2014-2015 TV ratings

[PeteMoss]

Trade Deadline preview, March 1 on TSN 191,000
Trade Deadline Day, March 2 on TSN 206,000
Trade Deadline Day, March 2 on Sportsnet 76,000

Ooof.. that's got to hurt for Sportsnet. Spend billions of dollars to secure the NHL and they still can't compete with viewership at the trade deadline.

[hwy19man]

Saturday, Mar. 7 tripleheader
1100h on Sportsnet One
Flyers at Bruins 136,000

1,700,000 for the 1700h games
Blues at Leafs on CBC had 743,000 viewers
Canadiens at Coyotes had 609,000 on City
Jets at Predators had 355,000 on Sportsnet

827,000 for the 2000h games
Canucks at Sharks on CBC
Penguins at Kings on Sportsnet

HNIC pre-game 497,000

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Sunday, Mar. 8 on City
Flames at Senators 623,000
Hometown Hockey pre-game 207,000
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Regional games

No figures were released

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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--curling-sweeps-aside-the-maple-leafs-175355663.html
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/03/09/fewer-fans-watching-maple-leafs-on-tv

[hwy19man]

Saturday, Mar. 14 tripleheader
1400h on Sportsnet
Blackhawks at Sharks 227,000
(WGN numbers not counted)


2,100,000 for the 1700h games
Leafs at Canucks on CBC
Canadiens at Islanders on City
Jets at Lightning on Sportsnet

753,000 for the 2000h games
Flames at Avalanche on CBC
Predators at Kings on Sportsnet

HNIC pre-game 460,000

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Sunday, Mar. 15 on City
Flyers at Senators 521,000
Hometown Hockey pre-game 60,000

1030h on Sportsnet
Red Wings at Penguins 190,000 (game was on NBC too
and those viewers are not counted)
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Regional games

No figures were released

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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--mls-not-scoring-on-television-132357891.html

[hwy19man]

Saturday, Mar. 21 tripleheader
1200h on Sportsnet (East and Ontario channels only)
Blues at Wild 121,000


2,200,000 for the 1700h games
Sharks at Canadiens on CBC
Capitals at Jets on City
Leafs at Senators on Sportsnet

512,000 for the 2000h game
Flyers at Oilers on CBC

HNIC pre-game 426,000

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Sunday, Mar. 22 on City
Canucks at Coyotes 627,000
Hometown Hockey pre-game 310,000

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Regional games
Saturday, Mar. 21 Blues at Canucks on Sportsnet Pacific 355,000
Saturday, Mar. 21 BJs at Flames on Sportsnet West 163,000
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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--hnic-survives-without-leafs-155541777.html

[hwy19man]

Saturday, Mar. 28 tripleheader
1200h on Sportsnet 360
Rangers at Bruins 217,000


1,900,000 for the 1700h games
Senators at Leafs on CBC had 1,116,000 viewers
Panthers at Canadiens on City
Kings at Wild on Sportsnet

903,000 for the 2000h game
Stars at Canucks on CBC

HNIC pre-game 433,000

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Sunday, Mar. 29 on City
Blackhawks at Jets 631,000
Hometown Hockey pre-game 192,000

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Other national games
Friday, Mar. 27 Stars at Oilers on Sportsnet One 142,000
Sunday, Mar. 29 Bruins at Hurricanes on Sportsnet (not on West channel) 164,000

Regional games
Friday, Mar. 27 Flames at Wild on Sportsnet West 167,000
Sunday, Mar. 29 Flames at Predators on Sportsnet West 183,000
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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--younger-viewers-in-short-supply-193007391.html

http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/March%2023%20-%20March%2029,%202015%20(National).pdf

[troutman]

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/J.../NHL-RSNs.aspx



For the rankings, SportsBusiness Journal analyzed ratings data from 21 of the NHL’s 23 U.S.-based clubs; information on Carolina and Nashville was not available. Ratings also were not available for the league’s seven Canadian teams.

[hwy19man]

Saturday, Apr. 4 doubleheader

1,560,000 for the 1700h games
Leafs at Bruins on CBC
Capitals at Senators on Sportsnet
Red Wings at Wild on City

830,000 for the 2000h games
Flames at Oilers on CBC
Avalanche at Kings on Sportsnet

HNIC pre-game 507,000
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Sunday, Apr. 5 on City
Senators at Leafs 1,291,000
Hometown Hockey pre-game 276,000

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Other national games
Friday, Apr. 3 Canadiens at Devils on Sportsnet 360 416,000

Sunday, Apr. 5 Penguins at Flyers on Sportsnet 296,000 (game was on NBC too and those viewers are not counted)

Sunday, Apr. 5 Canadiens at Panthers on Sportsnet 580,000

Regional games
Saturday, Apr. 4 Canucks at Jets on Sportsnet Pacific 303,000
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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--the-latest-tv-numbers-143005264.html

http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/March%2030%20-%20April%205,%202015%20(National).pdf

[curves2000]

I was hoping with the playoff run and the level of excitement that the Flames bring out that the ratings would be a little higher. The numbers vs the BJ, Wild and Preds seem low. Even the game vs Edmonton on HNIC with playoff points on the line I thought would break the 1 million mark.

