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    NBC Scores Nielsen Win With NFL, “America’s Got Talent”

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    Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) fumbles the ball in front of Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Anthony Barr, right, during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The 12-year-old singing sensation Grace VanderWaal’s $1 million prize capped a successful season for summer’s favorite television show, “America’s Got Talent,” and helped NBC to victory last week in the television ratings.

    VanderWaal’s feel-good story and the return of Simon Cowell to a judge’s table led to a strong season for the summer favorite, which will now be shelved with the onset of television’s fall season. Last Wednesday’s season finale reached 14.4 million viewers, the Nielsen company said.

    It was not such good news for the Emmy Awards, which brought 11.4 million viewers to ABC on Sunday. It was the smallest audience ever recorded for the TV awards show.

    The Emmys were hurt by a NBC’s football game, which had 22.8 million viewers, and a CBS special on JonBenet Ramsey, with 10.4 million. Broadcasters once cleared the decks and left little competition for the Emmys. There’s little incentive to do that now, with cable networks and streaming services dominating the awards.

    Nielsen’s top 20 last week was clogged with 9 football games or football-related shows.

    NBC averaged 8.7 million viewers for the week in prime-time. CBS had 7.6 million, ABC had 5.1 million, Fox had 2.8 million, Telemundo had 1.8 million, Univision had 1.5 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and the CW had 1 million.

    ESPN was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 3.24 million viewers in prime-time. Fox had 2.39 million, TBS had 1.49 million, HGTV had 1.48 million and USA had 1.4 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 7.7 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.3 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 12-18. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Green Bay at Minnesota, NBC, 22.75 million.

    2. “NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 16.74 million.

    3. NFL Football: N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, CBS, 15.39 million.

    4. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 14.41 million.

    5. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 13.97 million.

    6. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Washington, ESPN, 12.96 million.

    7. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 12.7 million.

    8. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 12.19 million.

    9. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 7:55 p.m.), NBC, 11.86 million.

    10. “Emmy Awards,” ABC, 11.38 million.

    11. “JonBenet Ramsey: Part 1,” CBS, 10.42 million.

    12. NFL Football: Los Angeles vs. San Francisco, ESPN, 10.25 million.

    13. “NFL Pre-Kick,” CBS, 9.26 million.

    14. “Better Late Than Never,” NBC, 7.64 million.

    15. “Blindspot,” NBC, 7.1 million.

    16. “Thursday Night Kickoff,” CBS, 6.89 million.

    17. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.37 million.

    18. “Big Brother” (Tuesday), CBS, 6.35 million.

    19. “Football Night in America” (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), NBC, 6.3 million.

    20. “Big Brother” (Wednesday), CBS, 6.12 million.

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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