- The ESPN family of networks averaged 1.130 million homes during the second quarter (March 29-June 27), up 2% from 1.105 million last year, and a “larger audience in the second quarter than ever before.” ESPN aired the most-viewed cable program of the quarter — Cavaliers/Celtics Game 6 on May 13 (8.983 million viewers). (ESPN, Sports Business Daily)
- NBC drew a 1.2 final rating and 1.705 million viewers for Wimbledon coverage last Saturday, up 20% in ratings and 19% in viewership from last year (1.0, 1.439 mil). Meanwhile, Sunday’s taped coverage drew a 1.0 and 1.407 million, up 25% and 17%, respectively, from last year (0.8, 1.200 mil). (Sports Business Daily)
- Coverage of the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe drew a 0.7 final rating and 1.115 million viewers on FOX last Sunday, flat in ratings and up 19% in viewership from the F1 Grand Prix of Canada two weeks earlier (0.7, 934,000). To put the numbers in perspective, the race drew more viewers than the only non-Indy 500 IndyCar race on ABC this season (0.7, 969,000). (Sports Business Daily)
Ted Turner, whose cable business transformed TV sports, dies
Ted Turner, the media mogul and team owner whose TBS "SuperStation" helped pave the way the era of cable...
