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Post by NHLWinnipeg on Nov 23, 2011 17:19:50 GMT -6
Please use this thread to post and discuss NHL TV ratings in local and national markets! __________________________________________ Average 2009-10 TV audience size for regular season regional sports network TV broadcasts of NHL games: Top 10 Regional Television Audiences for NHL clubs (09-’10)
Six of the top nine regional television audiences in the National Hockey League during the 2009-’10 regular season were held by Canada’s six NHL franchises; including the top four in Montreal (which uses national French-language carrier RDS as its regional rights holder), Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. Defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh rounds out the top five as measured by average number of viewers per regular season game broadcast. The disparity between the top three clubs in Canada’s three largest media markets and the rest of the league is significant: average viewership for Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver is larger than the cumulative audiences for the NHL’s next 10 clubs combined.
TOP TEN
Rank Club Regional rights holder Average audience
Per game broadcast
1* Montreal Canadiens RDS* 688,000*
2 Toronto Maple Leafs Rogers Sportsnet Ontario 656,400
3 Vancouver Canucks Rogers Sportsnet Pacific 398,500
4 Calgary Flames Rogers Sportsnet West 221,300
5 Pittsburgh Penguins FSN Pittsburgh 214,100
6 Chicago Blackhawks Comcast Sportsnet / WGN-TV 9 196,800
7 Detroit Red Wings FSN Detroit 186,600
8 Edmonton Oilers Rogers Sportsnet West 181,400
9 Ottawa Senators Rogers Sportsnet Ontario 153,400
10 New York Rangers MSG Network 152,200
MIDDLE TEN
11 Philadelphia Flyers Comcast Sportsnet / CN8 147,900
12 Boston Bruins NESN (New England Sports Network) 120,800
13 New Jersey Devils MSG Plus 99,200
14 Buffalo Sabres MSG Network 93,600
15 Washington Capitals Comcast Sportsnet 85,400
16 St. Louis Blues FSN Midwest 67,000
17 Minnesota Wild FSN North / KSTC-TV 66,500
18 San Jose Sharks CSN California 63,200
19 Los Angeles Kings FSN West / Prime ticket 62,400
20 New York Islanders MSG Plus 61,500
BOTTOM TEN
21 Colorado Avalanche Altitude 54,700
22 Anaheim Ducks FSN West 54,700
23 Dallas Stars FSN Southwest / KDFI My27 42,400
24 Columbus Blue Jackets FSN Ohio 29,600
25 Phoenix Coyotes FSN Arizona 26,500
26 Carolina Hurricanes FSN Carolina 25,300 (est.)
27 Nashville Predators FSN Tennessee 25,300 (est.)
28 Tampa Bay Lightning Sun Sports 25,100
29 Atlanta Thrashers Sportsouth 18,000
30 Florida Panthers FSN Florida 13,400
* Canadian ratings are provided by the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement and are based on average number of viewers per game broadcast. U.S. ratings are derived from information provided by the Nielsen Company, which measures its audiences in terms of number of households. The Nielsen numbers are converted to viewer numbers by using a multiplier of 2.3 viewers per household.
** RDS is national French-language carrier. Audience estimates include incremental amount of RDS subscribers outside of the province of Quebec.
