paterson1 wrote:

For what it's worth, on Bell Fibe they are showing the top 5 shows being watched right now on their system- The Voice in first spot on CTV, Mets-LA on Sportsnet, Anderson Cooper on CNN, Murdoch Mysteries on CBC and 90 Day Fiance on TLC.  

I think you mean Yankees not Mets, but the problem is I can't take cable out for a walk with me! And unless you have SiriusXM, you can't listen in the car if you happen to be going somewhere, unless it's a good DX night and you know where to tune. Not everyone does. 

I get it - the Leafs and Raptors are going to do far better in terms of listeners. I'd make the same decision, obviously. But it's unfortunate that one of the biggest sporting events of the year - and one of the oldest in history - involving likely the two biggest rivals in all of sports can't be heard here. It's understandable, but still sad.  

MLB is notoriously difficult with its broadcast rights. Shifting stations and one-offs aren't allowed unless planned and approved well in advance.

For the stations....not much in it. Ratings don't show individual game ratings, and you probably couldn't sponsor it for more than you paid.

I think the Fan 590 joins the ESPN broadcast in progress if the game is still going on and their own local sports commitments are done. But it's not quite the same. 

It ain't 1992 or 1993 anymore. 
Makes you wonder though what sports would be covered and how if the Jays were to be in the World series today...

The Voice was on first spot on CTV2 and that includes anyone watching on NBC Detroit which has CTV2's signal. When something isn't simsubed like Tracker, the CBS Detroit station might show up in the top 5 on Sunday when they run the program. CTV has football on when CBS runs Tracker and have been running it at a different time and day.  Again this is what is showing for viewers watching on Bell Fibe. 

This is timely, I just checked what is trending now in the top 5.  Fibe is showing CP24 Dayside in first spot, followed by CNN Newsroom, CTV with The Good Stuff, Judy Justice on City TV, and Let's Make A Deal on CBS Detroit. Nobody is simsubing Let's Make A Deal.  

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I first got Fibe maybe ten years ago and as far as I know it was available then.  Didn't really know about it but sort of discovered it one day on my remote.  Check and see if Rogers has the same thing.  

The Weed wrote:

I just checked Rogers Ignite TV. Press "Guide" twice and scroll to "Trending".

Not sure if what's shown is ranked left to right or not.

If it is like Fibe, it will be left to right.  Also will be obvious for some events like football or hockey.  It is interesting since the shows can change or move up or down during 30 or 60 minutes.  When I hit it on Bell Fibe the order stays up for about 15 seconds.  It doesn't stay on.  With Fibe all you do is hit the arrow above select once and the trending shows graphic will come up on the screen.  

At 3:46 Tuesday afternoon the programs shown are- CNN News Central, CP24 Dayside, CTV The Connors, W Network Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen, and HGTV My Lottery Dream Home.  If you go back in a couple of minutes there could be a change often with the 4th and 5th show, or something can move up. 

paterson1 wrote:

Yes it is interesting but I don't know what geographical area they are drawing from.  CP24 is often in the top 5, but right now they are showing Yankees/Mets on Sportsnet, The Voice on CTV2, NCIS on Global, The Source on CNN and NFL Football Giants game on CTV but at half time was replaced with the Raptor game on TSN. I think it is fairly honest since sometimes there are no Bell stations in the top five.   

Fibe's not available in most of Canada (only Ontario & Quebec I think) so it would make sense that CP24 cracks the top 5 sometimes. 

I'm late to the topic here. I too was looking for the World Series on the radio during a drive home and surprised not to find it. On reflection, I thought with cell phone data so plentiful -- I have 160 GB per month -- I guess they're expecting more people will simply listen to audio feed on their phone TV apps.

RadioActive wrote:

Monday was one of those rare days when every major sport was active at once - the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. So it makes sense local teams would take priority. The Fan 590 has the complete World Series Game 4 on Tuesday night. 

A four game sweep is Fox's worst nightmare. They'll lose millions in potential advertising unless there's an extended series. 

I know for a fact that 107.1 CJCS in Stratford aired the World Series tonight.

I just checked the Rogers Ignite trending site. Top Five not surprising. 1. CP24 Breakfast. 2. Breakfast Television. 3. Weather Channel AM. 4. CBC Morning Live. 5. Sportsnet Central. I don't know if the U.S. nets are normally this high in the morning. I suspect it is probably interest in the U.S. election next week. CNN News Central [6] Today [7] GMA [9] CBS Morning [14] Morning Joe [15] Interesting that "Paid Programming" ranked 21st.

mace wrote:

paterson1 wrote:

The Voice was on first spot on CTV2 and that includes anyone watching on NBC Detroit which has CTV2's signal. When something isn't simsubed like Tracker, the CBS Detroit station might show up in the top 5 on Sunday when they run the program. CTV has football on when CBS runs Tracker and have been running it at a different time and day.  Again this is what is showing for viewers watching on Bell Fibe. 

This is timely, I just checked what is trending now in the top 5.  Fibe is showing CP24 Dayside in first spot, followed by CNN Newsroom, CTV with The Good Stuff, Judy Justice on City TV, and Let's Make A Deal on CBS Detroit. Nobody is simsubing Let's Make A Deal.  

This sounds like a very cool feature. How long has it been available?

What guarantee is there that this feature is legitimate, and not something Fibe (and other streamers) manipulate or revise to drive traffic to particular programs?

paterson1 wrote:

mace wrote:

I just checked the Rogers Ignite trending site. Top Five not surprising. 1. CP24 Breakfast. 2. Breakfast Television. 3. Weather Channel AM. 4. CBC Morning Live. 5. Sportsnet Central. I don't know if the U.S. nets are normally this high in the morning. I suspect it is probably interest in the U.S. election next week. CNN News Central [6] Today [7] GMA [9] CBS Morning [14] Morning Joe [15] Interesting that "Paid Programming" ranked 21st.

Glad you found the feature on Rogers Ignite.  Sounds better than what I get with Bell Fibe.  As far as I know I only get the top 5.  It is surprising sometimes what people are tuning in.  If I check, it is usually 5 or 10 minutes into the hour or half hour which is likely more accurate than top of the hour or half hour.  You sometimes get some spillover from the previous programming if checking just after a show starts.  CP24 and CNN are almost always in the top five on Bell Fibe. 

I don't know  how many Ignite trending channels there are. I stopped counting at 100. A few observations. At Noon, more people were watching CFTO News on CP24 [#2] than on CFTO [#3]  Price Is Right was consistently in the top 10 in the 11am, Noon and 1pm time slots reflecting the timeshifting factor.