FS1 cable carriage estimates surpass ESPN for the first time
After a decade, FS1 is (barely) the most carried sports network in America.
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Adding USC and UCLA could give Big Ten Network a huge revenue boost
Going from out-of-footprint to in-footprint in the Los Angeles market alone appears like it would get BTN at least $17.9 million more in per-subscriber fees annually.
ESPN was in 76 million households at the end of Disney’s fiscal 2021, down eight million from the previous year
While linear ESPN saw large losses, ESPN+ added almost 7 million subscribers.
Charter has reached a new multi-year carriage deal with Disney, which will include the ACC Network
Charter has an estimated 16 million subscribers, so this is big news for the ACC Network.
April cable coverage estimates show further sports drops, especially at NFL Network and MLB Network
NFL Network has lost an estimated 4.4 million subscribers since August 2018, and an estimated 7.9 million since February 2017.
Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN
The latest Nielsen coverage estimates show ESPN's networks gaining a bit, but some losses for MLB Network and NFL Network.
August cable coverage estimates show continued drops for ESPN, NBCSN, FS1, a big one at BTN, and some notable ESPNU data
ESPN (-290,000), NBCSN (-224,000) and FS1 (-147,000) all lost subscribers from July to August. BTN saw a big drop (-350,000). ESPNU (-632,000) saw the biggest month-to-month loss, but received a non-linear boost.
May cable coverage estimates show big drops for ESPN, FS1, NBCSN, and league networks
Every sports network lost subscribers from April to May as per Nielsen's estimates, and many were hit quite hard.
April cable coverage estimates see ESPN, FS1 hold steady, Big Ten Network with a big rise, other league networks dropping
The Big Ten Network came in with the largest month-to-month rise, adding 1.7 million households.
March cable coverage estimates see ESPN up, FS1 down, NBCSN way up, FS2 way down, and major changes since last year
Recent changes see ESPN actually gaining subscribers and FS1 losing them. Both channels are well down from last year and from five years ago, though.
December cable coverage estimates suggest ESPN and FS1 have lost almost a million homes this year
ESPN dropped an estimated 100,000 subscribers from November to December, 274,000 from August to December, and 916,000 since February. FS1 has lost an estimated 775,000 since February.
August cable coverage estimates see ESPN down from March and FS1 up, but ESPN still ahead
ESPN is down from March, and FS1 is up, but ESPN still has an estimated 87,217,000 subscribers to FS1's 84,421,000.
Per comScore, 3.1 million households had skinny bundles in April, 51 million had some OTT viewing
By contrast, there are an estimated 118 million TV homes and 97 million cable/satellite homes.
