It's funny how there's a pretty hard cap on even high profile midweek afternoon matches PREMIER LEAGUE L: MANCHESTER CITY/MANCHESTER UNITED NBC SPORTS NETWORK 2:54 PM 150 0.16 380k So many Champs League and Prem audiences around that mark.
2019 Tuesday Semis UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS AFC AJAX TNT 2:40 PM 148 0.19 418k UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: SF: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC / AFC AJAX UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 151 0.09 222k vs 2018 UCL SEMIFINAL L: REAL MADRID/BAYERN MUNCHEN FOX SPORTS 1 2:30 PM 150 0.19 471k UEFA CL SEMIFINALS: REAL MADRID VS BAYERN MUNICH FOX DEPORTES 2:30 PM 147 0.25 490k Obviously two very different matchups in the US market, but last year's was well ahead on cable. Interestingly, Univision's OTA network may have put 2019 over last year's but they paused coverage for breaking news in Venezuela.
https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/05/nba-playoff-ratings-blue-jackets-bruins-uefa/ UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: BARCELONA VS. LIVERPOOL TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION 2:43 PM 146 0.30 635k UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: SF: FC BARCELONA / LIVERPOOL FC UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 154 0.12 321k
Crystal Palace vs Cardiff: 764 k on NBC Liverpool vs Newcastle: 538 k on NBCSN Brighton vs Arsenal: 465 k on NBCSN Manchester United vs Huddersfield: 370 k on NBCSN Barcelona vs Liverpool: 635 k on TNT, 321 k on UDN Tottenham vs Ajax: 418 k on TNT, 222 k on UDN Liverpool vs Barcelona: 665 k on TNT, 331 k on UDN Veracruz vs América: 324 k on UDN New York Red Bulls vs Los Angeles galaxy: 260 k on ESPN
Univision needs to brag about their ratings on the main network so we can see the numbers to add on to TNT and UDN. Could be looking at a record depending on the over-the-air numbers. UDN's audiences are not as high as the peak Fox Deportes ratings for big knockout matches, but that was the sole Spanish language channel in the old contract. I think TNT's 665k tops any audience FS1 got for a CL match.
Update on a Sports Media Watch CL story on LFC-Barca 1st leg -- https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2019/05/nba-playoff-ratings-blue-jackets-bruins-uefa/ Not sure how Univision breaking away from the match in London to cover Venezuela alter things. I think we'll see all 4 semi matches get over a million viewers each across three networks, which is pretty impressive for weekday afternoon soccer. This deal drew a lot of criticism for putting a lot of English commentary matches behind a web paywall, but access to big matches has been upped (with TNT and Univision in a lot more homes than FS1/Fox Dep) and with that, audiences have increased.
(2nd leg) UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: AFC AJAX VS. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TNT 2:43 PM 150 0.23 509k UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: SF: AFC AJAX / TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 156 0.10 251k
Top-rated U.S. markets for the full 2018-19 Premier League season on NBC and NBCSN:1. Washington, D.C.2. Baltimore3. West Palm BeachT4. Fort MyersT4. Richmond6. NorfolkT7. HartfordT7. Milwaukee9. San Francisco10. Providence— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) May 14, 2019 No. 1 market since NBC Sports won PL rights:2013-14: DC2014-15: DC2015-16: DC2016-17: Baltimore2017-18: Baltimore 2018-19: DC— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) May 14, 2019
The top markets are in the east (mostly in the Eastern time zone with some in the Central) because people farther west don't wake up for the weekend games. I wonder how that compares to La Liga, where clubs play more games at 12:30 P.M. Eastern/9:30 A.M. Pacific or later that any Premier League clubs do. The Maryland, D.C., and Virginia area likes the Premier League.
Check out San Francisco at #9 though. That's pretty incredible. Any sport would LOVE to have DC and San Fran in their top ten because they're both major markets and very wealthy. Sure the total numbers of viewers are not as high as US big four, but by target demographic the Premier League does very well.
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articl...-cable-originals-network-finals-6-1-2019.html UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: LIVERPOOL VS. TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR TNT 2:34 PM 171 0.65 1,508k UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SAT: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC VS. LIVERPOOL FC UNIVISION DEPORTES 2:30 PM 168 0.24 604k Not sure about Univision main network. Last year FOX and FOX Deportes combined for 3.02 million. So Univision would need 900k+ to catch last year's total. Regardless, good numbers for the Champs League in their new US deal. Univision provides a big boost. (TNT only...) Top 10 U.S. markets for total households (not the rating or share) watching Champions League final on TNT only:NY 83,000LA 68KDC 58KSF 41KSeattle 39KChicago 34KPhilly 32KAtlanta, Denver, Orlando 27KOverall: 1.5 m (peaked at 1.9m), largest cable audience for a CL final— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) June 3, 2019
http://worldsoccertalk.com/2019/06/...9-million-viewers-liverpool-spurs-game-us-tv/ Univisión and Univisión Deportes Network averaged 1.4 million viewers. So they averaged some 800k viewers on Univisión.
So in the end this year's final total Eng+Esp audience was down a bit from last year. But that shouldn't be too much of a surprise with a intra-league final vs Liverpool v Real Madrid (w/ Ronaldo).
About 6% higher. Which isn't a gigantic difference. And Univision is available in about 100 million fewer US homes to about 100 million fewer Americans than FOX.
Meanwhile in Spain, the Copa del Rey final match between Barcelona and Valencia aired on La 1 de TVE, averaging 6.4 million viewers (44% share).
You must 100 million fewer people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations) says the USA had 324,459,463 people on July 1, 2017. With several people per home, it's impossible that 100 million homes don't get Univision.
In Spain, the men's national team match versus Sweden got an average 3.8 million viewers (25% share).
This overnight DID NOT hold. Fox's total audience delivery for Tuesday afternoon's USA-Thailand game averaged 2.72 million viewers (TV+streaming). Four years ago, USA-Australia on FS1 in primetime drew 3.31 million TV viewers. So a drop of 18% there. https://t.co/TFxsJYIaBy— Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) June 13, 2019 So a bit over the 3 million mark combining FOX and Telemundo (444k)
Forgetting about the different time of day, Australia is more competitive than Thailand. It's like if USMNT fans watch the Gold Cup Group Stage games against T&T and Panama but ignore tonight's game against Guyana because it should be an easy win, not to mention with a 10:00 P.M. Eastern start, many Americans who have work or school tomorrow won't stay up.
In Spain's Gol, the women's national team match versus China match got 714 k viewers (7,8% share). More Fifa Women's World Cup stats: https://www.dw.com/en/womens-world-...rs-in-germany-and-around-the-world/a-49212971