. FS1 is in just over 90.1 million homes, up from the 80.8 million homes that Speed had during the same period last year. Listed below is distribution for the top 10 cable networks in the U.S. for the month of October, along with distribution for networks carrying significant sports content.
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CABLE NETWORK DISTRIBUTION FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
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| NETWORK |
'06 (000)
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'11 (000)
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'12 (000)
|
'13 (000)
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| The Weather Channel |
91,744
|
99,897
|
99,578
|
101,298
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| Food Network |
90,813
|
99,391
|
99,108
|
100,558
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| TBS |
91,462
|
99,796
|
99,375
|
100,489
|
| Discovery |
92,253
|
99,603
|
98,907
|
100,082
|
| Nickelodeon/Nick-At-Nite |
91,660
|
99,358
|
98,944
|
99,985
|
| Cartoon Network/Adult Swim |
90,851
|
98,721
|
98,570
|
99,969
|
| USA |
91,784
|
99,177
|
98,726
|
99,933
|
| CNN |
92,044
|
99,081
|
98,555
|
99,782
|
| A&E |
91,583
|
98,882
|
98,423
|
99,575
|
| Lifetime |
91,808
|
98,752
|
98,451
|
99,526
|
| TNT |
91,906
|
99,011
|
98,430
|
99,294
|
| ESPN |
92,235
|
98,648
|
98,179
|
98,891
|
| ESPN2 |
91,686
|
98,470
|
98,126
|
98,861
|
| Spike |
91,634
|
98,545
|
97,752
|
98,817
|
| FS1 |
68,161
|
77,394
|
80,782
|
90,121
|
| Golf Channel |
69,363
|
82,934
|
83,944
|
82,964
|
| NBCSN |
70,684
|
74,989
|
78,068
|
79,145
|
| ESPNews |
51,712
|
73,264
|
74,319
|
75,829
|
| ESPNU |
n/a
|
71,948
|
73,258
|
75,603
|
| NFL Network |
n/a
|
56,550
|
62,093
|
72,464
|
| MLB Network |
n/a
|
67,220
|
69,811
|
71,026
|
| NBA TV |
n/a
|
54,400
|
59,845
|
59,950
|
| Outdoor Channel |
28,229
|
34,238
|
37,921
|
39,425
|
| FS2 |
n/a
|
31,750
|
35,943
|
37,271
|
| Sportsman Channel |
n/a
|
n/a
|
30,253
|
32,424
|
| ESPN Classic |
62,132
|
32,648
|
31,219
|
30,826
|
| Fox Deportes |
n/a
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
21,193
|
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NOTES: Figures not available for nets that do not subscribe to regular Nielsen ratings, including Pac-12 Networks, Big Ten Network, CBSSN, Fox College Sports, Longhorn Network, NHL Network, Tennis Channel, ESPN Deportes, beIN Sport, GolTV and Universal Sports.
