http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/mls/story/?id=447241 https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...-report-opening-dud-costs-jays-210515088.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...-blue-jays-bounce-back-214616633.html#more-id https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...-blue-jays-bounce-back-214616633.html#more-id https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...s-report-nhl-schedule-does-cbc-191146373.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...s-report-cup-final-could-still-193344933.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...s-report-mls-not-sharing-world-210645854.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...rt-always-hockey-season-canada-200214504.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...-ratings-report-cfl-duds-don-t-182644132.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...rt-commonwealth-games-hold-own-211841537.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...-jays-summer-stirring-interest-222905564.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...t-multiple-channels-not-always-174510377.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...port-says-nobody-watches-women-184224605.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...annel-universe-good-for-tennis-024114525.html https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report-193422068.html BTW compare to some of the CFL numbers. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/e...-ratings-report-cfl-duds-don-t-182644132.html
Question for the Canadian people. Correct me if I got the following wrong. http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/feature/?id=113345 TSN1 and TSN2 mean National televised games correct? CTV2 BC means just in British Columbia? RDS is the French channel mostly in Quebec correct? JIP?
So far for the Canada TV ratings that are available. Saturday, Mar. 15 Toronto at Seattle 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt TSN 299,000 Saturday, Mar. 22 D.C. at Toronto 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt TSN 352,000 Saturday, Mar. 29 Toronto at Salt Lake 9:30pm et/6:30pm pt TSN2 74,000 Saturday, Apr. 12 Vancouver at Los Angeles 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN 122,000 Saturday, May 17 New York at Toronto 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt TSN 91,000 Saturday, May 31 Columbus at Toronto 5pm et/2pm pt TSN 97,000 Sunday, June 1 Vancouver at Portland 9pm et/6pm pt TSN 109,000 Saturday, June 7 San Jose at Toronto 4pm et/1pm pt TSN 109,000 Saturday, June 7 Vancouver at Philadelphia 7pm et/4pm pt TSN 116,000 Saturday, June 28 Vancouver at Colorado 9pm et/6pm pt TSN 119,000 Saturday, July 19 Vancouver at Salt Lake 10pm et/7pm pt TSN2 176,000 Saturday, July 26 Kansas City at Toronto 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 22,000 Sunday, July 27 Dallas at Vancouver 5pm et/2pm pt TSN 99,000 Saturday, Aug. 2 Toronto at Montreal 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt TSN 143,000 Sunday, Aug. 10 Kansas City at Vancouver 8pm et/5pm pt TSN 208,000 Saturday, Aug. 16 Vancouver at Chivas USA 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN 155,000 Saturday, Sept. 6 D.C. at Vancouver 10pm et/7pm pt TSN 168,000 17 games for an average of 138K
Here are all the missing TV ratings for Canada, Rep for anyone that can find them. Post one rating per post that way I can give you multiple rep. Saturday, Mar. 8 New York at Vancouver 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt TSN Saturday, Mar. 29 Houston at Vancouver 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Apr. 5 New York at Montreal 4pm et/1pm pt TSN Saturday, Apr. 12 Colorado at Toronto 4pm et/1pm pt TSN Saturday, Apr. 19 Los Angeles at Vancouver 7pm et/4pm pt TSN Saturday, Apr. 26 Vancouver at Salt Lake 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN2, JIP Saturday, May 3 New England at Toronto 1pm et/10am pt TSN Saturday, May 3 San Jose at Vancouver 6:30pm et/3:30pm pt TSN2 Saturday, May 10 Kansas City at Montreal 4pm et/1pm pt TSN Saturday, May 10 Vancouver at Columbus 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt TSN Sunday, May 11 Los Angeles at Portland 2:30pm et/11:30am pt TSN2 Friday, May 23 Toronto at Kansas City 8:30pm et/5:30pm pt TSN Saturday, May 24 Seattle at Vancouver 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 Saturday, May 31 New England at Montreal 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 Wednesday, June 11 D.C. at Montreal 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt TSN Wednesday, June 25 Montreal at Vancouver 10pm et/7pm pt TSN Wednesday, July 2 Toronto at Chicago 8:30pm et/5:30pm pt TSN Saturday, July 5 D.C. at Toronto 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 Saturday, July 5 Seattle at Vancouver 10pm et/7pm pt TSN2 Sunday, July 6 Chicago at Kansas City 3pm et/Noon pt TSN Saturday, July 12 Kansas City at Montreal 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt TSN2 Saturday, July 12 Chivas USA at Vancouver 10pm et/7pm pt TSN2 Wednesday, July 16 Vancouver at Toronto 8pm et/5pm pt TSN2 Saturday, July 19 Los Angeles at Kansas City 6pm et/3pm pt TSN2 Saturday, July 19 Vancouver at Salt Lake 10pm et/7pm pt TSN2 Saturday, July 26 Arsenal at New York 5pm et/2pm pt TSN Saturday, July 26 Kansas City at Toronto 