NBC Universal issued a statement on Thursday following the announcement from INDYCAR that they have reached a multi-year broadcast rights agreement with Fox Sports beginning in 2025.
We are very proud of our contributions to the growth of INDYCAR over the past 16 seasons, generating record viewership, unprecedented promotion, and best-in-class production. We want to thank the drivers, teams, and owners for their partnership, and we look forward to presenting the rest of the 2024 season to INDYCAR’s loyal and passionate fans.
- NBC Sports’ cable coverage of INDYCAR dates to 2009 (VERSUS).
- NBC Sports began presenting the entire package in 2019.
- NBC Sports’ 2023 coverage of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES delivered the most-watched INDYCAR season in 12 years (since 2011), NBC Sports’ most-watched season on record, and the most-streamed season ever.
- The 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 1.32 million viewers across NBC, USA Network, Peacock and NBC Sports digital platforms.
– It ranked as the most-watched season for the INDYCAR SERIES since 2011 (1.39 million viewers, NBCSN/ABC) and the best in NBC Sports history, up 2% vs. last year’s then-record viewership (1.30 million viewers, NBC/USA Network/NBC Sports Digital). TAD is based on data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. - 2024 viewership is flat vs. 2023.