NBC Sports Regional Networks Post Most-Streamed Month Ever in April

On the strength of NBA, NHL and MLB all streaming simultaneously for the first time, NBC Sports Regional Networks posted their most-streamed month on record in April, garnering 67 million total minutes consumed. Overall, NBC Sports Regional Networks streaming of MLB, NHL and NBA games has generated more than 250 million minutes across 831 games during the 2016/17 seasons on local CSN regional network websites,NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

LIVE MINUTES AND UNIQUE DEVICES FOR NBA SEASON COVERAGE UP DOUBLE DIGITS YEAR-OVER-YEAR

Including the regular season and first round of the playoffs, NBC Sports Regional Networks' NBA coverage has attracted 169 million live minutes and 775,000 unique devices, a 10% and 21% increase, respectively, compared to a year ago. NBC Sports Bay Area's coverage of the Golden State Warriors contributed the most, garnering 97.6 million live minutes streamed across 385,000 unique devices.CSN Philadelphia saw the most significant year-over-year growth with their coverage of the Philadelphia 76ers up 241% in minutes streamed and 232% in uniques.

NHL OFFERING DELIVERS 48.9 MILLION MINUTES IN FIRST FULL SEASON OF STREAMING

In the first full season of streaming NHL games, including first round of the playoffs, the NBC Sports Regional Networks delivered 48.9 million total live minutes across 298,000 unique devices. CSN Chicago's digital coverage of the Chicago Blackhawks contributed the most to the season total, earning 15.7 million live minutes across 95,000 unique devices, and delivering two out of the top five most-streamed games.

Below are the top five NHL games, all from the first round of the playoffs, which delivered the most unique devices and live minutes:

Date	Game	Network	Unique Devices	Total Minutes
April 17, 2017	Blackhawks vs Predators Game 3	CSN Chicago	21,191	1,719,029
April 15, 2017	Maple Leafs vs Capitals Game 2	CSN Mid-Atlantic	10,012	810,595
April 13, 2017	Predators vs Blackhawks Game 1	CSN Chicago	8,577	628,228
April 19, 2017	Capitals vs Maple Leafs Game 4	CSN Mid-Atlantic	9,727	558,568
April 17, 2017	Capitals vs Maple Leafs Game 3	CSN Mid-Atlantic	9,178	553,878

LOCAL MLB STREAMING ACCUMULATES 36 MILLION LIVE MINUTES IN FIRST MONTH OF SEASON

NBC Sports Regional Networks' streaming of local market MLB games totaled more than 36 million total live minutes across 262,000 unique devices in the first month of the MLB season. Since the offering launched on April 2, NBC Sports Bay Area's coverage of the San Francisco Giants has seen the most significant numbers, delivering more than 12 million total live minutes across 95,000 unique devices, and two out of the top five most-streamed games.

Below are the top five MLB games to date in terms of live minutes and unique devices:

Date	Game	Network	Unique Devices	Total Minutes
April 04, 2017	Angels vs Athletics	NBC Sports California	14,352	889,679
April 27, 2017	Dodgers vs Giants	NBC Sports Bay Area	15,989	877,201
April 13, 2017	Mets vs Marlins	SNY	11,298	860,153
April 03, 2017	Braves vs Mets	SNY	16,483	797,625
April 05, 2017	Giants vs Diamondbacks	NBC Sports Bay Area	16,385	763,652

NBC Sports Regional Networks have local media rights partnerships with Chicago Bulls, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox (CSN Chicago), Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia Phillies (CSN Philadelphia), Sacramento Kings, San Jose Sharks and Oakland A's (NBC Sports California), Portland Trail Blazers (CSN Northwest), Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals (CSN Mid-Atlantic), San Francisco Giants and Golden State Warriors (NBC Sports Bay Area), Boston Celtics (CSN New England) and the New York Mets (SNY).

The streaming offerings are available without any additional costs to subscribers of NBC Sports Group's CSN regional sports networks (RSNs), through participating providers. CSN subscribers can access the offering on their local CSN regional network website, NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs.

ABOUT NBC SPORTS REGIONAL NETWORKS

NBC Sports Regional Networks is NBC Sports Group's portfolio of nine regional networks that delivers more than 2,200 live sporting events and original content to more than 43 million homes. Aligned within Eastern and Western Divisions, the NBC Sports Regional Networks are: CSN New England, CSN Philadelphia, TCN, CSN Mid-Atlantic and SNY; and NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California, CSN Chicago and CSN Northwest. For additional information, visitcomcastsportsnet.com.

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