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Summer Sports Score for TV Watch-Time
The Open Championship, MLB and Women’s World Cup were three of the top ten most-watched programs on TV last week, per Inscape.
ACC’s CW Deal Underlines RSNs’ Diminishing Importance
Diamond Sports pushed the ACC to a better option with the CW, and many other teams and leagues/conferences could follow suit.
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.
MLB Wins With The Midsummer Classic
MLB All-Star audiences grew for a third straight year as the Midsummer Classic keeps fans engaged yet again.
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.
Dun-Dun! ‘SVU’ Was TV’s Most-Watched Live, Linear Program Last Week
The Dick Wolf stalwart frequents the top of Inscape’s viewership ranking, but hasn’t made it to first place this year until now.
Baseball Hits Home Run For Live TV Viewership
The men’s college world series led in watch-time last week with MLB a close second, per Inscape.
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.

