Summer Playoffs Season is Strong With OOH Audiences

The period from May 1st through July 13th is a prime period for sports. We saw the NBA and NHL Playoffs, The World Cup, The NBA Draft, and The World Series of Poker. Viewing and interest were extremely high. This was reflected in the OOH audience estimates produced by Tunity Anayltics using our proprietary estimation model.  When examining the Top 40 programs for the May through July period, all were sports programs.  Given the extended number of games in the NBA Playoffs, the NHL Playoffs and The World Cup Tournament it is not surprising.  Basketball was king, but Hockey held its own in terms of the OOH viewing audience. The World Cup drew substantial OOH audiences but may have suffered from the hours during which it aired in the US. The World Series of Poker was a strong event drawing consistently high OOH audiences and cracking the top 40 on July 13th.

Show Network Start Shares* IMP (000’s)
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors ABC 5/31/2018 21:00 396 11874
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics ESPN 5/27/2018 20:30 350 10501
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors ABC 6/3/2018 20:00 349 10475
Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ABC 6/6/2018 21:00 338 10133
Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ABC 6/8/2018 21:00 328 9843
Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets TNT 5/28/2018 21:00 308 9254
Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors TNT 5/26/2018 21:00 247 7401
Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets TNT 5/24/2018 21:00 240 7204
Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors TNT 5/22/2018 21:00 201 6043
NBA Post-game Studio ABC 6/3/2018 22:30 199 5967
Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ESPN 5/21/2018 20:30 190 5690
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals NBC Sports 6/2/2018 20:00 189 5684
Washington Capitals vs. Vegas Golden Knights NBC Sports 5/30/2018 20:00 185 5560
Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ESPN 5/25/2018 20:30 183 5496
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics ESPN 5/23/2018 20:30 177 5323
Washington Capitals vs. Vegas Golden Knights NBC 6/7/2018 20:00 173 5204
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics ESPN 5/15/2018 20:30 167 5008
Soccer – Brazil vs. Belgium Fox Sports 7/6/2018 14:00 166 4990
Soccer – France vs. Belgium Fox 7/10/2018 13:45 165 4942
Soccer – Portugal vs. Spain Fox 6/15/2018 14:00 158 4730
Soccer – France vs. Croatia Fox 7/15/2018 10:45 153 4604
Soccer – Croatia vs. England Fox 7/11/2018 13:45 144 4310
Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning NBC Sports 5/23/2018 20:00 141 4245
Colombia vs. England Fox 7/3/2018 13:45 141 4241
Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ESPN 5/19/2018 20:30 135 4050
Real Madrid vs. Liverpool Fox 5/26/2018 14:30 135 4048
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics ABC 5/13/2018 15:30 118 3543
Argentina vs. Croatia Fox 6/21/2018 13:45 118 3533
Washington Capitals vs. Vegas Golden Knights NBC 5/28/2018 20:00 117 3505
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals NBC 6/4/2018 20:00 117 3497
Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets TNT 5/14/2018 21:00 111 3337
FIFA World Cup Today Fox 7/7/2018 16:00 108 3239
Poker ESPN 7/13/2018 21:00 107 3220
Inside the NBA TNT 5/24/2018 23:30 107 3217
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors ESPN 5/3/2018 18:00 107 3214
Soccer – Uruguay vs. Portugal Fox 6/30/2018 13:45 107 3195
Soccer – Nigeria vs. Argentina Fox 6/26/2018 13:45 106 3194
SportsCenter With Scott Van Pelt ESPN 5/21/2018 23:00 104 3121
Golden State Warriors vs. Houston Rockets TNT 5/16/2018 21:00 103 3087
NBA Draft ESPN 6/21/2018 19:00 102 3057

*Tunity Share is an index of the Average OOH Audience for a given program compared to the Total Average 24 hour OOH Audience for a benchmark month.

Paul Lindstrom, Head of Research & Analytics
Paul Lindstrom
Paul Lindstrom is the Head of Research and Analytics at Tunity, an out-of-home (OOH) data measurement company and consumer application which allows users to hear live audio from muted televisions directly through their mobile devices. In his role, Paul supports the creation of various data products, including Tunity's new analytics product, and helps set strategic vision and direction. Prior to Tunity, Paul spent over four decades at Nielsen, where he was responsible for designing and deploying innovative tools, systems, studies, and measurements for new media outlets. He also directed sales, operations, and strategy for Nielsen Strategic Media Research and Nielsen On Location. Paul is an innovation, research, and strategy executive with a successful track record in pioneering business development, product leadership, and research design. His combination of experience with media and custom research, location, and OOH measurements at Nielsen have allowed him to develop a new metric to capture OOH viewing insights based on Tunity’s traffic, tuning, and attention data.