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Increased viewership for X Games Aspen

In the first action sports event to take place in North America since the pandemic put large events on hold, X Games Aspen 2021 content across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC experienced double-digit viewership increases on television and triple-digit growth on social and digital media platforms. Driven by the rise of young talent, with six of […]

February 10, 2021

Data: Millions of Americans streamed election news for free

Following the 2020 US presidential elections, streaming device and platform specialist Roku has released new data detailing the significant growth in consumption of election-related news via streaming on the Roku platform. The analysis coincides with newly-released data from a nationwide survey of more than 2,000 US adults, conducted by The Harris Poll for Roku prior […]

November 19, 2020

Data: Biden pips Trump in town hall TV ratings

US President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden participated in ‘town halls’ in the US on NBC and ABC, respectively, on October 15th. According to analysis by Samba TV, the cross-screen television data and analytics provider, 6.3 million US households tuned into Trump’s town hall, a 209 per cent increase from the previous […]

October 16, 2020

fuboTV secures Disney deal

FaceBank Group and Disney Media Networks have struck a comprehensive distribution agreement to deliver Disney’s lineup of premier news, sports and entertainment content from ESPN and Walt Disney Television to live TV streaming platform fuboTV. Beginning this summer, customers who subscribe to fuboTV’s fubo Standard base package will have access to ABC, ABC News Live, […]

June 25, 2020