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    NFL Championship Games Make Nielsen Mark

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    Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams (34) carries the ball during the first half of the AFC championship NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Lopsided contests to determine Super Bowl participants didn't prevent each of the NFL conference championship games from reaching more than 45 million television viewers on Sunday.

    The Nielsen company said that 47.95 million people watched the New England Patriots beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC conference game. Earlier in the day, the Atlanta Falcons' victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC contest was seen by 46.28 million viewers.

    Neither game was particularly competitive; the Falcons had a 24-0 lead at halftime. Still, that game's audience was bigger than last year's NFC game (45.7 million), perhaps because the Packers are one of the league's marquee teams.

    The Patriots and Steelers have more Super Bowl appearances than any other AFC teams. But with New England dominating, the game had a smaller audience than the 2016 game between New England and Denver, which drew 53.3 million viewers, Nielsen said.

    The football boosted CBS to an easy win in prime time, averaging 13.3 million viewers for the week. NBC had 4.6 million, ABC had 4.1 million, Fox had 3 million, Univision had 2 million, Telemundo had 1.6 million, ION Television had 1.3 million and the CW had 920,000.

    On inauguration week, Fox News Channel dominated the cable ratings, averaging 3.8 million viewers in prime-time. CNN had 1.73 million, HGTV had 1.62 million, USA had 1.56 million and TBS had 1.41 million.

    NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.4 million viewers. ABC's "World News Tonight" was second with 9.1 million and the "CBS Evening News" had 7.5 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Jan. 16-22. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.

    1. AFC Championship: Pittsburgh at New England, CBS, 47.95 million.

    2. "Championship Post-Game," CBS, 22.66 million.

    3. "NCIS," CBS, 15.5 million.

    4. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 15.16 million.

    5. "Hunted," CBS, 11.85 million.

    6. "Bull," CBS, 11.11 million.

    7. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 9.77 million.

    8. "This is Us," NBC, 9.59 million.

    9. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 9.33 million.

    10. "Kevin Can Wait," CBS, 8.67 million.

    11. "Mom," CBS, 8.57 million.

    12. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 8.41 million.

    13. "The Great Indoors," CBS, 7.809 million.

    14. "Scorpion," CBS, 7.807 million.

    15. "Man With a Plan," CBS, 7.7 million.

    16. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 7.15 million.

    17. "The Bachelor," ABC, 7.13 million.

    18. "Chicago PD," NBC, 7.11 million.

    19. "The O'Reilly Factor" (Friday), Fox News, 7.09 million.

    20. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" (Friday), Fox News, 7.02 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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