NEW YORK, Jan. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MSG Network announced today that Knicks ratings on MSG Network through 34 games this season is averaging a 2.02 HH rating, up 15% from the first 34 games of the 2014-15 season (1.76 HH rating).
The 2015-16 revamped Knicks, led by Carmelo Anthony, two-time Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month Kristaps Porzingis, along with first year Knicks Robin Lopez and Arron Afflalo, have already surpassed their win total of last season. The Knicks record stands at 18-19 and tomorrow – Friday, January 8 – face the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio. MSG Network’s live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. and following complete coverage of the Knicks game and postgame coverage will be the premiere of “The Garden’s Defining Moments: Bill Clinton Presidential Nomination.”
Knicks game telecasts on MSG Network are preceded by the 30-minute pregame show “Visa Knicks Game Night” and followed by the “Ford Knicks Postgame Show.” All game telecasts also include the “Delta Halftime Report.”
MSG Networks Inc. is an industry leader with two award-winning regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network (MSG) and MSG+, as well as the live streaming and video on demand platform, MSG GO. The networks are home to nine professional sports teams, delivering live games of the New York Knicks; New York Rangers; New York Liberty; New York Islanders; New Jersey Devils; Buffalo Sabres; Major League Soccer’s Red Bulls and the Westchester Knicks, and exclusive non-game coverage of the New York Giants. Each year, the networks collectively telecast approximately 700 live sporting events - which also include college football and college basketball from top conferences - along with a full schedule of critically-acclaimed original programming. The gold standard for regional broadcasting, MSG Networks has won 129 New York Emmy Awards over the past eight years. More information is available at www.msgnetworks.com.
Dan Schoenberg / 212-465-6367 Alyssa Ross / 212-324-3401 Bill Hanousek / 212-465-6591


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