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    NBA Finals Propel ABC To Ratings Victory; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, bottom, dunks in front of Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love during the first half of Game 2 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, June 3, 2018. The Warriors won 122-103. (Ezra Shaw/Pool Photo via AP)

    By Lynn Elber, Television Writer

    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    There was a hint of viewer fatigue for the latest chapter of the NBA’s Cleveland-Golden State rivalry.

    Viewership was down from the comparable 2017 matchups but not by much, according to Nielsen figures released Tuesday.

    The two teams, competing in basketball’s finals for the fourth consecutive year, saw the first two Finals games on ABC score as last week’s most-watched programs.

    Last Thursday’s game one was watched by 17.4 million versus 18.7 million in 2017, while Sunday’s game two drew 18.5 million viewers compared to last year’s 19.7 million.

    That’s a 7 percent decline for the first game and 6 percent for the second.

    The teams meet again Wednesday, with Golden State up two games over the Cleveland Cavaliers as the Warriors defend the title.

    Hoops powered ABC to a primetime victory with an average of 6.2 million viewers. NBC had 4.9 million, CBS had 4.6 million, Fox had 2 million, Univision had 1.45 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 970,000 and CW had 730,000.

    ABC enjoyed its most-watched week since the Academy Awards aired in March.

    TNT was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.3 million viewers. Fox News Channel had 2.2 million, HGTV had 1.5 million, MSNBC had 1.4 million and USA had 1.3 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.2 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 7.6 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.7 million viewers.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for May 28-June 3. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NBA Finals: Cleveland at Golden State, Game 2, ABC, 18.5 million.
    2. NBA Finals: Cleveland at Golden State, Game 1, ABC, 17.4 million.
    3. NBA Conference Finals: Golden State at Houston, TNT, 14.9 million.
    4. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.2 million.
    5. NBA Finals: Game 2 Post-game,” ABC, 11.4 million.
    6. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.6 million.
    7. “World of Dance,” NBC, 7 million.
    8. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 6.7 million.
    9. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 6.6 million.
    10. “Code Black,” CBS, 6.4 million.
    11. “Instinct,” CBS, 6.37 million.
    12. “Code Black,” CBS, 6.3 million.
    13. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.04 million.
    14. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 5.57 million.
    15. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.5 million.
    16. “American Ninja Warrior,” NBC, 5.4 million.
    17. “Mom,” CBS, 5.26 million.
    18. NHL Stanley Cup Final, NBC, 5.2 million.
    19. NBA Countdown, Game 1, ABC, 5.13 million.
    20. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 5.1 million.

    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is owned by NBC Universal.

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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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