Milwaukee Bucks

Bucks' FOX Sports Wisconsin ratings, streaming trending up

Published Jan. 6, 2017 1:02 p.m. ET

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s game-winning shot Wednesday sealed the Milwaukee Bucks’ 105-104 win over the New York Knicks, and propelled FOX Sports Wisconsin to its highest ratings of the 2016-17 season.

The buzzer-beater thriller generated a 3.41 household rating in the Milwaukee DMA, according to Nielsen Media Research.

In the Milwaukee market 8,868 households represent one rating point, meaning 30,240 households tuned in for Wednesday’s game.

Research also shows that fans are consistently tuning in, both on the air and online, to watch the entertaining young squad this season.

Milwaukee Bucks ratings on FOX Sports Wisconsin are trending up, and are 3 percent higher than the 2015-16 season to date.

On the digital front, the Bucks rank No. 1 among FOX NBA teams for the average minutes per streamer via the FOX Sports GO app.

The team also is one of the top performing FOX NBA properties for unique streams per game.

The Bucks return to FOX Sports Wisconsin on Sunday, Jan. 8, for a matchup against the Washington Wizards.

As previously announced, the game time was updated and FOX Sports Wisconsin’s coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. with Bucks Live.

Fans can stream the contest, and all regular-season Bucks programming, on FOX Sports Wisconsin and via FOX Sports GO.

FOX Sports GO is available to customers of participating pay-TV providers on iOS, Android, Fire tablets and Fire phones, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Roku, Windows devices, and online at FOXSportsGO.com.

Fans can download the mobile app for free from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store and Windows Store.

FOX Sports Wisconsin reaches more than 1.7 million homes and telecasts nearly 2,600 hours of locally produced programming per year.