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    Live Production Of “The Wiz” Boosts NBC’s Ratings

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    This Nov. 30, 2015 photo released by NBC shows Mary J Blige as Evillene during a dress rehearsal of "The Wiz Live!" in New York. (Virginia Sherwood/NBC via AP)

    A rundown of last week’s Nielsen numbers

    By David Bauder, Television Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    NBC’s winning streak in the television ratings hit two weeks, with a turnout of 11.5 million viewers for its live production of “The Wiz” helping the network on a night its ratings are usually low.

    NBC also benefited from a strong showing for its special saluting the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in New York City, the Nielsen company said. A two-week winning streak may not seem like much, but these days CBS is rarely dislodged as television’s most popular network.

    The Christmas tree lighting reached 8 million viewers, but CBS’ airing of the holiday chestnut “Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer” was seen by a million more people.

    An estimated 46 million people watched President Barack Obama’s Oval Office speech on terrorism on one of 12 different networks. A busy news week in the aftermath of the San Bernardino shootings helped Fox News Channel outrank all of the other cable networks for the second time this year.

    NBC averaged 8.9 million viewers for the week in prime time. CBS had 8.4 million. Fox had a strong week with the Big Ten football championship and midseason finale of “Empire,” and was third with 6.5 million viewers. ABC had 5.4 million, Univision had 1.9 million, the CW had 1.8 million, Telemundo had 1.6 million and ION Television had 1.3 million.

    Fox News Channel averaged 2.7 million viewers in prime time, ESPN had 2.5 million, ABC Family had 2.4 million, Hallmark had 2.03 million and TBS had 1.73 million.

    NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News Tonight” was second with 9 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 7.9 million viewers.

    Here are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Nov. 30-Dec. 6. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. NFL Football: Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, NBC, 19.19 million.

    2. NFL Football: Green Bay at Detroit, CBS, 17.85 million.

    3. “The OT,” Fox, 16.76 million.

    4. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 14.65 million.

    5. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 12.56 million.

    6. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 12.13 million.

    7. “Empire,” Fox, 11.81 million.

    8. “The Wiz Live,” NBC, 11.5 million.

    9. “NFL Pregame,” CBS, 10.82 million.

    10. NFL Football: Baltimore at Cleveland, ESPN, 10.12 million.

    11. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 9.87 million.

    12. College Football: Michigan St. vs. Iowa, Fox, 9.82 million.

    13. “Survivor,” CBS, 9.42 million.

    14. “60 Minutes” (8 p.m. special), CBS, 9.33 million.

    15. “Football Night in America,” NBC, 9.03 million

    16. “Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer,” CBS, 9.02 million.

    17. “Sinatra 100, the Grammy Concert,” CBS, 8.78 million.

    18. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 8.75 million.

    19. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 8.68 million.

    20. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.62 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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