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Prime Video’s NBA Cup Final Draws 3.07 Million, Setting Platform High

Methodology shifts at Nielsen leave the modest year-over-year gain open to interpretation.

Overview

  • KnicksSpurs telecast peaked at 3.42 million at 10:45 p.m. ET, the largest Nielsen-measured NBA audience since Opening Night.
  • The 3.07 million average edged last year’s ABC final (2.99 million) by 3%, a margin observers say could stem from Nielsen’s expanded out-of-home sample and Big Data + Panel approach.
  • The game was Prime Video’s most-watched NBA broadcast to date, surpassing the 2.11 million audience for KnicksBucks on Black Friday.
  • An NBC Coast 2 Coast Tuesday broadcast averaged 3.2 million only when Adobe Analytics streaming data was included, highlighting cross-platform measurement differences.
  • Prime Video’s coverage posted outsized gains in key demos and ranked as television’s top program among adults 18–34, 18–49, and 25–54.