Considering the US hasn't played yet, it will be interesting to see if and how much this changes after they do.
I believe it is because this is a first generation of entire stadium's worth of soccer fans for a few years going. Next generation of MLS die-hards will be bigger, more fanatical, and more vested in their local team. This will grow year after year. In 30 years, MLS television numbers will truly break soccer TV records by number. Though maybe not by % of the country watching. TV numbers for soccer in Argentina and England by percentage will be higher, but TV numbers by quantity of TV households will be led by United States, MLS Soccer, U.S. Open Cup, CCC. etc.
I don't really care if viewerships in 3 decades resembles early 1990s TV ... pre-Netflix, pre-internet video streaming or doesn't. All I'm interested in is that Soccer Viewing numbers in the United States go upwards in what ever medium they watch it. And the reason, I find the U.S. market very interesting is because only 10 % of TVs have to be on a soccer match, and that's 30 million people. (Source: https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insig...v-homes-in-the-us-for-the-2018-19-season.html) These are baby steps.
You missed the emoji? DC is a Columbus rival going back to day 1. I was making a joke the flew over your head. Carry on.
On an off week for MLS, I'd be really interested in seeing the ratings on CBS for the MLR Championship game.
Major League Rugby's 2nd championship game (A narrow @Seawolves_Rugby win over @SDLegion) drew a 0.4 overnight rating on CBS on Saturday. That's the first time MLR has been on a rated channel after regular seasons on CBS Sports Net.— Ben Fischer (@BenFischerSBJ) June 17, 2019 Showbuzz Daily releases the final numbers for the 2019 MLR championship tomorrow morning.
Average Viewership Numbers (Over-the-air) Sunday, June 16, 2019 [4:00PM-6:00PM EDT] MLR Championship (2nd year) (CBS): 510,000 http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-6-10-6-16-2019.html Saturday, December 8, 2018 [7:56PM-10:00PM EDT] MLS Cup (23rd year) (FOX): 1,563,000 http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articl...cable-originals-network-finals-12-8-2018.html The ratio (2019 MLR Championship/2018 MLS Cup) is 32.6%.
Why are we comparing MLR which is in reality a semi-pro rugby league ($350k per team) with 9 teams to MLS?
Middy [Central Coast, NSW, Australia] needs some local help. From wiki I looked at your media deals. If I read them correctly only a fraction of games played are broadcast ... BTW I have lumped the media deal on the last line of each code. What I added to the wiki chart is total games that appear to be broadcast and am I correct???? If so by the figures below the NBA is paid 2.7 billion for 144 games which is 18, 750, 000 per game.. does this make sense or am I off the page with my cal's... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada NFL == 10 / 16.6m (aggregate) == $7.2 bn NBA ==2.3 / 3.9m (ABC, 16 games) ==1.1 / 1.7m (TNT, 52 games) == 1.1 / 1.7m (ESPN, 76 games) == $2.7 bn .... meaning 144 games MLB == 1.4 / 2.1m (Fox, 12 games) == 0.8 / 1.1m (ESPN, 16 games) == 0.3 / 0.4m (FS1, 40 games) == 0.2 / 0.3m (TBS, 13 games)== $1.5 bn ... meaning 81 games NHL == 0.8 / 1.3m (NBC, 12 games) == 0.2 / 0.3m (NBCSN, 88 games) == $200 m ... meaning 100 games MLS == 0.5 / 0.7m (FOX, 5 games) == 0.2 / 0.3m (ESPN, 34 games) == 0.1 / 0.2m (FS1, 29 games) == 0.1 / 0.2m (Univ, 34 games) == $90 m ... meaning 102 games
Why are you bitching about a one off look at a new sports league getting its championship game shown OTA and comparing that to the current state of MLS?
Apparently Nielsen includes streaming platform viewers but not streaming TV in their ratings, which would explain why NHL ratings includes streaming viewers as the games are broadcast on Hulu. MLS Ratings and What They Say about the Future
Some super random TV numbers from the summer: USA's U20 WC run: vs Ukraine: 154000 FS1 67000 Universo vs Nigeria: 200000 FS1 86000 Universo vs Qatar: 41000 Universo - FS2 number not known vs France: 63000 Universo - FS2 number not known vs Ecuador: FS2 - 212000 Mexico's Sad U20 WC run: vs Italy 245000 Telemundo vs Japan 261000 Telemundo vs Ecuador 261000 Telemundo Solid ratings for the US and Mexico youth teams.
Why are you requoting a post from two month old article out the blue. I get that there hasn't been much MLS info but seems odd. What is the BTW to add? Did the rest of your post get cut off or something?