Awful Announcing
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.
Deciding viewers aren't live if they're 25 seconds behind worked for DVRs, but doesn't work as well for streaming.
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.
ABC joins ESPN, Turner and Fox Sports in getting out-of-home viewership measured
It's been hard to compare esports audiences to traditionally-measured sports, but Nielsen is hoping to change that.
Sports sees a 9% ratings increase thanks to out-of-home viewing
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.
Turner Sports is the latest to sign on for out-of-home measurement.
ESPN and Fox have seen big gains for both events and studio programming from counting out-of-home viewing.
Will we see First Taek or Undipsuted on low-rated days this year?
By contrast, there are an estimated 118 million TV homes and 97 million cable/satellite homes.
This is a change in direction for ESPN in Nielsen coverage estimates, and may be about more streaming households being included.
ESPN now gets to know how many people are watching in bars and restaurants