*** Carolina Hurricanes and Nashville Predators do not officially release their television ratings communities.sportsnet.ca/thread/53751______________________________________________________ USA TV market size and rankings: 2010-11 Rank | 2011-12 Rank | Difference | DMA Name | 2011 TV Homes |2012 TV Homes 1 | 1 | | New York | 7,515,330 | 7,387,8102 | 2 | | Los Angeles | 5,666,900 | 5,569,7803 | 3 | | Chicago | 3,502,610 | 3,493,4804 | 4 | | Philadelphia | 3,015,820 | 2,993,3705 | 5 | | Dallas-Ft. Worth | 2,594,630 | 2,571,3106 | 6 | | San Francisco-Oak-San Jose | 2,523,520 | 2,506,5107 | 7 | | Boston (Manchester) | 2,460,290 | 2,379,6909 | 8 | +1 | Washington, DC (Hagrstwn) | 2,389,710 | 2,360,1808 | 9 | -1 | Atlanta | 2,407,080 | 2,292,64010 | 10 | | Houston | 2,177,220 | 2,185,26011 | 11 | | Detroit | 1,883,840 | 1,842,65013 | 12 | +1 | Seattle-Tacoma | 1,874,750 | 1,811,42012 | 13 | -1 | Phoenix (Prescott) | 1,881,310 | 1,811,33014 | 14 | | Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota) | 1,795,200 | 1,788,24015 | 15 | | Minneapolis-St. Paul | 1,753,780 | 1,721,94016 | 16 | | Miami-Ft. Lauderdale | 1,580,580 | 1,583,80017 | 17 | | Denver | 1,572,740 | 1,548,57018 | 18 | | Cleveland-Akron (Canton) | 1,526,200 | 1,514,17019 | 19 | | Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn | 1,453,120 | 1,465,46020 | 20 | | Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto | 1,409,400 | 1,388,57021 | 21 | | St. Louis | 1,258,580 | 1,253,92022 | 22 | | Portland, OR | 1,197,780 | 1,190,01024 | 23 | +1 | Pittsburgh | 1,160,820 | 1,171,49025 | 24 | +1 | Raleigh-Durham (Fayetvlle) | 1,131,310 | 1,143,42023 | 25 | -2 | Charlotte | 1,166,180 | 1,140,90027 | 26 | +1 | Indianapolis | 1,106,420 | 1,109,97026 | 27 | -1 | Baltimore | 1,108,360 | 1,097,31028 | 28 | | San Diego | 1,089,010 | 1,077,60029 | 29 | | Nashville | 1,039,430 | 1,024,56030 | 30 | | Hartford & New Haven | 1,018,770 | 1,006,28031 | 31 | | Kansas City | 974,820 | 939,74034 | 32 | +2 | Columbus, OH | 915,950 | 932,68032 | 33 | -1 | Salt Lake City | 953,950 | 927,54035 | 34 | +1 | Milwaukee | 901,100 | 907,66033 | 35 | -2 | Cincinnati | 923,830 | 896,09037 | 36 | +1 | San Antonio | 844,910 | 880,69036 | 37 | -1 | Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And | 878,550 | 860,93038 | 38 | | West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce | 773,890 | 788,02040 | 39 | +1 | Birmingham (Ann and Tusc) | 747,190 | 738,79042 | 40 | +2 | Las Vegas | 718,030 | 737,30039 | 41 | -2 | Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York | 749,020 | 729,44041 | 42 | -1 | Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk | 740,230 | 722,15043 | 43 | | Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt Nws | 716,050 | 718,75045 | 44 | +1 | Oklahoma City | 704,670 | 712,63046 | 45 | +1 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe | 703,720 | 710,05047 | 46 | +1 | Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem | 699,040 | 691,20044 | 47 | -3 | Austin | 707,430 | 686,83050 | 48 | +2 | Louisville | 674,940 | 674,05048 | 49 | -1 | Memphis | 693,860 | 669,940 49 | 50 | -1 | Jacksonville | 678,430 | 669,84051 | 51 | | Buffalo | 636,320 | 645,190www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/tv/nielsen-2012-local-DMA-TV-penetration.pdf |
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Post by NHLWinnipeg on Nov 23, 2011 17:25:20 GMT -6
Crosby's first game back in the NHL was broadcast nationally in both Canada and the USA. On Versus in the USA: estimated 198,000 viewers On CBC/HNIC: 1.2 million viewers I'm not sure if CBC included French Canadian viewers. There is a blog about this at Puck Daddy: sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/American-television-viewers-on-Sidney-Crosby-8?urn=nhl-wp18158To no one’s surprise, CBC had a huge Monday night. From a CBC press release - MILLIONS TUNE IN TO SEE SIDNEY CROSBY’S RETURN ON A SPECIAL MONDAY NIGHT EDITION OF CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA More than 5.7 million Canadians watched at least part of last night’s game Sidney Crosby made his highly anticipated return to the NHL last night when his Pittsburgh Penguins took on the New York Islanders on a special Monday edition of CBC’S HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA in front of an average audience of 1.2 million