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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

NBC SPORTS REGIONAL NETWORKS’ DIGITAL PLATFORMS DELIVER RECORD-SETTING APRIL

NBA and NHL Playoffs, Opening of MLB Season and NFL Draft Drive Digital Growth

MyTeams App Sets All-Time Traffic Highs, Posts Second-Best Month for Downloads in April

April Becomes Most-Streamed Month in NBCSRN History, Topping Off Double-Digit NBA and NHL Regular-Season Gains

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 8, 2019 – Driven by the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, the NBA Playoffs, the opening of the Major League Baseball season and the NFL Draft, NBC Sports Regional Networks (NBCSRN) posted a record-setting month across its digital platforms in April, highlighted by all-time highs in MyTeams traffic and live-game streaming minutes.

MyTeams, the team-focused, customizable mobile app launched by NBCSRN in October 2018, set all-time monthly highs for uniques, visits, pageviews and VOD starts in April. Last month, the multimedia app also earned the most monthly downloads since its first month.

The record-setting growth of MyTeams and significant consumption increases across its six regional websites earned NBCSRN all-time records in page views and VOD starts, as well as triple-digit year-over-year growth in uniques, in April. The platforms combined last month to register 89.8 million page views, more than doubling last April; 41 million VOD starts, more than tripling last April; and 24 million uniques, up 140% from April 2018.

April also marked the most live-streamed month in NBCSRN history, with 118 million total minutes of live-game coverage watched across its digital platforms. With the NBA and NHL regular-seasons concluding in April, NBCSRN delivered year-over-year increases in average minutes of live-game coverage streamed for all of its NBA teams and three of its NHL teams.

Additional highlights:

  • In April, NBC Sports Philadelphia and NBC Sports Bay Area ranked as the top cable network in their respective markets, with NBC Sports Northwest and NBC Sports Chicago placing in the top three in their markets.
  • NBC Sports Washington registered an all-time high with 19.8 million page views in April, with the biggest single day for page views on April 25, the first day of the 2019 NFL Draft.
  • NBC Sports Philadelphia posted live-streaming records with 48,000 uniques and 3.1 million minutes for its live coverage of the Phillies at Nationals on April 3, as Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper returned to Washington, D.C., where he played for the prior seven seasons.
  • NBC Sports California delivered its most-streamed NHL game on record with 1.6 million minutes watched for its coverage of the San Jose Sharks NHL Playoffs Game 7 win against Vegas on April 23.
  • NBC Sports Washington had its most-streamed Washington Capitals game of all time with 1.7 minutes watched of the team’s Game 7 loss against Carolina on April 24.

 

NBC Sports Regional Networks is NBC Sports Group’s portfolio of nine regional networks that delivers more than 2,200 live sporting events and original content to more than 35 million homes. Aligned within Eastern and Western Divisions, the NBC Sports Regional Networks are: NBC Sports Boston, NBC Sports Philadelphia, NBC Sports Philadelphia +, NBC Sports Washington, NBC Sports Washington + and SNY; and NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California, NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Northwest. For more information on NBC Sports Group properties, including press releases, photos, talent and executive bios, headshots and logos, please visit www.NBCSportsGroupPressBox.com.

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