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Brands Netting TV Ad Reach During Copa America

Though the U.S. men's national team was knocked out in the group stage of this year's Copa America soccer tournament, but it hasn't deterred TV audiences from tuning in. The event between CONCACAF and CONMEBOL's best teams is delivering ad reach

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Late England Equalizer Scores Streaming Audience, Ad Boost

Jude Bellingham's dramatic 95th-minute goal in England’s Euro 2024 match vs, Slovakia led to a significant increase in streaming audiences and advertising views, according to data from Yospace. This spike, primarily from mobile devices, resulted in the ad break immediately after becoming the most-watched of the game.

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Popular Teams Build TV Audiences Quicker

Every sports league has teams that are more popular than others, and it ends up that popularity typically helps games build audiences faster on TV. In its new report, Every Second Counts, iSpot data shows how national primetime games for the most popular teams outperform average ad impressions during early

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Time Zones' Impact On Sports' TV Audience Delivery

Time zones play a huge role in TV audience delivery – especially when it comes to live sports, where delayed viewing (from game start) is less prevalent and fan base locations need to be factored in. The level of impact is different from game to game and team to team, and

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How Close Games Can 'Defy Gravity' For TV Ad Reach

While blowout games can create opportunities for TV ad impression under-delivery, as iSpot data previously showed, close games can have the opposite effect. When games are delivering spot-level impressions (SLI) well above average-minute audience (ACM) levels, advertisers are getting more bang for their buck – BUT networks effectively give away reach

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How Do Sports' Average-Minute Audiences Compare To Exact-Ad Measurement?

As the importance of sports continues to grow on TV, it's crucial for brands, networks and leagues to understand the value of ads during those events – and the differences between average commercial-minute audience (ACM) metrics and spot-level impressions (SLI). iSpot's new study from Dave Coletti, Every

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NFL Audiences Shop Amazon For Toothbrushes — Plus More Consumer Video Insights

Social video audiences' online behaviors don't just end with content. These viewers are also shopping all around the web, and especially at major retailers like Amazon. Recent data from Tubular Labs provides a snapshot of what NFL and soccer audiences are looking to buy on Amazon when

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GEICO Skates To TV Ad Impressions Lead During Stanley Cup Playoffs

The NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs are currently locked into two heated conference finals matchups. And brands are benefiting from the added intrigue as the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers are tied 2-2 in the East, while the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers are knotted up 2-2 in

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NBA Playoffs A Slam Dunk For Google Pixel Ad Reach

The NBA Playoffs are nearing their conclusion. And this spring's action has been a treat for fans – as well as advertisers. Data from iSpot shows which brands have seen the most ad reach (by household TV ad impressions) during live national linear TV games during this year'

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ABC Tops TV Networks for Watch-Time

ABC captured a 7.58% viewership across May 20-26, per Inscape.

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NFL Simulcasts Fuel ABC’s Increased Ad Reach

Not only did ABC see an increase in linear TV ad impressions for the 2023-24 TV season compared to 2022-23, it did so with a reduction of ad airings, per a recent iSpot.tv analysis. Sports, particularly NFL and NBA primetime games, was one key to ABC’s success in

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Youth Sports Nets Larger Audience For SportsCenter

SportsCenter Next’s unique U.S. audience (across Facebook and YouTube) nearly doubled SportsCenter’s last month.

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Sports Prop Up Fox’s TV Ad Reach

NFL games generated 38% of Fox's TV ad impressions from Sept. 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024, per iSpot.tv

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Which Teams Did The NFL Emphasize On TV For 2024-25?

Following Wednesday's release of the 2024-25 NFL regular season schedule, the league shared with Sports Business Journal that it used TV ratings as a guiding force for how the slate took shape. And with more standalone spots than ever, there were ample opportunities to spotlight both established and

CREATOR ECONOMY

The New York Times Is Winning With Sports On TikTok

Since acquiring The Athletic in 2022, The New York Times has utilized the publication to acquire larger sports audiences – both for its readership and social video viewership. Recent data from Tubular Labs shows just how much the NYT has been able to leverage that sports audience on TikTok, in particular.

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Introducing The Stat Line Podcast

Along with daily snackable insights here on The Measure, we're also expanding into podcasts – where we'll be talking to experts around the media and measurement landscape about many of the ideas you're already reading about on the site. Opening things up is The Stat

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Which Ad Industries Catch Viewer Attention Most During Live Sports?

Live sports never lack for advertising, yet some ads are more effective than others in terms of garnering audience attention, as data from LG Ad Solutions' new report, Stadium to Screen: Streaming Live Sports in 2024, dives into. * Entertainment and restaurant ads are the most likely industries to earn

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Report: 85% Of Live Sports Audiences Are Multitasking

While live sports programming is a major driver of TV tune-in, it's also an incredibly distract one, as data from LG Ad Solutions' new report, Stadium to Screen: Streaming Live Sports in 2024, shares. * LG reveals that 85% of viewers are multitasking while watching live sporting events.

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NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament TV Ad Impressions Catch Fire

At least partly thanks to the hype around Iowa's Caitlin Clark, the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament delivered 103.5% more TV ad impressions, according to data from iSpot. While the men's event saw ad reach dip in part as that tournament wore on

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How FASTs Could Grow Regionally With Sports

The following is a selection from Brandon Katz of Parrot Analytics. Both supply (+61%) and demand (+111%) for content available on FAST platforms in the U.S. have experienced significant growth from Q3 2018 to Q3 2023, according to Parrot Analytics. Yet despite this growth, mainstream sports seem reluctant to

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Live Sports Helping Drive Streaming App Subscriptions

Live sports have been a cornerstone of traditional linear TV for decades, and that dynamic remains a big part of streaming as well. Data from LG Ad Solutions' new report, Stadium to Screen: Streaming Live Sports in 2024, shows the top streaming apps used to watch live sports – and

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Caitlin Clark Fuels $784.1K in Earned Media Value for Brands

State Farm has been the biggest beneficiary, with Clark driving $226.9K EMV for the brand.

TV Audience

The Two Genres That Continue to Buoy Traditional TV

In Q4 2023, nearly 80% of news viewing occurred via cable, satellite or OTA

The Measure Newsletter

Caitlin Clark, Iowa-LSU Score Huge Audience

This week on The Measure: * Caitlin Clark, Iowa-LSU Score Huge Audience * Clark Dominates Social Video, Too * Streaming’s Share of Watch-Time Soars * Paramount+’s Earned Media Value Peak * Do Netflix Rivals Need IP To Compete? * This Week’s Free Report: A study on sports viewing preferences and behaviors, and the

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Caitlin Clark, Iowa vs. LSU Score Big TV Audience Numbers

Caitlin Clark and Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball scored a big Elite 8 win vs. LSU on Monday, and pulled in huge TV ratings as well. iSpot data shows over 10.61 million P2+ viewers in-home, plus another 3.77 viewers out-of-home on ESPN. * For reference, last year's