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NBA Finals, NCAA Baseball Score For TV Watch-Time
Sports dominated Inscape’s program ranking for June 3-9, taking all five of the top chart positions.
Reported New Media Rights Deal Cements NBA As TV’s No. 2 Property
The NBA’s new TV deal is going to change the way we watch sports, and how the league’s perceived as an entertainment property for the foreseeable future.
Sports Dominates Last Week’s Most-Watched Programs
The NBA playoffs continue to hold court atop Inscape’s ranking, while college softball and baseball made inroads week-over-week.
The Great Rebundling Continues, Roku’s MLB Steal
Comcast just took The Great Rebundling to the next level and what you need to pay attention to, plus why the MLB on Roku is an even bigger deal than it seems.
What Is TNT Sports Without The NBA?
As TNT Sports is reportedly about to lose NBA rights, there’s a real question around where it goes from here.
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.