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    World Series Ratings Dip Sharply From Last Year; Nielsen Week In Review

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    The Boston Red Sox celebrate after Game 5 of baseball’s World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, in Los Angeles. The Red Sox won 5-1 to win the series 4 game to 1. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    It was a great World Series for Boston, but not necessarily for Fox.

    The Red Sox’ five-game victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers averaged 14.1 million viewers, the Nielsen company said. That’s sharply down from the 2018 Fall Classic, which averaged 18.9 million viewers for the Houston Astros’ seven-game triumph over the Dodgers.

    The ratings drop likely had more to do with the length of the series than the matchup. World Series games tend to draw in more viewers as the series goes longer, and the broadcasting network usually hits the jackpot if it goes a full seven games — like last year’s series.

    The most-watched game this year was the clinching fifth game on Sunday night, which was seen by 17.6 million people and was the most-watched program on television last week.

    It had the lowest viewership since the 2014 World Series between Kansas City and San Francisco.

    Between the series and Thursday night football, Fox was the week’s most popular network with a primetime average of 13.1 million viewers. NBC had 6.53 million viewers, CBS had 6.49 million, ABC had 4.2 million, Telemundo had 1.4 million, Univision had 1.3 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 1.1 million.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.56 million viewers in primetime. ESPN had 2.18 million, MSNBC had 1.5 million, Hallmark had 1.35 million and USA had 1.26 million.

    ABC’s “World News Now” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 8.2 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.8 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 22-28. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. World Series Game 5: Boston at Los Angeles, Fox, 17.63 million.
    2. “The OT,” Fox, 15.74 million.
    3. “World Series Game 5 Pregame,” Fox, 14.9 million.
    4. NFL Football: New Orleans at Minnesota, NBC, 14.09 million.
    5. World Series Game 1: Los Angeles at Boston, Fox, 13.81 million.
    6. World Series Game 4: Boston at Los Angeles, Fox, 13.56 million.
    7. World Series Game 2: Los Angeles at Boston, Fox, 13.51 million.
    8. World Series Game 3: Boston at Los Angeles, Fox, 13.25 million.
    9. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 13 million.
    10. NFL Football: Miami at Houston, Fox, 12.09 million.
    11. “NCIS,” CBS, 11.27 million.
    12. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 10.97 million.
    13. NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, ESPN, 10.5 million.
    14. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 9.54 million.
    15. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 9.38 million.
    16. “FBI,” CBS, 8.83 million.
    17. “This is Us,” NBC, 8.54 million.
    18. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 8.45 million.
    19. “The Conners,” ABC, 8.01 million.
    20. “Mom,” CBS, 7.99 million.

    ABC and ESPN are 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 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."

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