Hopefully the playoff ratings will be good.

Thanks for the info!!!

[hwy19man]

Saturday, Apr. 11 quadrupletheader

1030h on Sportsnet
Senators at Flyers NA

1300h on Sportsnet
Flames at Jets 450,000


2,230,000 for the 1700h games
Canadiens at Leafs 1,874,000 on CBC
Penguins at Sabres on City
Red Wings at Hurricanes on FX Canada
Bruins at Lightning on Sportsnet One

1,050,000 for the 2000h game
Oilers at Canucks on CBC

HNIC pre-game 413,000
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No Hometown hockey on City

The regular season ended on Saturday

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Other national games
Friday, Apr. 10 Islanders at Penguins on Sportsnet 409,000

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Regional games
No figures were released
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https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--spieth-not-the-new-tiger----at-least-not-yet-185704118.html

http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/A...(National).pdf

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by curves2000

I was hoping with the playoff run and the level of excitement that the Flames bring out that the ratings would be a little higher. The numbers vs the BJ, Wild and Preds seem low. Even the game vs Edmonton on HNIC with playoff points on the line I thought would break the 1 million mark.

Hopefully the playoff ratings will be good.

Thanks for the info!!!

You're welcome. I think the playoffs ratings will be high for the Flames-Canucks series as well as the rest of the other series. I thought the Flames regional and national ratings would be higher too but, those were against less popular teams and the Oilers are cellar dwellers.

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Despite everything, Leafs get the biggest audiences.

I would assume people would be tuning out. I wonder what the numbers are when they were good circa 2002

The main reason, all their games were on the CBC (except Mar. 21). They would also be playing the Habs or another canadian opponent a fair number of times. Look at Mar. 7, the Leafs game only had 743,000. "That might be the lowest HNiC 7 p.m. start number ever, or at least since digital tallying." From this blog, http://brioux.tv/2015/03/this-weeks-...c-low-on-hnic/

[Tsawwassen]

Playoff TV ratings for the first round.

Series televised by the CBC in their entirety

Flames-Canucks
Wednesday, April 15------NA
Friday, April 17------2,240,000
Sunday, April 19------2,190,000
Tuesday, April 21------NA
Thursday, April 23------2,090,000
Saturday, April 25------2,800,000


Senators-Canadiens
Wednesday, April 15------NA
Friday, April 17------3,130,000
Sunday, April 19------3,480,000
Wednesday, April 22------2,958,000
Friday, April 24------2,800,000
Sunday, April 26------3,763,000
TVA Sports averaged 1,524,000 viewers for games 1-3.
TVA Sports averaged 1,581,000 viewers for games 4-6.
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Jets-Ducks
all games on Sportsnet
Thursday, April 16-----
Saturday, April 18-----1,210,000
Monday, April 20-----------
Wednesday, April 22-----1,398,000


Wild-Blues
Thursday, April 16-----NA on SN360
Saturday, April 18-----game was on NBC too
Monday, April 20-----on SN1
Wednesday, April 22-----NA on SN360
Friday, April 24-----------
Sunday, April 26-----423,000 and game was on NBC too
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https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/593404528009072640
https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/593403069750206464

https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/591594877386944512
https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/591594535911841793

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--rogers-looking-forward-to-next-nhl-playoff-round-135750116.html
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--nhl-playoff-audiences-on-the-rise-175232465.html

http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/April%2020%20-%20April%2026,%202015%20(Quebec).pdf
http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/April%2013%20-%20April%2019,%202015%20(Quebec).pdf

http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/April%2020%20-%20April%2026,%202015%20(National).pdf

[Draug]

Thank you Tsawwassen.

I've been largely disappointed by nearly all of the Rogers coverage during the playoffs when compared to the CBC / TSN split of previous years. I generally watch every game I can of the playoffs, at least 1 or 2 games every night. It dominates my spring evenings. It's been far less enjoyable for me this year than years past and I've attributed that mostly to how Rogers has covered them and how they've changed what we've seen in years past. Right from the panels and commentarors (some, not all) to thier branding, sponsors, and production value.

In general, from a high level, how would you say these ratings compare to the last 5 years? Is the average Canadian displeased like me, or has Rogers managed to harness more viewers than coverage of the past few years?

[yads]

I'm actually enjoying the continuity of the coverage from one game to another. I disliked the fact that CBC and TSN had completely different productions.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by Draug

Thank you Tsawwassen.

I've been largely disappointed by nearly all of the Rogers coverage during the playoffs when compared to the CBC / TSN split of previous years. I generally watch every game I can of the playoffs, at least 1 or 2 games every night. It dominates my spring evenings. It's been far less enjoyable for me this year than years past and I've attributed that mostly to how Rogers has covered them and how they've changed what we've seen in years past. Right from the panels and commentarors (some, not all) to thier branding, sponsors, and production value.

In general, from a high level, how would you say these ratings compare to the last 5 years? Is the average Canadian displeased like me, or has Rogers managed to harness more viewers than coverage of the past few years?

