The NBA continues to receive good news as far as viewers refers to the entrance of the new television contract. The course that is agreed for ten years agreed with ESPN/ABC, NBC y Amazon Prime Video. And, after some fall seasons, this year (especially from the Luka Doncic earthquake) the league is recovering the tone. first, with a 2% drop in the audiences of the regular season that, in a context in which cable television descends at vertigo and bankruptcy of local television, is not bad.
Now, with the first round already in the history books, the registered data has left an increase of 4% with respect to the last year. The Game 7 between Warriors and Rockets was the first -round game 7 most watched since 2009 (Bulls V Celtics). The first -round televised matches in ESPN, ABC and TNT have had an average of 3.27 million viewers. Last year were 3.15. Excluding NBA TV matches, the least seen, the figures increase 6%.
These data have some trick. Since in recent years ABC, free national chain, had not offered first round matches. What does not have so much trick is the 9.1 television Share that has copied the first round round. According to Nielsen, the highest figure in history in the first round. The breakdown of statistics is such as:
- ESPN-ABC: 4.46 million average viewers (+14% with respect to the same section last year)
- TNT: 3.35 million average spectators (+3%)
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