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 Sunday, July 27 Dallas at Vancouver 5pm et/2pm pt TSN Monday, July 28 Los Angeles at Seattle 10pm et/7pm pt TSN2 Wednesday, July 30 Vancouver at Chicago 8:30pm et/5:30pm pt TSN Friday, Aug. 1 Philadelphia at Kansas City 10pm et/7pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Aug. 2 Toronto at Montreal 4:30pm et/1:30pm pt TSN Saturday, Aug. 2 Seattle at San Jose 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN2 Wednesday, Aug. 6 MLS All-Star Game 9:30pm et/6:30pm pt TSN Friday, Aug. 8 San Jose at Los Angeles 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN2 Sunday, Aug. 10 Kansas City at Vancouver 8pm et/5pm pt TSN Saturday, Aug. 16 Chicago at Montreal 6:30pm et/3:30pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Aug. 16 Toronto at Kansas City 8:30pm et/5:30pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Aug. 16 Vancouver at Chivas USA 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN Saturday, Aug. 23 Montreal at New York 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Aug. 23 Vancouver at Los Angeles 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Aug. 30 Portland at Vancouver 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN Wednesday, Sept. 3 Toronto at Philadelphia 7pm et/4pm pt TSN2 Friday, Sept. 5 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Sept. 6 Philadelphia at Toronto 2pm et/11am pt TSN2 Saturday, Sept. 6 D.C. at Vancouver 10pm et/7pm pt TSN Wednesday, Sept. 10 Los Angeles at Montreal 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt TSN Wednesday, Sept. 10 San Jose at Vancouver 10pm et/7pm pt TSN Friday, Sept. 12 Salt Lake at Seattle 10:30pm et/7:30pm pt TSN2 Saturday, Sept. 13 New York at Philadelphia 3pm et/Noon pt TSN2 Saturday, Sept. 13 Vancouver at Dallas 8:30pm et/5:30pm pt TSN2
MLS in Canada is still brand new, all 3 franchises less than a decade old. Playing clubs from cities such as Salt lake, Portland, Seattle, Kansas City, etc. do not scream any kind of familiar rivals that would translate into a steady national audience. There are some familiar type club cities that are recoknized through the NHL. Even within Canada only three cities with MLS clubs leaving out any connction to other cities that have franchises in the NHL or CFL. Not helping TFCs cause with Rogers showing matches on SN 360 not being a primary tier sports channel in a cable package. This will take time to carve out more nationally reckognized rivals. Regional rivals are in place with Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and the Toronto - Montreal but really none are of great National interests as of yet
DOGS OF THE WEEK: Toronto FC continues to create more interest for its boardroom machinations than what takes place on the pitch. Saturday's game against Chicago drew an average of 14,000 viewers to Sportsnet 360. Regardless of the possible explanations, that's as close to being a non-entity as you get. Coming close to that kind of irrelevance was Canada's Davis Cup matches against Colombia. They could do no better than 35,000 on Sportsnet 360 on Sunday. Here are the most-watched sports events on English-language television for the past weekend, according to BBM Canada overnight ratings: 1. CFL, Argonauts at Stampeders, Saturday, TSN: 871,000 2. CFL, Blue Bombers at Lions, Saturday, TSN: 786,000 3. MLB, Rays at Blue Jays, Friday, Sportsnet: 743,000 4. MLB, Rays at Blue Jays, Saturday, Sportsnet 654,000 5. CFL, Alouettes at Eskimos, Friday, TSN: 614,000 6. NFL, early games, Sunday, CTV: 609,000 7. NFL, late games, Sunday, CTV: 571,000 8. CFL, Roughriders at Tiger-Cats, Sunday, TSN: 531,000 9. MLB, Rays at Blue Jays, Sunday, Sportsnet: 502,000 10. NFL, Bears at 49ers, Sunday, TSN: 462,000 (NBC viewers not measured) 11. NFL, Seahawks at Chargers, Sunday, TSN: 335,000 (Fox viewers not measured) 12. PGA, Tour Championship final round, Sunday, Global: 311,000 13. PGA, Tour Championship third round, Saturday, Global: 310,000 14. Auto racing, NASCAR Sprint Cup, Sunday, TSN2: 219,000 15. Soccer, Swansea at Chelsea, Saturday, Sportsnet: 172,000 16. Equestrian, Spruce Meadows BMO Cup, Saturday, CBC: 164,000 17. MLB, Yankees at Orioles, Sunday, TSN2: 130,000 18. Equestrian, Spruce Meadows Suncor Cup, Saturday, CBC: 125,000 19. MLB, Yankees at Orioles, Friday, Sportsnet: 121,000 20. Equestrian, Spruce Meadows CP Grand Prix, Sunday, CBC: 115,000
That makes sense since TVA has the regional Broadcast rights for the Impact. I guess Rogers is not interested in English Language Broadcasts.
MLS and pro soccer at this level is still very new to Canada. FC less than a decade old. Vancouver and Montreal about 5 years. Unlike NHL there are only a limited number of teams that are only in the 3 markets. Other markets without a MLS club are likely not that interested in the MLS Canada clubs. Canada hosting its first big international event in 2015 will help. MLS in the US was in a similar position within the first decade. Now the US in a main destination of several top international events that are played within the MLS clubs areas Canada MNT soon should have the ability to host international events such as the Gold Cup within these cities will also go a long way for the popularity of mens pro soccer. TSN now without NHL national rights will have the time and space to upgrade the soccer coverage in Canada within the MLS and other.