NFL and college football dominated, while the Paris Olympics won the bronze medal for 2024’s TV watch-time, per Inscape.
ESPN is pulling out all the stops for the new 12-team College Football Playoff with enhanced production, big-name talent, and cross-network collaboration to drive ratings and engagement.
Roku aims to become a major player in sports streaming, predicting that by 2025, two-thirds of sports viewing hours will be streamed, with personalized, interactive experiences for fans and advertisers.
The Tyson vs. Paul match fueled a month-over-month increase in EMV for Netflix, per CreatorIQ.
Reruns plus the series finale of ‘Yellowstone’ captured a 0.96% viewership share across December 9-15, making it the No. 3 program by watch-time.
Sports lead Inscape’s ranking of most-watched TV programming for Dec. 2-8, while several news programs rise up week-over-week.
The NBA grew its viewership share week-over-week and moves into third place, per Inscape’s analysis across November 18-24.
NBA games scored a 0.89% viewership share across Nov. 11-17, while men’s college basketball grabbed 0.53%, per Inscape.
Inscape’s ranking of the most-watched programs for Nov. 4-10 is overwhelmingly news-focused, with a bit of sports — and Yellowstone — thrown in.
The unsealed details of the NBA’s new media rights deals with Amazon and NBC shed a lot of light on where the league’s headed (and especially what Amazon wants to do with sports and shoppable ads).
Watch-time was down week-over-week for major sports, while several Fox News programs saw a boost, according to Inscape’s latest ranking.
Sports and related programming hold five of the top ten ranking positions for Oct. 21-27, per Inscape’s viewership data.
Fueled in part by the interview with VP Kamala Harris, “Special Report With Bret Baier” jumps into Inscape’s ranking of the top 25 TV programs for the first time since July.
Hurricane Milton coverage spurred enough viewership for The Weather Channel that three of its programs jump into the top 25 ranking for Oct. 7-13, per Inscape.
And although the NFL and college football maintain their chart-topping positions, both saw viewership shares decrease week-over-week, according to Inscape.
Diamond Sports Group could potentially lose 11 of its remaining MLB team rights deals for 2025. Such a move could expedite the end of the current RSN model, and DSG's involvement in regional sports altogether.
Football again dominates Inscape’s ranking of most-watched TV programming, while TWC’s ‘America’s Morning Headquarters’ jumps into the top 15, fueled by Hurricane Helene coverage.
The Pac-12's rebirth is in progress, but the main thing it needs to keep focus on is being a cohesive and entertaining league -- and TV product, by extension.
Combined, NFL and college football games accounted for over 13% of all minutes watched last week, per Inscape.
ABC’s broadcast of the presidential debate ranked sixth for TV programming watch-time last week, per Inscape.
NFL games captured nearly 8% of all live, linear minutes watched across Sept. 2-8, per Inscape.
ESPN's controlled the narrative around college football for decades. What happens if it loses that footing via the DirecTV dispute?
Sports, led by college football, take the top five spots on Inscape’s ranking of most-watched TV programs for August 26 through September 1.
VIZIO and ESPN have both introduced new offerings designed to simplify the convoluted sports rights landscape for consumers.
Starting 5 is yet another smart play by Netflix to get into the sports conversation consistently without breaking the bank.
Combined across all networks, coverage of the Democratic National Convention accounted for nearly 5% of all minutes watched on TV Aug. 19-25, per Inscape.
iSpot data shows that this year's Big Ten and SEC could combine for over 57% (or more) of this year's college football viewing... which has some larger ramifications for the sport.
NFL preseason games captured a 2.48% viewership share across Aug. 12-18, per Inscape.
Per Inscape, NFL preseason games captured a 1.55% viewership share for Aug. 5-11, behind only the Olympics.
The 2024 Paris games continue to dominate TV viewership, per Inscape data.
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