Comments on: Canadian Sports Ratings Update: June 12, 2012

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:23:19 +0000

You have a lot of vested local interests from the Raptors, MLSE & TSN. A lot of coverage is spillover coverage from the US as it is cheap filler alt-hockey programming for networks like Sportsnet & Score. NBA & March Madness is as much about stars & stories as it is about the actual match. So, a lot of fodder for sports radio type talk and slam dunk highlights while NBA attendance is weak.

By: hwy19man

hwy19man — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:06:12 +0000

Another BBM update For game 5 last Saturday, the Scotiabank audience was 970,000.

Over on RDS, the third, fourth, and fifth games, averaged 529,000.

By: hwy19man

hwy19man — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:29:55 +0000

This also from BBM, the CBC averaged 778,000 for the Scotiabank pregame show for the first two games.

By: canadiansportsmedia

canadiansportsmedia — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:01:04 +0000

I’ve wondered the same thing. It’s quite obvious soccer gets at least equal ratings (EPL compared to NBA). Probably better many weeks.

By: canadiansportsmedia

canadiansportsmedia — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:00:21 +0000

Yes, but still damn impressive. For soccer to beat hockey in the afternoon (albeit different weekends) is impressive. Imagine if Canada was to make the 2014 World Cup with potential late afternoon/primetime games.