viewers. Ratings data from the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement (BBM) show the game had a total English TV audience share of 14.1 per cent, reaching more than 5.7 million Canadians. Audience numbers peaked at 7:18 pm ET with 1.55 million viewers, as Crosby scored the game’s first goal at 5:24 of the first period on his first shot of the season. Crosby finished the game with two goals and two assists for four points en route to a lopsided 5-0 Pittsburgh win over the New York Islanders. Prior to last night, the Penguins captain – a former league MVP and perennial all-star – had missed 61-consecutive regular-season games due to a concussion he suffered in a game on January 5, 2011. (Source: BBM Canada, Total Canada, Preliminary Overnights, Ind.2+, 2011) paranoidpuck.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/crosbys-return-draws-millions-on-cbc/Sid’s Return Draws Disappointing Numbers On Versus What happens when you hype a game to death and only a few people watch? That’s what happened Monday night as Versus could only muster 198,000 viewers to watch Sidney Crosby’s return game on November 21 against the New York Islanders. That’s among the lowest numbers of the season for Versus. So what happened? Perhaps the biggest reason for the small number is the fact that the game was blacked out in Pittsburgh and New York. The game drew a massive 15 rating in Pittsburgh. That’s a significant amount of viewers lost which would’ve really helped Versus. Secondly, the game faced stiff competition. Between football, college basketball and one of network TV’s strongest nights, its tough sledding on Monday nights. This likely brought numbers down.... paranoidpuck.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/sids-return-draws-disappointing-numbers-on-versus/ |
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Post by Douggy-D on Nov 23, 2011 21:04:49 GMT -6
Are the Canadian numbers multiplied, or are they just the raw amount of TV households watching? Because if not wow. The Canadian teams still have more than most American teams even though the American team's viewership numbers are multiplied by 2.3.
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Post by NHLWinnipeg on Nov 24, 2011 13:37:06 GMT -6
September 23, 2011 TSN Jets Scores Big Audience for First Pre-Season Game – Close to half a million people tuned in to see TSN Jets’ debut on Tuesday – To tweet this release: bit.ly/rpqSHDWinnipeg, MB (September 23, 2011) – The long awaited return of the Winnipeg Jets scored big for the new regional channel TSN Jets Tuesday night. Data from BBM Canada confirms that more than 490,000 viewers in the Jets broadcast region watched some or all of Tuesday’s pre-season game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The audience Reach is especially impressive given that TSN Jets is available in approximately 500,000 homes throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, and parts of Northwestern Ontario. “This is an incredible debut for a new television service,” said Stewart Johnston, President, TSN. “I can’t ever remember this type of excitement for a pre-season game. We are looking forward to building on this momentum throughout the season.” The average audience for the full broadcast on Tuesday was 148,000 total viewers. TSN Jets regional coverage continues tomorrow night with Winnipeg @ Nashville at 5:45 p.m. CT. TSN Jets is available on the following television service providers: • Access TV – Channel 234 • Bell TV – Channel 1423 in HD and Channel 423 in SD • MTS TV Ultimate – Channel 480 in HD and Channel 168 in SD • MTS Classic - Channel 168 in SD • Shaw – Channel 290 in HD and Channel 289 in SD • Shaw Direct Classic – Channel 449 in HD and Channel 468 in SD • Shaw Direct Advanced – Channel 393 in HD and Channel 136 in SD ctvmedia.ca/tsn/releases/release.asp?id=14253&yyyy=2011
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Post by NHLWinnipeg on Jan 13, 2012 23:33:27 GMT -6
