04-10-2024, 08:15 AM
(04-09-2024, 07:35 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Women's basketball NCAA title game: 18.9 million viewers
Men's NCAA title game: 14.8 million viewers
Women's basketball tournament TV rights: $6.5 million
Men's basketball tournament TV rights: $873 million
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/the-w..._permalink
BC
Interesting data point. Two questions:
1. What year did the networks bid on rights to televise the 2024 men's and women's basketball tournament?
2. What was the collective viewership of all tournament games in the three years leading up to those bids?
Also generally curious about the total viewership of all 2024 men's and women's basketball tournament games. A few more data points on these links:
Men's Final Four viewership up slightly; both games trail Iowa-UConn women
Viewership through first three days: 2024 NCAA Tournament averaging record viewership
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