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ESPN, Yahoo! and FOX Top Sports Viewing Online

ESPN, Yahoo! and FOX Top Sports Viewing Online

A deeper look at the sites, demographics, advertisers and ad specs for Online sports viewers the first week in January.

Top 10 Online Sports Destinations (Week ending January 7, 2006 US, Home and Work)

Brand or Channel

Unique Audience (000)

Active Reach (%)

Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)

ESPN

8,171

6.13

0:16:09

Yahoo! Sports

7,561

5.67

0:20:05

FOX Sports on MSN

7,170

5.38

0:11:32

NFL Internet Network

5,454

4.09

0:10:56

eBay Sports

4,132

3.1

0:06:44

CBS Sportsline.com Network

4,083

3.06

0:15:10

AOL Sports

3,700

2.78

0:12:53

SI.com

3,604

2.7

0:09:53

MLB.com

2,039

1.53

0:08:06

NBA Internet Network

1,487

1.12

0:04:30

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView

Demographic Data For Sports Category(Month Of December 2006 US, Home And Work)

Category

Target

Unique Audience (000)

Audience Composition (%)

Total

70,064

100

Male

39,917

56.97

Female

30,147

43.03

Age

2 - 11

2,343

3.34

12 - 17

5,216

7.44

18 - 24

4,023

5.74

25 - 34

10,746

15.34

35 - 49

25,266

36.06

45+

31,007

44.26

55+

14,210

20.28

65+

5,033

7.18

HH Income

$ 0 - 24999

3,138

4.48

$ 25000 - 49999

13,404

19.13

$ 50000 - 74999

18,339

26.18

$ 75000 - 99999

14,403

20.56

$ 100000 - 149999

12,263

17.5

$ 150000+

7,379

10.53

No Response

1,137

1.62

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView

Data on the Entertainment Industry, Sports Leagues and Teams SegmentWeek ending January 7, 2006 US, Home and Work

Top 20 Advertisers

Impressions (000)

Share of all Impressions

NBA

2,272

16.9%

Cablevision Systems Corporation

1,895

14.1%

Florida Panthers Hockey Club

886

6.6%

The University of Tennessee

787

5.8%

Pittsburgh Penguins

740

5.5%

Fairfield University

631

4.7%

Fair Grounds Race Course

628

4.7%

Syracuse University

504

3.7%

iN DEMAND

457

3.4%

University of Cincinnati

407

3.0%

Baseball Factory

394

2.9%

Comcast Corporation

387

2.9%

Harlem Globetrotters

308

2.3%

Zuffa

307

2.3%

The Cleveland Browns

300

2.2%

USC Trojans

222

1.6%

Las Vegas Wranglers

174

1.3%

Chicago Blackhawks

170

1.3%

Sugarbowl

160

1.2%

Seton Hall University

141

1.0%

Total

13,456

100.0%

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance

Top Ad Sizes

Dimensions

Impressions (000)

Share of all Impressions

Wide Skyscraper

(160x600)

1,942

14.4%

Full Banner

(468x60)

1,665

12.4%

Vertical Banner

(120x240)

1,632

12.1%

Half Banner

(234x60)

1,527

11.3%

Leaderboard

(728x90)

1,527

11.3%

Button #2

(120x60)

1,270

9.4%

Square Button

(125x125)

1,051

7.8%

Medium Rectangle

(300x250)

918

6.8%

Non-Standard Dimension

517

3.8%

Square

(250x250)

388

2.9%

Button #1

(120x90)

351

2.6%

Skyscraper

(120x600)

256

1.9%

Micro Bar

(88x31)

247

1.8%

Vertical Rectangle

(240x400)

138

1.0%

Rectangle

(180x150)

27

0.2%

Total

13,456

100.0%

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance

Ad Delivery Types

Ad Delivery

Impressions (000)

Share of all Impressions

In-Page

13,456

100.0%

Total

13,456

100.0%

Source: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance

Note: Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance reporting data reflects advertising activity served on pages accessible via the World Wide Web and not within AOL's proprietary service.

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