A move to ESPN led to bigger numbers for NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League. In other news, a NASCAR lead-in boosted NBCSN’s delayed IndyCar coverage on Sunday, and NASCAR Xfinity Series viewership dipped at New Hampshire.
Move to ESPN Boosts NBA Summer League
- Coverage of the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League averaged a 0.2 rating and 267,000 viewers on the ESPN family of networks, up 100% in ratings and 181% in viewership from last year on NBA TV (0.1, 95K). Monday’s Bulls/Timberwolves championship game scored 366,000 viewers, up 161% from Spurs/Suns last year (140K). (ESPN)
IndyCar Toronto Viewership Up Big
- Tape delayed IndyCar Series racing from Toronto, which aired after live NASCAR coverage, earned a 0.3 final rating and 530,000 viewers on NBCSN last Sunday — up 200% in ratings and 170% in viewership from last year (0.1, 196K) and flat and up 10%, respectively, from 2014 (0.3, 484K). It delivered the second-largest IndyCar audience of the season on cable, behind Iowa the previous week (534K), and the series’ eighth-largest audience ever on NBCSN (dates back to 2009). Live coverage of the race had 171,000 viewers on CNBC. (via ShowBuzz Daily, Sports TV Ratings)
NASCAR Xfinity Down at New Hampshire
- NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from New Hampshire drew a 0.8 final rating and 1.2 million viewers on NBCSN Saturday, down a tick in ratings and 13% in viewership from last year (0.9, 1.33M) and down a tick and 14%, respectively, from 2014 on ESPN2 (0.9, 1.35M). (via ShowBuzz Daily)
