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    Nielsen Rates Supreme Court Appointment; The Week’s Viewership In Review

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    President Donald Trump applauds Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    By David Bauder, Media Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    Brett Kavanaugh is no Neil Gorsuch — at least as a television draw for their first night on the national political stage.

    The Nielsen company said that 25.6 million people watched President Donald Trump’s primetime announcement Monday that Kavanaugh is his nominee for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. That compares to 32.4 million who saw Trump’s similar unveiling of Gorsuch, his first nominee, last year.

    Television viewership is general is lower in the summer than in the winter, when the Gorsuch nomination was made.

    Fox News Channel was the network of choice for most viewers of the announcement, with an audience of 6.6 million people. Sean Hannity hosted Fox’s coverage of the event. ABC, with 5.25 million, led the four broadcast networks; ABC interrupted an episode of “The Bachelorette” for its coverage.

    Nielsen said NBC had 4.9 million viewers, CBS had 3.3 million, MSNBC had 2.05 million, Fox broadcasting had 1.93 million and CNN had 1.59 million.

    In primetime last week, NBC won among total viewers for the first time since the Winter Olympics. The week with the Fourth of July is traditionally among the least-watched television weeks of the year. NBC was helped by its airing of the Macy’s fireworks display from New York City.

    NBC averaged 4.1 million viewers for the week, CBS had 4 million, ABC had 3.1 million, Fox had 1.6 million, ION Television had 1.4 million, Univision had 1.2 million, Telemundo had 1 million and the CW had 740,000.

    Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 1.97 million viewers in prime time. HGTV had 1.38 million, USA had 1.33 million, MSNBC had 1.31 million and History had 1.28 million.

    ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 7.7 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” was second with 7.3 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.4 million.

    Below are primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 2-8. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

    1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.45 million.
    2. “Macy’s July Fourth Fireworks” (Wednesday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 7.41 million.
    3. “Little Big Shots,” NBC, 6.51 million.
    4. “Celebrity Family Feud,” ABC, 6.34 million.
    5. “America’s Got Talent,” NBC, 6.29 million.
    6. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 5.89 million.
    7. “NCIS,” CBS, 5.71 million.
    8. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 5.64 million.
    9. “The Bachelorette,” ABC, 5.3 million.
    10. “Big Brother” (Sunday), CBS, 5.11 million.
    11. “The $100,000 Pyramid,” ABC, 5.06 million.
    12. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 5 million.
    13. “Big Brother” (Thursday), CBS, 4.97 million.
    14. “Bull,” CBS, 4.93 million.
    15. “Code Black,” CBS, 4.83 million.
    16. “Macy’s July Fourth Fireworks” (Wednesday, 10 p.m.), NBC, 4.53 million.
    17. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 4.49 million.
    18. Auto Racing: Nascar Cup Series, Daytona, NBC, 4.44 million.
    19. “American’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 4.39 million.
    20. “Mom,” CBS, 4.06 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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