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    Bicoastal Anonymous has signed director Stephane Sednaoui, who comes over from bicoastal/international Propaganda Films. Additionally,Anonymous has signed a deal to provide U.S. representation for directors Chris Palmer, Frank Budgen and Peter Thwaites of London-based production house Gorgeous….Executive producer Jim Evans, who for the past year-and-a-half was partnered in the former commercial/music video house Gas.Food & Lodging (GF&L), has signed on to head the newly formed spot division at Extension Films, a Santa Monica-based satellite of Propaganda. Extension’s music video operation was launched last year (SHOOT, 11/17/00, p.1). Extension’s spot director roster will be announced in the next few weeks….Director Jim Jenkins is coming aboard bicoastal/international hungry man…. Highway 61, New York, has signed director Mark Claywell, formerly of bicoastal Celsius Films….The board of directors of the Association of Imaging Technology and Sound (ITS) has decided to cancel the 2001 ITS Forum due to uncertainty caused by the possibly pending writers’ and actors’ strikes against TV/feature studios. The board of directors also opted to initiate a restructuring of the ITS board itself, and to pursue new alliances with like-minded industry associations….Jesse Dylan has stepped down as chairman and CEO of publicly traded Paradise Music and Entertainment (NASDAQ:PDSE) in order to concentrate on commercial production and feature film directorial projects. Dylan continues to serve on the board of directors for PDSE, which is parent to such spot production holdings as bicoastal Straw Dogs and Shelter Films, and Nashville-headquartered Picture Vision. He remains on Straw Dogs’ spot directorial roster. David Pritchard and Kelly Hickel succeed Dylan as CEO and chairman of PDSE, respectively. Pritchard is the former CEO and president of Film Roman, a North Hollywood-based animation studio. Hickel is chairman and CEO of iballMedia, a San Diego-headquartered firm servicing consumers with traditional and online delivery of music and music-driven events. This month, PDSE and iballMedia signed a memo of understanding that the latter would be merged into the former….Executive producer Matthew Marquis is exiting Santa Monica-based Fuel, a subsidiary of New York-headquartered Razorfish, and will launch Milk Bar, a live-action spot production company in Santa Monica. Three former Fuel directors will join Marquis at the new shop: Fuel founder Seth Epstein, Jarl Olsen and Lara Shapiro. Additionally, word is that director Brumby Boylston will be part of the Milk Bar roster. Janet Arlotta, who was most recently exec producer of Razorfish’s Santa Monica-based broadcast design division, has been named general manager and exec producer of Fuel….James Morris, Robin Shenfield and Pat Joseph, founders of spot visual effects/post facility The Mill and feature effects shop Mill Film—both based in London—have acquired the companies in a management buyout….New York-headquartered Shooting Gallery Inc. has named Joseph Tedeschi to serve as its president. He succeeds Stephen Carlis who recently departed….

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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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