Originally Posted by
NeilVW:
“The official figure for Man U v Crystal Palace on 14 September came through in BARB's six-week amendment cycle: it was 485,000. The figure for Man City v Hull a fortnight earlier also seems to have been adjusted up slightly, to 303,000.
Updating last Saturday's figures, Broadcast magazine confirms the overnight average for Newcastle v Chelsea (11:30-15:00) as 429,500 (4.6%). One interesting side-note is that it beat the average of Gillette Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports 1 (12:00-15:00), which had 355,200 (3.0%).
How does all that affect the running average comparison with ESPN?
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Many thanks for all of that.
Updated list and comparison to the same period last season:
BT Sport:
Liverpool v Stoke - 451,000
Fulham v Arsenal - 413,000
Man City v Hull - 303,000
Man Utd v Crystal Palace - 485,000
Norwich v Aston Villa - 281,000
Spurs v Chelsea - 443,000
Man City v Everton - 377,000
Newcastle v Liverpool - 496,000
Crystal Palace v Arsenal - 611,000
Newcastle v Chelsea - 429,500
Average - 429,000
ESPN:
Newcastle v Spurs - 420,000
Chelsea v Newcastle - 450,000
Man City v QPR - 296,000
Sunderland v Liverpool - 504,000
(Round 5 - No game)
Man Utd v Spurs - 551,000
West Ham v Arsenal - 477,000
Norwich v Arsenal - 409,000
Man City v Swansea - 354,000
West Ham v Man City - 383,000
Average - 427,000
So the Newcastle v Chelsea rating is bang in line with BT Sport's average so far.
However, the second poor rating in a row for ESPN in the comparative week last year (***) is enough to pull the ESPN average down by a few thousand.
This results in BT Sport's average, albeit narrowly, now exceeding ESPN's.
(***) Worth just focussing on those Man City ratings for a minute:
- Last season, as reigning PL champions, Man City provided ESPN with all of its 3 lowest ratings of the season up to this point .
- This season, Man City provide BT Sport with their 2nd and 3rd lowest ratings of the season up to this point.