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    Joinery signs director Georgi Banks-Davies for U.S. representation

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    LOS ANGELES --

    Director Georgi Banks-Davies has signed with Joinery for U.S. representation. Her clients include Coca Cola, South African Airways, InterContinental Hotels, Shell, Ericcson, BMW and Credit Suisse.

    Banks-Davies began directing commercials at the BBC after graduating from film school, quickly poached by CNN International soon after to direct content for the network’s global coverage of news, current affairs, politics and sports. That tenure allowed Banks-Davies to develop her unique, evocative style of storytelling that focuses on shared human emotions framed in a boldly cinematic style:

    “Jamaica” for Coca Cola exemplifies this approach. It’s absorbing work shot on the Caribbean island that plays out as a fun, infectious ride full of atmosphere and character. “Soul” for AT&T through BBDO NY also features beautifully considered moments of family life.

    Banks-Davies is currently in post wrapping projects for Kohler through O&M, India, plus work for T-Mobile through DDB, Hamburg that follows on from her previous successful World Cup campaign. Two online films for Nivea through AKQA, London will also be released in upcoming weeks. Prior to Joinery, Banks-Davies was with Mad Heart in the U.S.




    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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