Record ratings night for Raps on The Score (over 400,000)

yk24 · Post #21 » by **yk24** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:37 pm

Awesome!

Grizzled · Post #22 » by **Grizzled** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:39 pm

dagger wrote:http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/29/c4124.html

This is a pretty big number of viewers for last night's game. Either every sports fan in the city tuned in the Raptors, especially the last quarter, or there was good viewership elsewhere.

Even with the new ratings system that’s a pretty impressive number. It beat the two lowest rated NFL games and is close to the curling, which is very good considering the curling was on CBC.
http://thestar.blogs.com/sportsmedia/
(Note that this blog just reports the weekend TV ratings.)

WezzyP · Post #23 » by **WezzyP** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:43 pm

alpha wrote:
dagger wrote:http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/29/c4124.html

This is a pretty big number of viewers for last night's game. Either every sports fan in the city tuned in the Raptors, especially the last quarter, or there was good viewership elsewhere.

count me in for 1 Vancouver vote

Count 2

MrBojangelz71 · Post #24 » by **MrBojangelz71** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:44 pm

Best part is that they put on a very entertaining performance to a large viewership. That's how you build a fan base and increase viewership

YKYW · Post #25 » by **YKYW** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:45 pm

Count one from Sask, probably one of three people but it still counts!

My peeve is with our Score overlay. Its far too crammed into the bottom middle of the screen. Just do a strip across the top that majority of other sports providers do and call it a day.

Indiana Jones · Post #26 » by **Indiana Jones** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:07 pm

i live in toronto...but i'm from ottawa and i know a ton of people that watched the game last night...ottawa is a huge bball city (with the carleton ravens and ottawa gee gees at the uni level), and they have a lot of love for the raps...

True Warrior Zo · Post #27 » by **True Warrior Zo** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:16 pm

hate to be pessimistic, but you can't forget that we were playing LeBron and Shaq. Surely that would influence a few occasional watchers to tune in.

I'm in a bad way this term. No tv, and either my internet is too slow, or I just couldn't find a good stream.

Guy Smiley · Post #28 » by **Guy Smiley** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:18 pm

Was there a Raptor game last night?

Me and my curling buddies had a gay ol' time last night.

Mad Prophet · Post #29 » by **Mad Prophet** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:30 pm

Outstanding numbers for the Score. This game was originally scheduled to be carried by TSN2.

Killuminati · Post #30 » by **Killuminati** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:30 pm

ghuytro wrote:No wonder the HD feed was crapping out!!

Scottie, we need more power!!!

Yeah from time to time it would black out, slow down, cut the feed and I would jump on this forum to keep me posted. Good times!

Tetraphobia · Post #31 » by **Tetraphobia** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:38 pm

More wins, more viewers...

TheRaptor! · Post #32 » by **TheRaptor!** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:49 pm

Smart move for the score to pick up the feed.

Great game, no opening night should be on TSN2.

That was one hell of a game.

JRraptors · Post #33 » by **JRraptors** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:53 pm

Wow, I'm impressed that many people tuned into the Raps game, particularly with the leafs and the World series on. I hope this new found statistic for the Score is going to equal more basketball games televised on TV.

Heads up everyone, Portland and Denver(10:30pm) are playing on the Score tonight, and we got Chicago and San Antonio(8pm) on TSN2. WHOOOOOO, its about time the NBA came back to us.

Killuminati · Post #34 » by **Killuminati** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:53 pm

Tetraphobia wrote:More wins, more viewers...

Mo Money, Mo Problems.... errr... yeah, so how about them Raptors?

I hope it's not a repeat of last years early euphoria by jumping out the gates with the 3-0 start. There definitely is something new about this team (Yeah 9 new players) 8-)

king94 · Post #35 » by **king94** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:02 am

yeah for some reason a lot people i know who don't watch basketball tuned in last night. I don't know why exactly. Maybe it was the lebron and shaq buzz, but to net that big of an audience is crazy. also it was a great game to introduce new fans to. amazing atmosphere, showed off a talented team and most importantly people saw a win. i agree that the score deserves this, they've invested a lot of time and resources into raps ball compared to other networks, even though it might not be the most profitable thing to do, so hopefully it starts paying off for them in a big way.

HiMyNameIsTrey · Post #36 » by **HiMyNameIsTrey** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:10 am

Guy Smiley wrote:Was there a Raptor game last night?

Me and my curling buddies had a gay ol' time last night.

oh man i lol'd hard :lol:

Mad Prophet · Post #37 » by **Mad Prophet** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:10 am

Tetraphobia wrote:More wins, more viewers...

...more sponsors, more money for broadcast rights, more games on the Score (and less on TSN2 and TSN3)

Str33t_Fight3r · Post #38 » by **Str33t_Fight3r** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:13 am

Guy Smiley wrote:Was there a Raptor game last night?

Me and my curling buddies had a gay ol' time last night.

best post in this thread by far!

HILARIOUS. :lol:

kassian · Post #39 » by **kassian** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:14 am

Mad Prophet wrote:
Tetraphobia wrote:More wins, more viewers...

...more sponsors, more money for broadcast rights, more games on the Score (and less on TSN2 and TSN3)

That's a positive way to see things

C Court · Post #40 » by **C Court** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:01 am

Kc17 wrote:Theres also a new ratings system being used, so don't be surprised if numbers like this continue throughout the year.

You're right. In the summer a new more accurate ratings system was introduced which is producing higher viewership numbers across the board.

Regardless, these are impressive numbers. Having 740,000 watch the last quarter against a Leafs game and the World Series id huge.