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    Digital Arts adds Boyle, Beatrice, Verderosa, Scarpulla, Spano, Donnelly

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    NEW YORK --

    Postproduction facility Digital Arts NY, headed by owner/CEO Axel Ericson, has added several creative talent and production staff members formerly of Nutmeg to its roster–sr. producer Lauren Boyle, sound designers/mixers Brian Beatrice and Frank Verderosa, colorist Gary Scarpulla, finishing editor/technical engineer Mark Spano, and director of production Brian Donnelly. 

    As part of this expansion, Digital Arts will unveil additional infrastructure featuring an ADR stage/mix room. The current facility boasts several state-of-the-art audio suites, its historic first-ever 4K finishing theater/mixing dubstage on the East Coast, four color/finishing suites and expansive editorial and production space, which is spread over four floors.
     
    The former Nutmeg team has hit the ground running servicing their long-time ad agency, network, animation and film studio clients. Scarpulla has been working on color for HBO’s Veep and Los Espookys, while Verderosa has been working with Ogilvy on several IKEA campaigns, and Beatrice has been mixing for Tom Ford’s prestigious cosmetics line series of spots. 

    Digital Arts’ in-house theater/mixing stage has proven to be a valuable resource for some of the most popular TV productions including recording recent commentary sessions for the HBO series Game of Thrones and the final season of Veep. 

    Additionally Ericson and finishing editor Spano collaborated with Oscar-winning directors Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, bringing to fruition their recently debuted Netflix documentary The Great Hack which delves into the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

    Digital Arts also recently expanded its offerings to include production services. The company has already delivered projects for agencies Area 23, FCB Health and TCA.

    “Digital Arts’ existing infrastructure was ideally suited to leverage itself into end-to-end production. Now we can deliver from shoot to post,” said Donnelly.

    Tags:Axel EricsonBrian BeatriceDigital Arts NYFrank VerderosaLauren Boyle



    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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