MLS 2016 TV Thread (Ratings, Historical Data, Contracts etc)

Satellite providers offer which DMA's "local channels" to Tyler, TX households?

Maybe part of the business thinking is to encourage people not to live in Tyler, TX.

(Of course people don't like blackouts. And of course some of the reasons for a blackout being in place would not be popular with consumers. But these are business decisions made for some, perhaps very strange, business thinking and reasons which some/many fans would find "dumb.")

Edit: This is an issue (for FCD fans) specifically for the Texas Derby matches.

FC Dallas does not blackout their local games.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-live/blackout-policies

Houston regional coverage matches are blacked out in the ROOT Sports SW region.

http://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-live/blackout-policies/houston

 

Add 72k from ESPN Deportes to the POR-CLB total.

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/68014/television-is-only-part-of-new-media-ecosystem-for.html

 

That's solid for ESPN Deportes if my recollection of their ordinary MLS numbers is correct. Also, Columbus games, to my recollection are usually lower rated games, so these numbers are solid.

 

Thanks so what is the average per game ...

Is it improving and if so by what percentage..

 

Read the first ten or so posts in this thread. Those posts contain information on how each station has done over the past years.

 

No UniMás number yet, but 84k on UDN for the Friday night match between Orlando and Chicago.

SOURCE: http://sportstvratings.com/notre-da...rts-tv-ratings-for-friday-march-11-2016/4661/

 

The UDN numbers are up quite a bit on last year. Week 1 was higher than any week last year, and 84k would be in the top 5 for any week last year. Orlando played in week two last year versus houston and drew 51k.

I had kind of assumed that TV ratings in English and Spanish would move in tandem, but maybe the dedicated Unimas slot could grow the spanish language audience independently of overall growth.

 

Even with a leaked bracket, the selection show still probably took its toll on this weekend's ratings.

3/13
New York City/Toronto - 197k (ESPN2)
San Jose/Portland - 175k (FS1) + 51k (FOXD)

http://sportstvratings.com/kentucky...rts-tv-ratings-for-sunday-march-13-2016/4668/

In other news, there's this.

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282,000 for Orlando/Chicago combined Unimas/UDN. breakout was 198,000/84,000 https://t.co/3McM1iMfeV

— Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) March 15, 2016

 

That means less than 200K on Unimas

 

Chivas-Club America got 1.2M on UDN.

Ah, it's nice to start the new season on an uplifting note.

 

TFC/NYCFC got 62k on Sportsnet One. As per the writer: Few sports outside of weekday afternoon lumberjack competitions do worse than that.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...fc-continues-to-struggle-on-tv-151745168.html

 

Accounting for difference in population, this would equate to over 500k in US. It's not quite accurate because local ratings are not going to be multiplied like that, but still. 60-100k in Canada would be huge in US with similar popularity levels.

 

Don't know how many people like me would have watched on Unimas if U-Verse wasn't blocking it due to yet another dispute. I'd imagine a few thousand.

 

But they are also blocking UDN and that number was ok. Who knows.

 

Update to include all the latest numbers

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MLS 2016 Regular Season TV Viewership Summary

Home teams listed first. All times are Eastern.


Averages are only listed if we have compiled all the games for a specific network.

FS1 (all ratings for 2.5 hour window unless specified)
Game 1: 267k (SEA vs KC) Sunday 7:00pm 3/6/2016
Game 2: 175k (SJ vs POR) Sunday 7:00pm 3/13/2016

Fox Deportes (all ratings for 2.5 hour window unless specified)
Game 1: 24k (SEA vs KC) Sunday 7:00pm 3/6/2016
Game 2: 51k (SJ vs POR) Sunday 7:00pm 3/13/2016

ESPN (all ratings for 2.5 hour window unless specified)
Game 1: 362k (POR vs COLU) Sunday 4:00pm 3/6/2016

ESPN2 (all ratings for 2.5 hour window unless specified)
Game 1: 197k (NYC vs TOR) Sunday 5:00pm 3/13/2016

ESPN Deportes:
Game 1: 72k (POR vs COLU) Sunday 4:00pm 3/6/2016

UDN: (all ratings for 2 hour window unless specified)
Game 1: 148k (LA vs DC) Sunday 10:00pm 3/6/2016
Game 2: 84k (ORL vs CHI) Friday 7:00pm 3/11/2016

Unimas: (all ratings for 2 hour window unless specified)
Game 1: 320k (LA vs DC) Sunday 10:00pm 3/6/2016
Game 2: 198k (ORL vs CHI) Friday 7:00pm 3/11/2016
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Non US numbers

Canada

Game 1: 96k NYR vs TFC: Sunday 3/6/2016 TSN
Game 2: 205k VAN vs MON Sunday 3/6/2016 TSN
Game 3: 62k NYC vs TFC Sunday 3/13/2016 Sportsnet One

England
Game 1: 100k CHI vs NYC Sunday 3/6/2016 Sky Sports

 

They got over 1M for curling. CURLING!!! That must be like Monday Night Football over there. Monday Night Curling. With Al and Chris and Michelle Tafoya as the sideline reporter.

 

It is was Canada's "World Series" equivalent of curling. And it was glorious. I watched TSN's coverage on ESPN3.

 

I watched 4 of those top 5 curling matches (skipped the bronze medal game) through WatchESPN...

 

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Works every time.

 

This really should have been accompanied by a billy d pic and or gif.

 

It was a set-up for the next poster.

 

I was thinking more along the lines of Anchorman.