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2013 SBD/SBJ Reader Survey: ESPN Covers NFL Best, While Al Michaels Top Announcer

Sports network with the highest production values:

ESPN 28.9%
Fox 16.7%
NBC 15.1%
CBS 14.5%
Turner 2.8%
They are basically the same 17.5%

Responses 1,093


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Network that does the best job covering the NFL:

ESPN 26.7%
Fox 22.2%
CBS 16.8%
NBC 13.8%
NFL Network 13.0%

Responses 1,089


Favorite sports-related mobile app:

ESPN ScoreCenter 25.6%
MLB.com At Bat 18.0%
WatchESPN 10.5%
CBS Sports Mobile 9.0%

Responses 1,081

Fox sports

How often you turn the channel to Fox Sports 1:

1-2 days per week 21.1%
3-5 days per week 9.7%
Every day 5.0%
Rarely 35.7%
Never 28.6%

Responses 1,102


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Family of networks best positioned to help leagues and sponsors reach Hispanic males:

Univision Deportes 39.0%
ESPN 25.9%
NBC Universal 11.3%
Fox 8.6%

Responses 1,082

Network that has the best chance to succeed:

Fox Sports 1 41.5%
NBC Sports Network 28.7%
CBS Sports Network 14.4%
Univision Deportes 8.1%

Responses 1,093


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If you could hear only one play-by-play announcer, it would be:

Al Michaels 17.0%
Jim Nantz 15.4%
Gus Johnson 9.3%
Joe Buck 8.8%
Marv Albert 8.1%

Responses 1,091


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Favorite major league website:

MLB.com 32.2%
NFL.com 20.5%
NBA.com 10.8%
NHL.com 8.2%
PGATour.com 6.8%

Responses 1,088

How often you watched live video of a sporting event on a mobile device in the past three months:

None 26.8%
1-5 times 39.6%
6-9 times 11.9%
10 times or more 20.7%

Responses 1,100

TV network that has been the most innovative in the deployment of its live content on digital platforms:

ESPN 46.1%
MLB Network 13.3%
CBS Sports 11.0%
NBC Sports Group 9.2%
Fox Sports Group 7.1%

Responses 1,084


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Afternoon studio program you watch the most:

Pardon the Interruption 37.9%
Around the Horn 8.2%
The Jim Rome Show 6.5%
Fox Football Daily 2.1%
Pro Football Talk 1.3%
Crowd Goes Wild 0.5%
Don’t watch any 43.4%

Responses 1,094

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