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    HBO Begins Post-”Thrones” Era; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Shailene Woodley, from left, Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep attend the premiere of HBO’s “Big Little Lies” season two at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Every time a popular HBO series ends, the network faces a round of stories essentially asking, “is there life for HBO after (fill in the blank). This time, it was “Game of Thrones.”

    Based on early indications, its executives shouldn’t worry too much.

    The series “Big Little Lies” returned for its second season, adding Meryl Streep to the cast, and reached 2.5 million people across HBO’s various platforms on Sunday. The Nielsen company said that beat the show’s premiere episode by 34 percent.

    HBO had an even bigger success with the miniseries “Chernobyl,” which averaged 8 million viewers per episode.

    The NBA Finals continued on ABC with drab ratings, at least in the United States. The third game between the Toronto Raptors and Golden State Warriors was down 25 percent from the similar contest last year, while Game 4’s viewership was down 22 percent.

    The NBA likes to point to Canada, which is not included in the Nielsen numbers. The first international NBA Finals is a hit up north, where 4.9 million people watched the fourth game, compared to 700,470 Canadians who watched the fourth game in 2018. 

    Monday’s one-point Warriors victory in Game 5 is also doing well in preliminary ratings, meaning the series can recover somewhat if it goes deeper.

    Behind all of its games, ABC won the week in primetime, averaging 5.4 million viewers. NBC had 4.8 million, CBS had 4.3 million, Fox had 2.1 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.14 million, Univision had 1.1 million and the CW had 600,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.28 million viewers in primetime. MSNBC had 1.54 million, HGTV had 1.27 million, USA had 1.07 million and TNT had 1.06 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.8 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 6.9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.3 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 3-9. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NBA Finals: Toronto at Golden State, Game 3, ABC, 13.35 million.
    2. NBA Finals: Toronto at Golden State, Game 4, ABC, 12.79 million.
    3. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 9.82 million.
    4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.47 million.
    5. NHL Stanley Cup Final: Boston at St. Louis, Game 6, NBC, 6.47 million.
    6. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.16 million.
    7. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Sunday), ABC, 6.06 million.
    8. “Celebrity Family Feud” (Thursday), ABC, 5.56 million.
    9. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.53 million.
    10. NHL Stanley Cup Final: St. Louis at Boston, Game 5, NBC, 5.47 million.
    11. “The $100,000 Pyramid” (Sunday), ABC, 5.46 million.
    12. “Tony Awards,” CBS, 5.4 million.
    13. NHL Stanley Cup Final: Boston at St. Louis, Game 4, 5.15 million.
    14. “FBI,” CBS, 5.04 million.
    15. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 5.02 million.
    16. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 4.84 million.
    17. “Amazing Race,” CBS, 4.68 million.
    18. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 4.65 million.
    19. “The Code,” CBS, 4.64 million.
    20. “The $100,000 Pyramid” (Thursday), ABC, 4.54 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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