The Future Of Television. Dissected Daily.
U.S. Open ParTees Atop Inscape’s Ranking of Most-Watched TV Programs
The four-day golf championship accounted for over 4% of all live, linear TV watched last week, per Inscape.
Netflix Can Do Live Sports That Are Made For Netflix
Netflix is interested in live sports… sort of. But the service is smartly taking its time and handling things its own way.
Sports, Led By NBA Finals, Dominate Weekly TV Watch-Time
Six of the top ten most-watched programs on TV were sports-related, per Inscape data.
‘The Curious Case of Natalia Grace’ Cracks Top 25 Programs for TV Watch-Time
Meanwhile — and to no one’s surprise — sports continue to dominate much of last week’s live TV viewership, per Inscape.
Podcast: Everything You Wanted To Know About FASTs (But Were Afraid To Ask)
From a presentation I did at SportsPro’s OTT Summit this March, it’s a good overview of the FAST ecosystem.
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: TV By the Numbers
Unsurprisingly, NBA again takes first place for weekly watch-time — but softball and baseball slide up the ranking, according to the latest data from Inscape.
Sports Are Cutting Themselves (And TV) To Pieces
It’s getting increasingly difficult for TV viewers to tune into all of the sporting events they want to watch… and it’s only poised to get tougher from here.
College Softball Comes Out of Left Field: TV By the Numbers
While NBA and the PGA Championship took top spots for TV watch-time last week, college softball jumped into the ranking at No. 10, per Inscape data.
NBA Playoffs Continue to Dominate Weekly TV Watch-Time
Games captured 5.42% of all live, linear minutes watched on TV, per Inscape.
Scoring With Incremental Ad Reach
Incremental reach will be a hot topic during upfronts, and one recent iSpot study found some encouraging signs there for Fubo.
NHL Skates Into Second For TV Watch-Time
Inscape data for May 1-7 reveals that viewers were favoring sports programming.
NBA Playoffs Top Mage’s Kentucky Derby Win
NBA playoffs action beat out the 149th Kentucky Derby for watch-time Saturday, dunking a 6.14% viewership share, according to Inscape.
NBA Playoffs, NFL Draft Lead For TV Watch-Time
NBA games captured 4.50% of all live, linear minutes watched April 24-30, per Inscape.
NBA Dunks For TV Watch-Time, NHL Skates Into Second
Plus some viewership insights on the now-canceled Tucker Carlson Tonight, via Inscape.
FAST 2.0: The Next Iteration
The six key facets of FAST 2.0, the next evolution of the FAST ecosystem.
College Hoops May Be Done, But the NBA Is Just Getting Started
Post-season NBA led Inscape’s ranking of most-watched TV programs, with games scoring nearly 4% of all minutes watched last week.
YouTube’s Sunday Ticket Structure A Touchdown… For YouTube
YouTube’s pricing around NFL Sunday Ticket is a savvy bet that fans will sign up, even if it means completely changing TV providers.
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
Endeavor Wants The Sports Entertainment Content Title Belt
As a combined business, WWE and UFC aren’t going to be put in a box, and are likely to make billions in TV and streaming negotiations.

