ALL-STAR GAME A WINNER FOR FOX
July 11, 2012 by admin · Leave a Comment
The National League trounced the American League 8-0 to win Tuesday night’s All-Star game — and Fox, which carried the game, did the same to most of its rivals as the telecast drew at least 10 million viewers, according to Nielsen overnight ratings. That figure, like those for all live sporting events, is expected to […]
SPORTS BOOSTING CABLE RATINGS TO BROADCAST LEVELS
October 10, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
High-profile sports events increasingly make cable-TV networks competitive with broadcast network programming, recent ratings results suggest. For example, if cable network TBS had been a broadcast network, it would have ranked third Thursday night with its coverage of the American League playoff game between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers. The network attracted […]
PLAYOFFS DRAW SOLID RATINGS DESPITE CABLE DISPUTE
October 21, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Despite losing many of its viewers in the New York and Philadelphia areas because of its retransmission consent dispute with Cablevision, Fox TV on Wednesday night managed to record 8.34 million viewers for its National League Championship Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies. Joining the various commercial Internet sites providing details […]
POST-SEASON BASEBALL HITS ONE OUT OF THE PARK
October 8, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Live sports specials continued to build muscle on Wednesday as 6.91 million viewers watched the New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins by a score of 6-4 to usher in post-season baseball. Total viewers for the American League Divisional Series game were up 5 percent over last year’s first game, which featured the same two […]
