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Friday, October 4th, 2013

NBC Sports Digital “Bytes”

October 4, 2013 – Vol. 7

Presidents Cup Drives Live Streaming Record

Yesterday, the live stream of the opening day of the Presidents Cup was the highest single-day authenticated stream on Golf Live Extra with 4.2 million minutes watched. This is the highest-ever weekday golf stream in Golf Channel history.

First-Look Report for September

NBC Sports Group delivered its best month ever in visits, with 118.4 million, up 64 percent versus last year. Rotoworld.com, GolfChannel.com, and the NBC Sports Regional Networks all had record-setting months. Other notable highlights include:

• Live video streams set records last month, with 5.3 million live starts and 116.7 million live minutes watched, up 145 percent year-over-year. This marks the most live video consumed ever in a single month, surpassing even February 2012, NBCSports.com streamed Super Bowl XLVI .

• VOD delivered triple-digit upticks, with 18.3 million, up 190 percent year-over-year.

• The SportsTalks sites continue their momentum of growth:

  • ProFootballTalk had its best month ever in uniques and visits, with 10.1 million uniques and 31.9 million visits in September, up 48 percent and 71 percent, respectively, marking the first time PFT ever topped 10 million uniques and 30 million visits in a month.
  • CollegeFootballTalk recorded its best month since January 2012 in all key metrics, boosted by the start of the college football season.
  • MotorSportsTalk had its best month ever in all key metrics, since launching in February 2013.

• NFL roster and fantasy news launched Rotoworld to its best month ever in all key metrics, as the 6.9 million uniques in September marked the first time Rotoworld topped 6 million in a single month.

• The 2013 BMW Championship helped GolfChannel.com deliver the site’s best month ever in visits for the second consecutive month.

• In September, the NBC Sports Regional Networks delivered their best month ever in visits, page views and video starts.

  • Combined, the RSNs had a whopping 8.7 million video streams, up 227 percent from last year.
  • CSN Philly delivered its best month ever in both uniques, up 73 percent from last year, and video, with 3.3 million starts.
  • CSN Bay Area saw its best month ever in uniques and video, with 2.2 million uniques, up 125 percent year-over-year, and 2.6 million starts, up 279 percent.
  • CSN Chicago scored its best month ever in uniques and visits, with 1.6 million, up 111 percent over last year, and 2.9 million visits, up 107 percent year-over-year.

• NBC Sports Group app growth continued in September, with 21.2 million visits, up 70 percent year-over-year. NBC Sports/Rotoworld Apps recorded their best month ever in visits for the second consecutive month.

  • The RSN Apps, boosted by site growth, experienced their best month ever in uniques.

NHL Season Opener Streams Nearly 1 Million Minutes

The Capitals-Blackhawks game this week set records in digital consumption. Viewers combined to watch 942,000 total minutes via NBC Sports Live Extra — NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets. It is the most ever for a regular-season game that required “TV Everywhere,” surpassing 87% of last season’s “TV Everywhere” playoff games. “TV Everywhere” is the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

— NBC SPORTS GROUP —