Maggie Klein and Diana Mandelare of Maggie Klein & Company, New York, will handle East Coast sales for Schofield Films, New York….Peter Ziegler of Ziegler Management Group, New York, is now handling East Coast sales for Bruce Dowad Associates, Los Angeles….Chicago-based Marguerite Juliusson has been named Midwest spot rep for director Scott Gillen of Los Angeles-headquartered A Band Apart. Dawn Rao continues to handle the Midwest for the rest of A Band Apart’s directorial roster….Santa Monica-based Union Editorial has signed Lori Benson and Rich Schafler of Benson/Schafler Artists Management, New York, for representation on the East Coast….Bicoastal Tröllback & Company has retained Stacey & Company, Santa Monica, for West Coast and Texas representation….Orlando Management, Sherman Oaks, Calif., has signed production designer Bryan Jones for exclusive representation….Production designer Gideon Ponte has signed with United Talent Agency (UTA), Beverly Hills, Calif., for representation in commercials, features and music videos….Dave Anderson has joined Fletcher, Chicago, as sales business manager, heading up the company’s Sony Broadcast sales. He will oversee all national high-end HD camera and accessory sales coordinating through Fletcher’s Chicago facility, as well as its agents in Columbus, Ohio; Detroit; Portland, Ore.; and Miami….
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
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