Going to be very difficult to draw a conclusion on what you want to draw a conclusion on based on viewership ratings I think. Either way, whether they go up or down. Mostly I think that's because the teams involved and the match ups we get are the by far and away the biggest driver of ratings, so it's not really going to be about the changes to the coverage, but mostly about who's playing who, who's fan base is largest and how interesting are the match ups to the average hockey fan. Montreal went deep last year, huge hockey market for example.

Finally, Rogers has also made a very conscious decision to put some series (ours this round) on a non main stream channel (i.e. need the sports pack to get it). I know that was the case with TSN games last year as well, but into the second round, not sure we'd see a Canadian team not on CBC in previous years, so that will also impact viewership, but is definitely a conscious choice by Rogers to drive up subscriptions on their sports packages.

[hwy19man]

The other four series ratings from the first round will be up later today or tonight. It has been difficult finding the ratings for each game so far this entire season. Tsawwassen and I continue searching the internet for other sources.

The Zelkovich blog from Yahoo generally gives ratings from Friday to Sunday. Bill Brioux has been posting the ratings for only some playoff games. The numeris (BBM) ratings for the playoffs are a daily average of each timeslot for the CBC games.

[hwy19man]

Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle

Going to be very difficult to draw a conclusion on what you want to draw a conclusion on based on viewership ratings I think. Either way, whether they go up or down. Mostly I think that's because the teams involved and the match ups we get are the by far and away the biggest driver of ratings, so it's not really going to be about the changes to the coverage, but mostly about who's playing who, who's fan base is largest and how interesting are the match ups to the average hockey fan. Montreal went deep last year, huge hockey market for example.

Finally, Rogers has also made a very conscious decision to put some series (ours this round) on a non main stream channel (i.e. need the sports pack to get it). I know that was the case with TSN games last year as well, but into the second round, not sure we'd see a Canadian team not on CBC in previous years, so that will also impact viewership, but is definitely a conscious choice by Rogers to drive up subscriptions on their sports packages.

That is correct about why the ratings fluctuate in Canada, canadian teams are the primary reason.

The Jets and Flames series being on Sportsnet (instead of the CBC) will not affect the ratings drastically. The channel is easily available as it is on basic digital cable which many canadians have. Some areas even have the channel as part of basic cable. I think Sportsnet is the second channel behind the CBC and City being the third channel when it comes to the regular season games.

[Tsawwassen]

Playoff TV ratings for the first round.

Islanders-Capitals
on Sportsnet
Wednesday, April 15------NA
Friday, April 17------232,000
Sunday, April 19------354,000 and was on NBC too
Tuesday, April 21------on SN360 NA
Thursday, April 23------NA
Saturday, April 25------462,000 and was on NBC too
Monday, April 27------735,000


Penguins-Rangers
Thursday, April 16-----on CBC
Saturday, April 18-----on CBC 1,610,000 and was on NBC too
Monday, April 20-------on CBC
Wednesday, April 22----on SN360
Friday, April 24------431,000 on SN
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Predators-Blackhawks
all games on Sportsnet
Wednesday, April 15------NA on SN360
Friday, April 17------407,000
Sunday, April 19------597,000 and was on NBC too
Tuesday, April 21------NA
Thursday, April 23------NA on SN360
Saturday, April 25------399,000 and was on NBC too


Red Wings-Lightning
on CBC (except where noted)
Thursday, April 16-----on SN
Saturday, April 18-----458,000 and was on NBC too
Tuesday, April 21------on SN
Thursday, April 23------NA
Saturday, April 25------1,070,000 and was on NBC too
Monday, April 27------1,212,000
Wednesday, April 29------2,030,000
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https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/593406925720702977
https://twitter.com/BillBriouxTV/status/593406610120269826

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--rogers-looking-forward-to-next-nhl-playoff-round-135750116.html
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh-game/the-great-canadian-ratings-report--nhl-playoff-audiences-on-the-rise-175232465.html

http://assets.numeris.ca/Downloads/April%2027%20-%20May%203,%202015%20(National).pdf

[troutman]

The Great Canadian Ratings Report: NHL playoffs failed to produce big ratings for Rogers

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh...ory&soc_trk=tw

The first year of Rogers 12-year, $5.2 billion dollar hockey gamble is in and the numbers are not pretty.

After a hot start in the playoffs, thanks to the presence of five Canadian-based teams, ratings took a nosedive in the latter rounds. According to Numeris research, total playoff ratings were down 20 per cent, thanks to a final that generated limited interest.

Ratings for the final were 12 per cent lower than last year and the lowest since 2009. Monday's deciding game between Tampa Bay and Chicago was also off 20 per cent from last season and was the least-watched Stanley Cup finale since the seventh game of the New Jersey-Anaheim series in 2003.

Audiences on CBC saw an 8 per cent drop while Sportsnet's hockey averages were 14 per cent below what TSN drew last year.

That's a rather shocking decrease considering that last year only one Canadian team made the playoffs.

[polak]

I know I personally had no real interest in the teams in the final. As much as I wanted Chicago to lose, that didn't really encourage me to watch the final.

All of the early starts and nice weather might have more to do with that then the actual teams involved though.