CBS Interactive details how it built CDN decisioning tool by Ben Munson Monday, March 4, 2019 In preparation for this year’s Super Bowl, CBS rebuilt its streaming workflow and designed new tools.
Deeper Dive—Inside CBS' Super Bowl streaming architecture by Ben Munson Friday, March 1, 2019 For Super Bowl 53, CBS Interactive built a new streaming architecture to deal with a 31% rise in online viewers.
CBS Super Bowl streaming audience up 31% from last year by Ben Munson Tuesday, February 5, 2019 CBS’ airing of Super Bowl LIII drew an average streaming audience of 2.6 million during the game window, an increase of 31% over last year’s game.
Deeper Dive—CBS braces for a serious Super Bowl streaming surge by Ben Munson Friday, February 1, 2019 A massive number of households are going to watch Super Bowl LIII on Sunday. CBS is expecting a lot of those viewers will be livestreaming.
ESPN scores second-ever Super Bowl broadcast rights by Ben Munson Monday, May 21, 2018 For a collector of sports rights, ESPN has rarely been able to snag the big game. But next year, ESPN Deportes will have Super Bowl broadcast rights.
Super Bowl, Olympics boost TV ad spending for February, SMI says by Ben Munson Monday, March 26, 2018 With two major sporting events, Super Bowl LII and the 2018 Winter Olympics, happening in February, the national TV ad market got a big boost, according to Standard Media Index.
NBC adds 12M out-of-home viewers to Super Bowl total by Ben Munson Friday, February 9, 2018 Days after NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl LII, the network is adding more than 12 million out-of-home viewers to the to the total viewer estimate.
FuboTV touts livestream supremacy as rival vMVPDs go down by Daniel Frankel Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Amid a perilous day for rival MVPDs PlayStation Vue and Hulu Live, FuboTV thumped its chest about its livestream execution during the Super Bowl.
Super Bowl ratings fall from last year's broadcast by Ben Munson Tuesday, February 6, 2018 Despite NBC’s numbers touting the improvement of the NFL playoffs this season, the Super Bowl still fell short of viewership totals set last year.
NBC 'equipment failure' causes brief blackout during Super Bowl by Ben Munson Monday, February 5, 2018 NBC’s broadcast of Super Bowl 52 was interrupted during the first half by a 15- to 20-second blackout.