PBA Semifinals on IBC Score High Ratings

February 7, 2014

The PBA fever is really heating up as proven by the increased crowd attendance and the record-breaking high ratings the games are posting on The Kapinoy Network IBC.

In fact, the currently running PLDT Home DSL PBA Philippine Cup Semifinals series between the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers and Ginebra San Miguel has reached its viewership peak last January 31 when it posted the highest rating for the PBA for a non-Finals game, based on data from Kantar Media.

The Gin Kings overwhelmed the Coffee Mixers in Game 2 of the series with a score of 93-64. Rookie center Greg Slaughter posted monster numbers of 21 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.

With 19,279 fans in attendance at the SMART Araneta Coliseum last January 31, the game at its peak averaged about 3.2 million viewers or 36.6%% higher than ABS-CBN and GMA. In TNS Philippines, where a critical number of urban viewers are measured, ratings surpassed the two other networks with IBC claiming 30.9 TNS versus the 25.1 TNS of ABS-CBN and 10.9 TNS of GMA. The recent PBA viewership ratings on IBC-13 mark the highest ever for the league since 1996 at present.

The Kapinoy Network also claimed high viewership numbers in Visayas and Mindanao that evening. The Kapinoy network garnered 15% audience share versus 58% TNS in the Visayas of ABS-CBN and GMA’s 23%. Meanwhile, Mindanano viewers were also tuned in to the game, as proven by IBC’s 15% audience share against ABS-CBN with 57% and GMA’s 22% audience share.

The PLDT Home DSL PBA Philippine Cup is sure to get more viewers as it enters the Finals stage next week and Viva Sports on IBC, is all set to deliver the best local sports actions to millions of Filipinos as it has been doing since 1996 from Vintage Sports.