MLB Games Have Best Concessions Experience NLL Attendance Rises 2% In '13 Overnight Nielsen Ratings MLS Attendance Down 8% To Date Outdoor Channel In Record Number Of Homes Nike Soccer Among Top Brands On YouTube Overnight Nielsen Ratings Top Local Markets For '13 NFL Draft SEC Schools Lead For Spring Game Attendance Blackhawks Leads NHL Avg. Attendance
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Execs Say MLB Has Best Concessions Experience For The Average Fan05 / 16 / 13A majority of sports execs say that MLB is the sport that offers the best concessions experience to the average fan, according to a Turnkey Sports Poll conducted in April. Of the execs polled, 60% said that MLB had the best concessions experience, followed by the NBA (10%) and NFL (8%). Execs we... Tags: Research and Ratings |
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Overnight Nielsen Ratings
CBS led all college football telecasts over the weekend with Texas A&M's upset of Alabama. The net earned a 6.6 overnight Nielsen rating for the Saturday afternoon matchup, marking the second-best overnight for any college football game on any net this season to date. The only game to score ...
NBA TV Is In 59.8 Million U.S. 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 ...
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Cable Sports Net Audience In October
The addition of early season games to NFL Network paid big dividends in October. The net saw primetime viewership jump 501% year-over-year, with total-day audience up 132%. NBA TV also saw big year-over-year gains in October with preseason games this year. The net saw primetime viewership jump 231% ...
Overnight Nielsen Ratings
Weekend sports overnights were led by coverage of the NFL and college football. ESPN earned a 2.5 overnight for its coverage of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 yesterday, down 11% from a 2.8 for the same race last year. NBC also aired its first-ever MLS playoff game on Sunday afternoon, ...
Consumer Shift Factors Into Horse Racing's Decline
Sports execs feel the biggest factor in the decline of horse racing’s popularity has been the general consumer shift to other forms of gambling, according to a Turnkey Sports Poll conducted in September. Twenty-four percent of respondents feel that the consumer shift is to blame, while 19% ...
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WNBA Donations To Presidential Campaigns
WNBA owners have contributed $55,900 to the campaigns of President Obama and Mitt Romney during this election cycle, according to an analysis of FEC filings by SBJ/SBD. Seven owners have contributed to Romney, with six at the $5,000 level. Former Dream Owner Kathy Betty donated in the $2,500-$4, ...
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MLS Sees Best Attendance Yet
MLS teams averaged 18,807 fans per game during the '12 regular season, marking the league's best figure in its 17-year history. This season's average is also up 5% from last year, which previously held the best attendance mark. Attendance this season was boosted by a host of factors, incl ...
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Overnight Nielsen Ratings
The chart below lists overnight Nielsen ratings from weekend sports telecasts on broadcast TV ( THE DAILY ). TELECAST DATE NET TI ...
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Several Colleges Seeing Football Attendance Decline
Michigan continues to lead all schools in college football home attendance, averaging 111,996 fans per game to date this season. However, that figure is down from the school’s NCAA-record average of 112,179 last season. Penn State ranks fifth overall in attendance, but its average is down ...
World Series Audience, 30-Second Spot Trend
The World Series is coming off a seven-game set for the Cardinals-Rangers series last year, which gave Fox a 10.0 average rating and 16.6 million viewers, up from an 8.4 rating and 14.3 million viewers for the Giants-Rangers five-game set in ’10. That ’10 matchup, along with the rain-af ...
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