0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2014
The World Cup viewership records keep falling for Univision. On Sunday, Univision/Univision Deportes saw a combined viewership of 6.5 million for USA-Portugal, the most ever for a U.S. Men’s National Team game on the networks. On Monday, Univision saw another record for a World Cup Group Stage game when Mexico-Croatia averaged 7.1 million viewers. With […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/23/2014
While ESPN is making the headlines on its viewership for USA-Portugal in the World Cup, Univision did quite well too. ESPN saw an audience of 18.2 million viewers. Univision/Univision Deportes reached 6.5 million which brings the total audience to an amazing 24.7 million viewers. Univision says its audience in the key 18-49 demographic was 3.6 […]
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This is amazing. The US men’s soccer team is resonating with viewers. With the US tying Portugal yesterday and the game in a very attractive late-afternoon timeslot on the East Coast (6 p.m.-8 p.m.), the match drew very extremely well. You want to talk numbers, the game averaged 18.22 million viewers outdrawing the previous record, […]
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ESPN’s strategy of promoting and maintaining resources for an event that’s in a lame duck year is paying off. The USA-Portugal game struck a huge overnight rating, a 9.1 making it the highest-rated men’s World Cup game on ESPN/ESPN2. The highest-rated markets are all on the East Coast, Washington, DC, Columbus, OH, Boston, New York, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/20/2014
Having the most-watched game of the first 23 World Cup matches certainly helps and ESPN is using that to run to the bank in viewership for the beautiful game’s ultimate event. ESPN says it has reached more than 65 million people since the World Cup began on June 12. It’s been averaging a 2.3 rating […]
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Both ESPN and Univision are seeing increased numbers for this year’s World Cup. Univision has had four of the five most watched games of the tournament through Wednesday’s games. ESPN has the most watched (USA-Ghana) thus far and it’s looking to Sunday’s USA-Portugal game to possibly top the viewership. Through 20 games, ESPN’s ratings on […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/17/2014
While ESPN drew the biggest audience for the USA-Ghana game on Monday, Univision drew a very decent audience of 4.8 million viewers. Combining ESPN’s total audience for the game (11.093 million) and Univision’s audience, you get a total of just under 16 million viewers and that beats every single NHL Stanley Cup Playoff game this […]
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ESPN has to feel really good going into Sunday’s USA-Portugal game based on the ratings and viewership for Monday afternoon’s USA-Ghana match. For the game that began at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. ET, it drew a very impressive 6.3 US HH rating and an average of 11.093 million viewers. And when you combine the Univision […]
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I’m at a doctor’s office waiting on dad, so I can’t write much here. Overnight for USA-Ghana was a 7.0. The final rating will be out later today. This is the highest overnight rating for a World Cup match on either ESPN or ESPN2. Wsshington, DC and New York City are the top-rated local markets. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/16/2014
By 2%, the networks of ESPN are seeing a higher audience for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil than the 2010 edition in South Africa. Through the first eleven games, ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 have combined for an average of a 2.3 rating and 3.74 million viewers. ESPN says its WatchESPN app is also setting digital records […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/14/2014
Once again, Univision and Univision Deportes teamed up to deliver a bigger audience than ESPN’s Family of Networks for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. For Mexico-Cameroon on Friday, Univision saw an average audience of 5 million viewers for the game that aired midday on the East Coast and 9 a.m. out West. ESPN2 had an […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/13/2014
ESPN notes that the network received its highest ratings ever for a World Cup opener. Averaging a 2.8 rating and 4.4 million viewers, both numbers are the highest for the first game of a World Cup on ESPN dating back to 1994. The rating is an astounding 49% higher than the 2010 opener in South […]
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is a hit. The first game averaged 9.5 million viewers on the combined platforms of ESPN and Univision. And for Univision, it beat ESPN in ratings and total viewership plus in key demographics. Univision/Univision Deportes garnered a total viewership of 5.1 million viewers beating ESPN’s 4.4 million for the match. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2014
Last night’s overtime Game 1 between the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals resulted in a 3.8 overnight rating for NBC Sports. Compared to last year, it’s down 21% from last year’s Game 1 between the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks which went three overtimes and garnered a […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/15/2014
As NBC Sports Group has finished its first season as the U.S. television home of the English Premier League, it has a few milestones to celebrate. First, having aired and streamed all 380 fixtures live to the American people in 2013-14, audiences responded to the offerings. NBCUniversal says 31.5 million people watched this season’s coverage […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/12/2014
Let’s continue our soccer theme today. NBC Sports has announced that English Premier League Championship Sunday during which all 10 fixtures were aired simultaneously across the networks of NBCUniversal received a 1.56 overnight rating. Fox and ESPN went all balls-to-the-wall in 2011-12 and received a 0.87 over five Nielsen-rated networks when it began this type […]
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This from ESPN. A May three-day NFL Draft did wonders for the Alleged Worldwide Leader. Over a span between Thursday, May 8 through Saturday, May 10, ESPN garnered an average of a 2.7 rating and an average viewership of 4.121 million for this year’s Draft. The rating is the highest dating back to 1993 when […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/10/2014
The NFL Draft is a phenomenon that keeps growing to the point that it’s Godzilla stomping on Tokyo buildings and breathing fire on fully gassed-up cars for fun. On Thursday, the first round of the NFL Draft on ESPN and NFL Network absolutely crushed the NBA Playoffs on ESPN2 and the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/9/2014
ESPN says Tuesday’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship game between UConn and Notre Dame earned a 3.1 overnight rating. That’s the highest overnight number for a women’s basketball game on the network dating back to 2004. The Hartford-New Haven, CT market naturally was the highest local number of the night receiving a 29.3. Nashville where the […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 4/6/2014
That’s the spin from CBS/Turner. What they won’t tell you is that ratings and viewership are down, but that’s because TBS, TNT and truTV don’t have the penetration that CBS does. First things first. Let’s go over Saturday’s numbers. With the Final Four airing across three Turner platforms, the two games of the Final Four […]
