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    NBA Finals Rebound In Ratings; Nielsen Week In Review

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    Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry, center right, holds Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy after the Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Game 6 of basketball’s NBA Finals, Thursday, June 13, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The two top winter sports crowned their champions as summer neared, separated by exactly 10 million viewers.

    The sixth game of the NBA Finals, where the Toronto Raptors dethroned the depleted Golden State Warriors, was seen by 18.76 million viewers in the United States, according to the Nielsen company. The final two games buoyed ABC, which had been suffering in the ratings with the series between a Canadian opponent and a team competing in its fifth consecutive finals.

    The seventh game of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, won by the St. Louis Blues over the Boston Bruins, was seen by 8.76 million viewers, Nielsen said.

    The NBA Finals, plus a few game shows, helped ABC to the week’s ratings championship.

    ABC averaged 6.1 million viewers in primetime. NBC had 4.1 million, CBS had 3.8 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million, Univision had 1.1 million and the CW had 630,000. Fox’s average was not immediately available.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.19 million viewers. MSNBC had 1.47 million, HGTV had 1.3 million, A&E had 1.13 million and USA had 1.04 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.6 million viewers, NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.2 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 10-16. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NBA Finals: Toronto at Golden State, Game 6, ABC, 18.76 million.
    2. NBA Finals: Golden State at Toronto, Game 5, ABC, 18.6 million.
    3. “America’s Got Talent,” ABC, 9.46 million.
    4. NHL Stanley Cup Final: St. Louis at Boston, Game 7, NBC, 8.76 million.
    5. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.17 million.
    6. “NBA Countdown” (Monday), ABC, 5.64 million.
    7. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 5.36 million.
    8. “NBA Countdown” (Thursday), ABC, 5.18 million.
    9. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.03 million.
    10. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 4.94 million.
    11. “Press Your Luck,” ABC, 4.88 million.
    12. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 4.77 million.
    13. “60 Minutes Presents,” CBS, 4.69 million.
    14. “Amazing Race,” CBS, 4.67 million.
    15. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Monday), ABC, 4.55 million.
    16. “Mom,” CBS, 4.54 million.
    17. “FBI,” CBS, 4.52 million.
    18. “Card Sharks,” ABC, 4.4 million.
    19. “Life in Pieces,” CBS, 4.34 million.
    20. “Songland,” NBC, 4.16 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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