- Though the team owns the worst record in Major League Baseball, Orioles games on MASN are averaging a 3.8 rating this season, up 12% from last year’s 3.4. Games simulcast on Baltimore CBS affiliate WJZ are averaging a 5.4, even with last year. (Baltimore Sun, via Sports Business Daily)
- ABC drew a 2.2 final rating and 3.4 million viewers for tape-delayed coverage the World Cup Kickoff Concert Friday night, the night’s lowest rated, least-viewed original program on broadcast. The telecast drew a 1.1 rating among adults 18-49, tied as the second-lowest rating of the night in the demo — ahead of only Friday Night Lights on NBC (1.0). (pifeedback.com)
- The Formula 1 Grand Prix of Canada drew a 0.9 overnight rating on FOX Sunday afternoon. To put that in perspective, ABC drew a 0.8 overnight for the IndyCar RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 in May, the network’s only non-Indy 500 telecast this season. (Sports Business Daily)
Netflix officially announces expanded NFL deal
The NFL has officially reached a new deal with Netflix that will see the streamer bookend the season.
