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Trademark Licensing Business Up 2.5% In '12; Pro Leagues Fueling Sports Growth06 / 18 / 13Licensors generated an estimated $5.5B in royalty revenue in the U.S. and Canada last year, a 2.5% increase from ’11, with the five largest sectors being entertainment/character, corporate trademarks, sports, fashion and collegiate, according to an analysis of data from the Int’l Lic... Tags: Research and Ratings |
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Overnight Nielsen Ratings
Both the College World Series and FIFA Confederations Cup began over the weekend on ESPN, and the top-rated game from both events tied with a 0.6 overnight rating. Saturday night’s Indiana-Louisville game on ESPN earned a 0.6, while the net earned the same figure for both the Italy-Mexico and ...
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Celebrity Appeal For Woods, McIlroy, Scott
While Tiger Woods has the highest level of awareness among active golfers, his playing partners during the first two rounds of the U.S. Open -- Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott -- both have a higher level of appeal, according to SportsBusiness Daily analysis of data from Repucom’s Celebrity DBI da ...
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Fox Soccer Leading Cable Net Growth
Fox Soccer continues to lead all cable networks in '13 growth to date, having seen distribution in the U.S. rise 20.7% since the start of the year. Speed, which is set to be re-launched as Fox Sports 1 in August, also ranks in the top 10 for cable network year-to-date growth (No. 4), with distrib ...
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Overnight Nielsen Ratings
NBC earned a 4.6 overnight Nielsen rating for the race segment of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday from 6:15-7:00pm ET, which saw Palace Malice win the final race in the Triple Crown. The 4.6 rating is down from a 5.4 overnight for last year’s race, which saw Triple Crown contender I’ll H ...
LSU Sets NCAA Baseball Attendance Record
LSU led all college baseball teams in regular season attendance for the sixth straight year with 10,885 fans per game at Alex Box Stadium, marking an NCAA record, according to an analysis of figures compiled by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The previous NCAA average home att ...
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Sponsors Need Team Social Media Access
A majority of sports execs feel that access to a team’s social media feed is one of the more important assets for an average sponsor, according to a Turnkey Sports Poll conducted in May. Sixty-one percent (61%) of execs felt such access was one of the more important assets for a sponsor, ...
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Overnight Nielsen Ratings
TNT's telecast of Heat-Pacers Game 6 on Saturday night topped all overnight Nielsen ratings for weekend sports telecasts with a 6.2 rating. ABC also had both broadcasts of IndyCar's first-ever doubleheader . Saturday afternoon's first race earned a 0.7 overnight, while Sunday afternoon's second ra ...
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Dodgers, Nats Seeing Attendance Gains
The Dodgers led all MLB clubs at the gate through May 29 with an average of 43,417 fans per game, up 11% from the team's average at the same point last season. The Nationals lead all MLB clubs in percentage gain to date, up 22% in DC. Nine of 15 NL clubs are seeing declines at home thus far. The Ma ...
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MLB Attendance Down 3% To Date
MLB attendance is down nearly 3% through May 29, with the decline due to myriad factors, including decreased interest in interleague play , large numbers of weather postponements and traditionally strong-drawing teams posting weaker figures at the gate. The Rangers lead all AL clubs with an averag ...
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Overnight Nielsen Ratings
Auto racing ( Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 ) and the NBA Playoffs were the primarily focus of sports TV over Memorial Day weekend. Fox also aired the UEFA Champions League final, which saw Bundesliga club Bayern Munich defeat rival Dortmund. The net earned a 1.0 overnight for the match, down 23% ...
