FOX Deportes saw its Tuesday coverage of the Real Madrid/Liverpool UEFA Champions League group stage match deliver the channel’s highest-rated match of the 2014-15 season, according to Nielsen. The contest ranked as the top Spanish-language sports program for the day with 344,000 total viewers, and 246,000 P18-49.
It’s the end of an era for NBCUniversal’s Hispanic cable network mun2, as the channel will be rebranded as NBC Universo on Feb. 1, 2015, which happens to be the same day the channel carries the Spanish-language telecast of Super Bowl XLIX in the US. The network will also introduce a “bold logo that features […]
X Games and Major League Gaming are teaming up for X Games Aspen 2015 with a three-day “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” invitational eSports tournament that will run from Jan. 23-25. This will extend the two brands’ partnership that began at X Games Austin 2014 with the “Call of Duty: Ghosts” tournament in June. “We took a […]
The Peyton Manning and Tom Brady rivalry continued to prove itself as a national draw, and handed CBS with its highest-rated game of the season, according to Nielsen. The NFL game anchored a window that served up an average overnight household rating/share of 18.6/32. The also marks the third highest-rated regular season game in 16 […]
ESPN is once again opening up voting for the Fan Hall of Fame, honoring “greatness in sports fandom.” To enter the competition, fans of any sport throughout the US and Canada can submit their application at FanHallOfFame.com/Apply until Nov. 16, describing why they deserve a place in the Hall of Fame. The ten finalists, selected […]
It was a big week for Major League Soccer, which not only kicked off the playoffs, but also prepared for the future with announcements that Chivas USA would be folding, a new Los Angeles FC would be moving in for the 2017 season and an overall realignment would shuffle the season setup. The new LAFC […]
LeBron James drove TNT to an opening week liftoff with the channel’s start of the NBA season, which featured the Cavaliers and Knicks delivering 4 million total viewers. That marks a 50% uptick over the comparable telecast window last season, according to Nielsen fast nationals. Its 2.6 household rating was up 44% over last year […]
Game 7 of the World Series was a blowout for FOX Sports on Wednesday, marking the second Game 7 in the Fall Classic since 2002, and reeling in a Series-high 13.7/23 with 23.5 million viewers tuning in, according to Nielsen. That is up 69% in rating and 76% in audience compared to Game 6. The […]
The partnership between The Breeders’ Cup and NBC Sports Group is paying off, as the two companies announced an unprecedented 10-year media rights partnership extension that will keep the Breeders’ Cup on NBC and NBCSN through 2025. The deal will see NBC and NBCSN combine to present at least eight hours of live coverage of […]
A Royals domination in Game 6 of the World Series still handed FOX with the highest-rated and most-watched contest of the 2014 World Series to-date and scored an 8.1/13 household rating/share, with 13.4 million viewers tuning in, per Nielsen. Adding in FOX Deportes own share of the audience, viewership for the game rises to 13.6 […]
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