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TV Program Rankings: NBA Dominates, PGA Rolls into Top Five
NBA playoff games captured a 5.02% viewership share for May 6-12, per Inscape.
Kentucky Derby Races to Third Place on TV Program Ranking
Per Inscape, the annual race had a 1.04% viewership share across the week, an increase from the 2023 Derby’s 0.81% share.
NBA’s New Media Rights Deals Would Let League Have It Both Ways
The NBA’s on the precipice of landmark media rights deals that would see it thread the needle perfectly between streaming and linear TV.
NBA Playoffs, Play-In Tournament Lead Last Week’s Most-Watched Programming
PGA, MLB, Stanley Cup Playoff and NASCAR also make Inscape’s ranking for April 15-21.
The 2024 Masters Swings into First Place for TV Viewership Share
The tournament accounted for 3.64% of all live, linear minutes watched April 8-14, per Inscape
Women’s NCAA Basketball a Slam Dunk for TV Viewership
The final few games of the women’s tournament captured a 3.66% viewership share across April 1-7, per Inscape.
TV Program Rankings: MLB Swings Into the Top Three
But NCAA basketball is still in a full-court press for TV viewership share, per Inscape.
The NFL Refuses To Be Commoditized By Sports Streamer
The NFL wants no part of a super sports streamer, since it puts the rest of televised sports on an equal playing field.
Fox, WBD, Disney And The Stealth Sports Bundle, YouTube TV Has Over 8 Million Subs
Disney, Fox and WBD announced a brand new streaming sport bundle, but we wonder whether it can do what they want it to do. Meanwhile the fact that YouTube TV had over 8MM subs appeared in an internal blog post. We interpret.
At CES, Everyone Loves AI, Sports Fans Have More Grief Ahead
How to read between the lines of the AI hype cycle, why watching sports on TV keeps getting more miserable for fans and why the leagues need to cary about it.
Could Amazon Get Into The RSN Game? (And Why Would They?)
Amazon suddenly has eyes on investing in Diamond Sports — something that actually makes too much sense.
Hot List: The Beatles Are Back and Baseball Blows… Its Ratings
This week’s TVREV highlights, and more news across the industry.
Disney Now Owns All Of Hulu, The World Series Tanks
Hulu is all DIsney’s now—what that means and what DIsney needs to do about it. Plus why MLB needs to be worried about the World Series abysmal ratings.
How Can MLB Fix Its Postseason TV Audience Crisis?
Major League Baseball’s postseason TV product is at a crossroads. So it’s worth examining some solutions to help it pull out of the tailspin.
Basketball Blasts into Inscape’s TV Program Ranking
The first week of NBA games captured 1.78% of watch-time, behind football and baseball but ahead of everything else on TV.
With League Championship Games, MLB Increases TV Viewership Share
MLB remains at No. 3 on Inscape’s TV program ranking, but upped watch-time week-over-week.
College Football, MLB See Week-Over-Week Gains for TV Viewership Share
Football and baseball dominated Inscape’s latest ranking of most-watched TV programming.
Major League Baseball’s Precarious Media Spot
MLB’s success this season is staring at a lot of TV uncertainty on the horizon.
MLB Slides Into Third Place for Most-Watched TV Programming
Games captured 2.66% of all live, linear minutes watched, per Inscape.
College Football Crushes TV Watch-Time
The NFL’s hiatus week cleared the way for college football to score big on TV, with the U.S. Open in a distant second for viewership share, per Inscape.