Penguins top local TV draw in NHL, again By John Ourand and David Broughton, Staff Writers Published April 18, 2011 Is Pittsburgh the new Hockey Town? For at least the fourth consecutive season, the Pittsburgh Penguins are the kings of the NHL’s local TV ratings, as Pens games on Root Sports this season averaged the league’s highest rating of 8.68. In the NHL's 22nd largest market, the Penguins attracted the league's largest local TV audience. The Penguins also have attracted the NHL’s largest average audience, at 101,000 homes per game, even though Pittsburgh is the league’s 22nd largest market. Overall, local TV ratings presented a mixed bag for the league, with 11 of the 22 teams for which SportsBusiness Journal has data showing increases. Data was not available for the six Canadian clubs, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Nashville Predators. Perhaps the most impressive showing was in St. Louis, where Blues games on FS Midwest posted a 32 percent increase even though the team did not make the playoffs. St. Louis finished the season ranked fifth in the NHL’s ratings grid, with a 3.07 average, which equals 39,000 homes. On the other side of the coin, one of the league’s best on-ice teams, the San Jose Sharks, experienced one of the biggest local ratings drops. Sharks games were down 28 percent on CSN California. Its 0.80 rating placed 14th; its 20,000 average households finished 16th. Not surprisingly, the league’s biggest markets posted the biggest local TV audiences. Following Pittsburgh, the largest local TV audiences came in Chicago (96,000 average homes on CSN Chicago), Boston (77,000 on NESN), Detroit (76,000 on FS Detroit), Philadelphia (71,000 on CSN Philadelphia) and New York (59,000 for Rangers games on MSG). The Florida Panthers continued to suffer through TV problems. The club’s 0.16 rating and 3,000-home average were both league lows. Atlanta didn’t fare much better on FS South and SportSouth, finishing second to last in ratings and households.www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2011/04/18/Media/NHL-RSN-ratings.aspx |
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Post by NHLWinnipeg on May 4, 2012 0:17:02 GMT -6
TWC-MSG fight threatens Sabres’ ratings lead By John Ourand, Staff Writer Published January 23, 2012, Page 6 The Buffalo Sabres have the NHL’s highest local TV ratings so far this season, but the team’s perch atop the local ratings list is precarious given MSG Network’s three-week-long carriage battle with Time Warner Cable. On Jan. 1, MSG Network and MSG Plus went dark in more than 2 million Time Warner Cable homes in the New York City and Buffalo markets. The two sides are negotiating a new deal but don’t appear close. Two weeks into the new year, the dispute hasn’t affected local TV ratings substantially, but with fewer homes accessing the networks, the potential for a greater effect does exist. “You have seen a slight drop-off in ratings,” as a result of the Time Warner Cable dispute, said MSG Media President Mike Bair. “But the ratings in Buffalo were so high to begin with.” The Sabres’ numbers may come as a surprise. Despite a strong fan base, the team has largely underperformed on the ice this year and is mired in fourth place in its Northeast Division. But that hasn’t stopped the team from posting an NHL-best average local TV rating of 7.77, representing 50,000 homes. That marks a 15 percent jump from the team’s midseason mark last year. The New York Rangers, who last week were tied atop the NHL in points and were featured in HBO’s “24/7” series this season, have seen a 7 percent increase, with a 0.87 average rating and 64,000 homes for its games. The other “24/7” participant, the Philadelphia Flyers, has seen a 65 percent ratings jump. Overall, the NHL’s local TV ratings are up 10 percent in the United States for the first half of the season. Nationally, ratings on NBC Sports Network are flat, though viewership is up. Through 40 telecasts this season, NBCSN is averaging a 0.2 U.S. rating and 330,000 viewers. The channel’s opening game, between the Flyers and Boston Bruins on Oct. 6, brought its biggest regular-season number ever, with 874,000 viewers. As of last week, seven games had topped 500,000 viewers on NBC Sports Network, compared to just three at this point last year. The league’s biggest feel-good story locally is in Boston, where the Bruins have carried over the momentum from their 2011 Stanley Cup win to post the biggest local TV ratings increase this season. NESN’s average rating of 5.25 (third-highest in the league) is up a whopping 89.5 percent from last year. The average of 125,000 homes that tune in to Bruins games is the highest in the NHL. On the downside, Dallas Stars games on FS Southwest have seen the biggest drop, down almost 43 percent to a 0.52 average rating. And MSG’s other two teams are not doing as well as the Rangers. The New York Islanders have the second-lowest average rating of U.S.