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College Football’s TV Goals Are Devouring The Sport
College Football Playoff changes could be the move that finally eats the sport alive.
The Super Bowl Is A Ratings Smash, New Stealth App Leaves NFL Top Brass Steaming
Over 100 million people managed to watch the Super Bowl on CBS and what that means for broadcast TV plus why the NFL is still vein-bulging livid over the new sports streaming app.
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.
Paramount Scores Ratings Win With Overtime Super Bowl, Swift
Sunday’s Big Game lived up to its high expectations, delivering record viewership for Paramount.
NFL Conference Championship Games Score Watch-Time Increases
The NFL keeps getting bigger, as share of watch-time for Sunday’s conference championships rose once again, according to Inscape data.
The Great Rebundling Will Be Ad-Supported, RIP Norman Lear
Why The Great Rebundling is going to be all about ad-supported SVOD and a look at how Norman Lear forever changed TV.
With Zelenskyy Interview, ‘60 Minutes’ Cracks Top 25 Most-Watched Programs
Inscape data reveals the episode captured a 0.37% viewership share for Sept. 11-17, 2023.
Wimbledon’s Grand Slam: TV By the Numbers
The tennis championships gained steam week-over-week, capturing 1.79% of all live, linear minutes watched, per Inscape.
Game, Set, Match: Wimbledon Wins for TV Viewership
Per Inscape, the 2023 tournament scored 1.70% of all live, linear minutes watched July 3-9.
Primetime Ad Minutes Keep Climbing For Top TV Networks
Ad minutes are going up in primetime, while attention appears to be dropping, as data from iSpot reveals.
Golf Putts Into First Place For Recent Live TV Viewership
The 2023 Masters Tournament and related coverage scored over 4% of all watch-time during the week of April 3-9, placing it solidly in first place for the program ranking, per data from Inscape.
The Masters Scores More With Viewers In 2023
This year’s Masters had the most linear minutes watched for Thursday to Sunday, according to Inscape, along with a higher share of Sunday watch-time vs. last year
TV Data Shows How Women’s Basketball Still Gets Deprioritized
Before the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments tip off, we dive into how the women’s game still isn’t getting its due.
Which Brands Voted For Election Night TV Ad Impressions?
Which brands advertised against Election Night coverage this year?
College Football Playoff Expansion Gives Linear TV More Premium Inventory — For A Premium Price
An expanded College Football Playoff could be one of the most lucrative rights deals on TV as networks are still scrambling to keep audiences watching.
B1G Implications: What’s Next For Networks After Big Ten’s Record TV Rights Deal
The Big Ten’s record deal has lasting implications for the Big Four broadcast networks, ESPN and its own cable channel.
Reported UCLA, USC Plan To Join Big Ten Resets College Sports TV Rights
UCLA and USC leaving the Pac-12 could set off a chain of events that resets the college sports TV landscape.
With Linear TV Out-Innovated by Streaming, Can it Go Back to What it's Good At? (Entertaining People)
Following a streaming-focused TV season, Sunday's 73rd Emmy Awards being so streaming focused was no surprise. Streaming had been knocking on the door of this moment for half-a-decade and the pandemic's production challenges for linear TV broke that door wide open. But again, this was predictable.
Texas and Oklahoma Jumping to SEC Would Have Major TV Implications
There are significant reverberations for sports TV assuming Texas and Oklahoma are actually bound for the SEC
NFL's New TV Rights Deal is Exception, Not Rule for Upcoming Sports Negotiations
The NFL cashed in on network's desire to secure linear TV's future... and set up the peaceful transition to streaming.