Sling Says Viewership Rose 350% During NCCA Upset

[bluegras]

Dish Network’s over-the-top service Sling TV released viewership metrics from the ongoing NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (also known as March Madness), adding that viewership during one of the opening round’s biggest upsets – the University of Arkansas- Little Rock’s double overtime win over Purdue – rose 350% from the opening tip off to the final minutes of the contest.

http://www.multichannel.com/news/sp...443?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Mr Tony]

boy if that isnt misleading....

Note it says that ONE game...if nobody was watching the beginning 350% can be easily obtained when dealing with a double OT game.....and how many folks were waiting for the next game to start (the Purdue game did run over the time slot so the next game started on TruTV)

 

[DRCars]

Yeah, 2 watching at first and 7 at the end meets the 350% increase criteria. I would say 1 at start and 3 1/2 at end but then there's that half person problem.

DRCars

 

[Mr Tony]

I was one of them that watched the game (on regular cable) but I didn't tune in until near the end of the game (maybe the last 2 or 3 minutes of regulation)
so if someone watched the whole game, there was a 100% increase from opening tip to the end

 

[Troch77]

Out of only 600,000 customers on top of that.
Big deal.
I've tried my free trial of Sling, and people can say what they want about PS4 Vue, but at home where it actually matters Sling sucks.










Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

 

[TheKrell]

OK, I give. Why does Sling suck at home for you?

 

[Troch77]

OK, I give. Why does Sling suck at home for you?

Here you can just read these and I won't have to explain the multiple reported issues that I experienced during my own free trial.
http://www.cnet.com/products/sling-tv/user-reviews/
Not to mention SlingTV with any option I wanted was over $50 a month for 1 stream.



Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

 

[tornado]

Sling TV doesn't suck. Quite the opposite.