This season's Big East bball ratings made it look like FS1 was light years behind ESPN.
However, FS1 is not as far behind as once thought.
Here are the Nielsen U.S. cable channel (includes satellite & telco providers too) coverage estimates as of July 2015.
These are the number of households that Nielsen estimates actually receive each network. The percentage calculation is based on Nielsen's current estimate of 116.4 million homes in the U.S. with televisions.
Network name + Estimated # of Homes (000) + Coverage %
ESPN 92,940 79.8%
ESPN CLASSIC 25,191 21.6%
ESPN2 92,855 79.8%
ESPNEWS 71,293 61.2%
ESPNU 73,091 62.8 %
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 83,754 72.0%
FOX DEPORTES 21,534 18.5%
FOX NEWS CHANNEL 93,915 80.7%
FOX SPORTS 1 84,309 72.4%
FOX SPORTS 2 46,659 40.1%
FUSE 71,102 61.1%
FX 94,006 80.8%
FX MOVIE CHANNEL 52,629 45.2%
FXX 78,498 67.4%
However, FS1 is not as far behind as once thought.
Here are the Nielsen U.S. cable channel (includes satellite & telco providers too) coverage estimates as of July 2015.
These are the number of households that Nielsen estimates actually receive each network. The percentage calculation is based on Nielsen's current estimate of 116.4 million homes in the U.S. with televisions.
Network name + Estimated # of Homes (000) + Coverage %
ESPN 92,940 79.8%
ESPN CLASSIC 25,191 21.6%
ESPN2 92,855 79.8%
ESPNEWS 71,293 61.2%
ESPNU 73,091 62.8 %
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK 83,754 72.0%
FOX DEPORTES 21,534 18.5%
FOX NEWS CHANNEL 93,915 80.7%
FOX SPORTS 1 84,309 72.4%
FOX SPORTS 2 46,659 40.1%
FUSE 71,102 61.1%
FX 94,006 80.8%
FX MOVIE CHANNEL 52,629 45.2%
FXX 78,498 67.4%
