Round 1 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs is in the books, and the ratings are anything but icy — especially for the record-setting Game 7 of the Boston Bruins-Toronto Maple Leafs series.
The games averaged 934,000 viewers in the U.S. across multiple networks, making it the second-most-watched first round ever, the league said today.
The numbers are better for North America, averaging 2.2 million viewers, a 6% surge over the 2023 playoffs.
Leading the charge was Saturday’s Game 7 between Original Six rivals the Bruins and Maple Leafs, which delivered 3.22 million viewers on ABC. That game was more widely watched when factoring in hockey-mad Canada, with 8.82 million tuning in across North America on ABC, CBC, Sportsnet and Tva Sports — making it the most-watched first-round game across North America on record.
It also was the most-viewed Game 7 of a Stanley Cup first round ever, the most-viewed first-round game since 2012 and the third-most-viewed first-round game on record.
The games averaged 934,000 viewers in the U.S. across multiple networks, making it the second-most-watched first round ever, the league said today.
The numbers are better for North America, averaging 2.2 million viewers, a 6% surge over the 2023 playoffs.
Leading the charge was Saturday’s Game 7 between Original Six rivals the Bruins and Maple Leafs, which delivered 3.22 million viewers on ABC. That game was more widely watched when factoring in hockey-mad Canada, with 8.82 million tuning in across North America on ABC, CBC, Sportsnet and Tva Sports — making it the most-watched first-round game across North America on record.
It also was the most-viewed Game 7 of a Stanley Cup first round ever, the most-viewed first-round game since 2012 and the third-most-viewed first-round game on record.
- 5/7/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon’s Prime Video in Canada has struck a deal to become the exclusive home on Monday nights for National Hockey League games as the entertainment industry’s sports arms race crosses the U.S.-Canadian border.
Terms of the two-year deal were not disclosed, but the U.S.-based streamer reached the deal with the NHL and Rogers Communications, the longtime rights holder to league games in Canada. Prime Monday Night Hockey will stream all national regular season Monday night NHL games for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 NHL seasons exclusively for Prime members north of the border.
Rogers Communications first signed a 12-year agreement with the NHL to carry league games in late 2013. And at the beginning of the 2023/24 hockey season, Rogers’ Sportsnet sports channel launched on Prime Video Channels in Canada. But after years of cord-cutting and as Canadians increasingly opt for streaming platforms to watch TV, over traditional linear TV channels,...
Terms of the two-year deal were not disclosed, but the U.S.-based streamer reached the deal with the NHL and Rogers Communications, the longtime rights holder to league games in Canada. Prime Monday Night Hockey will stream all national regular season Monday night NHL games for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 NHL seasons exclusively for Prime members north of the border.
Rogers Communications first signed a 12-year agreement with the NHL to carry league games in late 2013. And at the beginning of the 2023/24 hockey season, Rogers’ Sportsnet sports channel launched on Prime Video Channels in Canada. But after years of cord-cutting and as Canadians increasingly opt for streaming platforms to watch TV, over traditional linear TV channels,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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