Sports in the media

[Bushay]

Re: Sports in the media

NBC Sports PR:

Yesterday’s regional coverage of NJ-TB & COL-NAS across NBC/CNBC delivered 1.35 overnight rating, up 41% vs. comparable game last year.

Nashville delivered a 10.2 rating for Game 2 of COL-NAS on NBC, making it the highest-rated first- or second-round game on record for the market, and up 76% vs. comparable game last year

NBC was the #1 network in both Nashville and Colorado for the game, with Denver delivering a 3.7 local rating

NBC was the #1 network in Tampa (5.8 local rating) and #2 in New York (1.3)

TOR-BOS in primetime on NBC generated 1.31 overnight rating last night, up 8% vs. NAS-CHI primetime game in 2017

Boston delivered a 9.8 local rating, up 18% vs. Rnd 1 average last year (2 games)

Through 4 days of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, all games across all networks are up 2% vs. last year

 

[FairWarning]

Re: Sports in the media

I think the crappy weather certainly helped with the ratings. Good to see though.

 

[MrTop]

Re: Sports in the media

NBC Sports PR:

Yesterday’s regional coverage of NJ-TB & COL-NAS across NBC/CNBC delivered 1.35 overnight rating, up 41% vs. comparable game last year.

Nashville delivered a 10.2 rating for Game 2 of COL-NAS on NBC, making it the highest-rated first- or second-round game on record for the market, and up 76% vs. comparable game last year

NBC was the #1 network in both Nashville and Colorado for the game, with Denver delivering a 3.7 local rating

NBC was the #1 network in Tampa (5.8 local rating) and #2 in New York (1.3)

TOR-BOS in primetime on NBC generated 1.31 overnight rating last night, up 8% vs. NAS-CHI primetime game in 2017

Boston delivered a 9.8 local rating, up 18% vs. Rnd 1 average last year (2 games)

Through 4 days of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs, all games across all networks are up 2% vs. last year

but did they factor in I was on vacation that week and not near a TV ?

 

[Bushay]

Amazon bids for Disney's 22 regional sports networks, including YES Network, sources say

• Amazon's bid includes the New York-based YES Network, which is partly owned by Yankee Global Enterprises.
• Apollo Global Management, KKR, Blackstone, Sinclair Broadcast and Tegna are also making first-round bids for the regional networks, sources tell CNBC.
• Fox, which was seen as a front-runner to acquire back the channels it recently sold to Disney, did not enter a first-round bid.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/20/ama...tworks-including-yes-network-sources-say.html

 

[Bushay]

Cable TV going to be a thing of the past in no time.

Big Ten Conference Announces Massive Rights Deal with CBS, FOX, NBC; Games to Air on Peacock, Paramount+​

Big Ten Conference Announces Massive Rights Deal with CBS, FOX, NBC; Games to Air on Peacock, Paramount+

The Big Ten just reached a massive rights deal with three broadcasting partners — and ESPN isn’t among the group. On Thursday, the Big Ten Conference announced the details of its new media rights agreement …

thestreamable.com

 

[Bushay]

Bally's Sports starting their own ala cart service.

Sinclair Expands DTC Streaming to All 19 of Its Bally Sports RSN Markets Starting Sept. 26​

Sinclair Expands DTC Streaming to All 19 of Its Bally Sports RSN Markets Starting Sept. 26

Bally Sports Plus, which rolled out five primarily Midwestern markets in June, will expand across the other 14 areas in time for the NBA and NHL seasons

www.nexttv.com