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Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

NBC SPORTS DIGITAL “BYTES”

May 22, 2014 – Vol. 25

NBC Sports Group Wins “Best in Digital Sports Media” at Sports Business Awards

Last night, NBC Sports Group won the 2014 Sports Business Award for “Best in Digital Sports Media,” and was recognized for its excellence and outstanding achievement. This past year, NBC Sports Group Digital saw record performance and consumption for the Sochi Olympics, NFL, Premier League, NHL, and others; continued its digital partnership with Yahoo! Sports; and established new partnerships.

NBC Sports Group also won “Best in Sports TV” and “Best in Sports Media,” sweeping all three media awards, a Sports Business Awards first.

Wall-to-Wall Motorsports Coverage on NBC Sports Live Extra This Weekend

NBC Sports Digital will stream more than 50 hours of motorsports coverage this week leading into the “Biggest Day in Motorsports,” highlighted by the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. ET. Coverage spans Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR, AMA Motocross, Global Rallycross and new original programming, culminating with NBC’s live coverage of the Monaco Grand Prix. NBC Sports Live Extra will also air F1 and Motocross practices exclusively online.

The majority of content will be live streamed via “TV Everywhere,” the media industry’s effort to make quality content available to authenticated customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

Following is the digital programming schedule:

Date Program Time (ET) Network
Thu., May 22 F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 1 4 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 8 a.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR America 5 p.m. NBCSN
Fri., May 23 Indy 500 Carb Day 11 a.m. NBCSN
  Indy Lights – Freedom 100 Noon NBCSN
  Indy 500 Carb Day 1 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR America – 90-Minute Special 4 p.m. NBCSN
  NASCAR – The List 6:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Senna – The Legend 7 p.m. NBCSN
  Senna – Documentary 8 p.m. NBCSN
  The Last Teammate 10:30 p.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 2 (Encore) 11:30 p.m. NBCSN
Sat., May 24 Sebastian Vettel – On Road and On Track 1 a.m. NBCSN
  Road to Indy 1:30 a.m. NBCSN
  Mobil1: The Grid 2:30 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Practice 3 5 a.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  Road to Ferrari 7 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying 8 a.m. NBCSN
  /DRIVE on NBC Sports: Monaco 9:30 a.m. NBCSN
  Off The Grid: Barcelona 10 a.m. NBCSN
  Red Bull Global Rallycross – Barbados 1 p.m. NBC
  AMA Motocross Glen Helen – Practice 1:30 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  AMA Motocross Glen Helen – Race 1 3:30 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying (Encore) 3:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Indy 500 Festival Parade 5 p.m. NBCSN
  AMA Motocross Glen Helen – Race 2 6 p.m. NBC Sports Live Extra
  RacerTV 6:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Road to Ferrari 7 p.m. NBCSN
  F1 Documentary – “1” 8 p.m. NBCSN
  /DRIVE on NBC Sports: Monaco (Encore) 10:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Off The Grid: Barcelona (Encore) 11 p.m. NBCSN
  GP2 Monaco 11:30 p.m. NBCSN
Sun., May 25 AMA Motocross – Glen Helen 1 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Extra – Pre-Race 7 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix 7:30 a.m. NBC
  F1 Extra – Post-Race 10 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix (Encore) 10:30 a.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix (Encore) 4:30 p.m. NBCSN
  F1 Monaco Grand Prix (Encore) 11 p.m. NBCSN
Mon., May 26 F1 Extra (Encore) 1:30 a.m. NBCSN
  /DRIVE on NBC Sports: Monaco (Encore) 2 a.m. NBCSN
  Off The Grid: Barcelona (Encore) 2:30 a.m. NBCSN

 

Viewers Stream Nearly 2 Million Minutes of Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes delivered its best race ever in all key metrics, including 1.95 million minutes and 122,000 uniques on NBC Sports Live Extra. Consumption was up 127% and 175%, respectively, over last year. This year’s streaming coverage included exclusive camera angles (California Chrome, overhead, fans), bonus analysis from NBC Sports commentators, and replays and highlights from the Kentucky Derby and earlier prep races.

Rangers-Canadiens Score Best Digital NHL Conference Final Game

Monday’s Game 2 between the Rangers and Habs, in which the Rangers won 3-1, was the best authentication-required NHL Conference Finals game ever in uniques (46,000), visits (51,000) and live starts (128,000). The game also delivered 2.34 million minutes.

On NBCSports.com

Joe Posnanski’s Big Read this week is a feature on Michael Phelps’ return to swimming and his rediscovered joy of swimming. Read it here: http://www.nbcsports.com/olympic-sports/why-did-michael-phelps-return-swimming

MotorSportsTalk: MST will be writing daily posts featuring NBC Sports Motorsports Analyst Townsend Bell called “Ingredients of Indy.” It’ll focus on the prep, competition and buildup for the Indy 500 from a driver’s perspective. MST writers Tony DiZinno and Chris Estrada are at the Indy 500 and covering the event.

ProSoccerTalk: PST’s 2014 World Cup preview content starts this week here: http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/tag/2014-world-cup/

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