-based NHL teams; the New Jersey Devils have the third-lowest. The Islanders’ 0.23 average rating is down 23 percent from last year; the Devils’ 0.27 average is off 39 percent. Hockey in Miami continues to underwhelm, as well. An average of just 3,000 homes are tuning in to Florida Panthers games on FS Florida. NHL TEAMS’ RSN RATINGS AVERAGE RATING Top 5 TEAM RSN AVG. RATING Buffalo Sabres MSG 7.77 Pittsburgh Penguins Root Sports 7.55 Boston Bruins NESN 5.25 Chicago Blackhawks CSN Chicago 3.23 Philadelphia Flyers CSN Philadelphia 3.23 Bottom 6
Los Angeles Kings FS West 0.33
Phoenix Coyotes FS Arizona 0.33
Anaheim Ducks Prime Ticket 0.28
New Jersey Devils MSG Plus 0.27
New York Islanders MSG Plus 0.23
Florida Panthers FS Florida 0.20 RATING CHANGE FROM 2010-11 Top 5 TEAM RSN CHANGE Boston Bruins NESN +89.5% San Jose Sharks CSN California +81.6% Tampa Bay Lightning Sun Sports +66.7% Philadelphia Flyers CSN Philadelphia +64.8% Nashville Predators FS Tennessee +50.0% Bottom 5 Los Angeles Kings FS West -25.0% Anaheim Ducks Prime Ticket -26.3% Phoenix Coyotes FS Arizona -34.0% New Jersey Devils MSG Plus -38.6% Dallas Stars FS Southwest -42.9% VIEWERSHIP Top 5 TEAM RSN AVG. NO. OF HHS Boston Bruins NESN 125,000 Chicago Blackhawks CSN Chicago 113,000 Philadelphia Flyers CSN Philadelphia 97,000 Pittsburgh Penguins Root Sports 88,000 New York Rangers MSG 64,000 Bottom 5
Dallas Stars FS Southwest 13,000
Columbus Blue Jackets FS Ohio 9,000
Nashville Predators FS Tennessee 6,500
Phoenix Coyotes FS Arizona 6,000
Florida Panthers FS Florida 3,000 VIEWERSHIP CHANGE FROM 2010-11 Top 5 TEAM RSN CHANGE IN AVG. NO. OF HHS Boston Bruins NESN +57,000 Philadelphia Flyers CSN Philadelphia +38,000 Chicago Blackhawks CSN Chicago +24,000 San Jose Sharks CSN California +16,000 Minnesota Wild FS North +12,000 Bottom 5 Los Angeles Kings FS West -7,000 Dallas Stars FS Southwest -11,000 New Jersey Devils MSG Plus -13,000 Pittsburgh Penguins Root Sports -17,000 Detroit Red Wings FS Detroit -19,000 Note: Viewership data for the Carolina Hurricanes and for the NHL’s seven Canadian teams was not available. In the event of a tie, teams are listed alphabetically. Compiled by John Ourand and David Broughton Source: Nielsen www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2012/01/23/Media/NHL-RSNs.aspx |
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Post by jetsorbust on May 4, 2012 7:00:32 GMT -6
Haha "Viewership data for the Carolina Hurricanes and for the NHL’s seven Canadian teams was not available"
They might as well just finish their sentence with "because that would make the US teams viewership look just embarassing"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2017 6:00:31 GMT -6
love to see a comparion of the first post compared to this or last year's data. Columbus and Nashville must be up. I`m too lazy to find the data myself...
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Post by mikecubs on Apr 13, 2018 7:06:45 GMT -6
NHL on NBC/NBCSN had its lowest regular-season audience
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NHL on NBC/NBCSN had its lowest regular-season audience under the current rights deal that began with the 2011-2012 season (417,000 avg. viewers in 2017-2018). NBC was up 4% (3 fewer games), but NBCSN was down 12% and saw the cable network's lowest mark since 2009-2010 season
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Bad seasons in Buffalo and Chicago didn't help, but this should be a worrisome trend - the 16/17 season saw a significant decline as well. …
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Post by bcmike on Apr 16, 2018 8:56:30 GMT -6
Numbers don't lie but these seems almost counter intuitive after the success in Las Vegas and news that Seattle is probably coming on line soon. We're also seeing a lot of US born players becoming super stars, which makes me believe that more kids in the US are playing.
This doesn't bode well for Quebec as I'm sure the NHL will be reluctant to put any more teams north of the border.
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