The 2019 MLS TV thread

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by POdinCowtown, Dec 19, 2018.

  1. Kejsare

    Kejsare Member+

    Portland Timbers
    Mar 10, 2010
    Virginia
    Club:
    Portland Timbers
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  2. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    USA - Mexico friendly 386000 on FS1. That's quite low for a USMNT game... Could be because 2700000 watched on Univision though.

    Argentina - Mexico on Univision got 2400000

    US vs Uruguay on FS1 got 245000 and 1200000 on Univision

    Two Liga MX games beat the top rated EPL game this week as those 2 leagues continue to be neck to neck in the race for most watched in the US.

    Club America vs Chivas FRIENDLY got 380000 on TUDN.

    The top rated MLS match was way down at #27 for soccer games this month with Atlanta vs San Jose getting 309000 on Univision.

    The Women's team got 342000 against Portugal, so looks like the men ARE still popular after all (if you count Spanish language).

    The highest rated CONCACAF nation's league match was Panama vs Bermuda with 123000 on TUDN and the lowest was Guyana vs Jamaica with 24000 on TUDN.
     
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  3. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
  4. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Thank god. This Altitude fight with the providers had me worried the Rapids would end up on FloSports in 2020 but if DC is bailing on them its a good sign they won't be getting anymore MLS contracts.
     
  5. STR1

    STR1 Member+

    Atlanta United
    United States
    May 29, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    MLS does better numbers in Univision than it does in Fox and ESPN. I don't know how many games Univison has in the contract but if MLS wants to grow more it needs the Spanish TV audience. Does Telemundo not bid high enough for MLS or it was not interested?
     
  6. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Telemundo is universal, who lost MLS rights to fox.
     
  7. Quinn 33

    Quinn 33 Member+

    Apr 25, 2003
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They still have FC Cincinnati don't they?

    KSE doesn't care about what anyone else in the league is doing, or what would be beneficial to the fans. They never have. They're going to pick whatever solution is the cheapest and requires the least amount of effort.
     
  8. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I thought they were on ESPN+. Or was that the Fire?

    At the same time, this is where single-entity helps. The league can't stop KSE from going with FloSports, but they can heavily suggest it would be a bad idea. More so than the other sports leagues.
     
  9. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fire for one more year, hopefully with all the changes going on here, that we will bail on year 3 of ESPN+ and get our games on Local TV (Maybe WGN, they don't have the Cubs, White Sox, Bulls and Hawks anymore)
     
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  10. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Isn't WGN a national network?
     
  11. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, but WGN American is.
     
  12. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who could have possibly predicted that DCU games only FloSports would be a failure???
     
  13. FoxBoro 143

    FoxBoro 143 Member+

    Jan 18, 2004
    MA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If I recall correctly, NBC wanted exclusive rights and backed out entirely instead of getting a slice of the deal.
     
  14. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hopefully the person who made the decision to stream games on the frat bros channel has been fired.
     
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  15. nick p

    nick p Member+

    Jul 11, 2009
    Baltimore Maryland
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Let's hope that MLS and the teams stay far, far away from Flo in the future
     
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  16. Minnman

    Minnman Member+

    Feb 11, 2000
    Columbus, OH, USA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Crew fans, understandably, hope Precourt goes with them in Austin (where the company is based), assuming FloSports survives until 2021, that is.
     
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  17. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004


    Modest gains.
     
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  18. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    America vs Chivas in a real game got 2 million on Univision. Nearest EPL match was at 741k on NBC.

    Most watched MLS match of that week was a very sad Minnesota vs LAFC with 84k on FS1 (19th for the week) Red Bulls vs DC was a more sad 79k on FS1, slightly less than the 80k a women's Liga MX match had. On the bright side, MLS is doing a LOT better than Bundesliga on TUDN :)
     
  19. Stupid_American

    Stupid_American Member+

    Jan 8, 2003
    New York, NY
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here's a little more detail on the 2019 ratings from SBJ (including FS1 and Univision data):

     
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  20. Stupid_American

    Stupid_American Member+

    Jan 8, 2003
    New York, NY
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Also there's a tidbit from this SportsPro article:

    "Meanwhile, according to Adweek, MLS’s social channels generated 2.2 billion impressions during the 2019 regular season, representing a 38 per cent increase on the 2018 campaign, while social interactions were also up 27 per cent.

    Adweek added that video was the main contributor to the increase, with MLS recording 777 million video views across all of its channels in 2019, up a whopping 132 per cent compared to last year."
     
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  21. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  22. RfrancisR

    RfrancisR Member+

    Aug 7, 2006
    New Orleans Diaspora
    For MLS, it becomes clear that interest is there. It might mostly be in terms of watching highlights and keeping up with the progress of the season, but the interest is there. That’s good.

    For a final assessment of game viewership we will have to wait for Sports Business Daily’s end-of-season article. That will give us a good idea where Spanish Language simulcasts, streaming, and OOH numbers stand. The ESPN number stands a good chance of eclipsing 300,000 excluding Spanish language simulcasts which are never combined in these articles.
     
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  23. NeilB

    NeilB Member

    Mar 17, 2000
    Mount Kisco, NY
    I'm posting this because it provides pretty detailed data on the TV and streaming ratings for the NHL in the US and a good measuring stick for MLS.

    http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2...rs-viewership-increases-across-all-platforms/

    Interesting things to note:
    1) Games on NBC do really well for the NHL. (1.316 million)
    2) NBCSN games were up a little bit (313,000 from a rock bottom 302,00)
    3) The streaming numbers seem really low compared to MLS, but I could be wrong.
     
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  24. SocFanda

    SocFanda New Member

    Seattle
    United States
    Mar 19, 2019
    What are MLS streaming numbers?
     

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