Street Talk
Executive producer Marlon Staggs has launched Sticks+Stones Studios, Los Angeles. The new venture opens with directors Randy Roberts, formerly of Rhythm & Hues, Los Angeles, and Jerry Brown, who comes over from Tombo, Hollywood… Lorenzo Benedick, founder/exec producer of Vagabond Films, New York, has teamed with head of sales Andrea Martins to launch Big Mama, a New York shop with a roster of directing talent from South America. The directorial lineup includes Michael Abt, Marcelo Galvao, Rodrigo Ferrari, Ivan Ortiz and Doc Robert…..The Mob Film Company, London, has signed director Steve Qua. He formerly served as creative/art director at U.K. ad agency Karmarama. Prior to that he was a freelance director….Director James McTeigue of Right Brain Media, Los Angeles, is once again available for commercials after having wrapped his feature debut, V For Vendetta, which is slated for release through Warner Bros. in March 2006….Commercial producer Anthony Nelson, most recently in charge of content development & acquisitions for Corbis’ motion division, has joined Chelsea Digital, New York, as executive producer….John Landis, who directs commercials and music videos through Los Angeles-based A Band Apart, has directed a segment for Showtime’s Masters of Horror series. Deer Woman, from a script by Landis’ son Max, is about a half-woman, half-deer creature. The segment is slated to run on Showtime in December…. If you are a member of the commercialmaking community who has a film that will be screened during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and would like the project to be considered for coverage in SHOOT‘s Sundance roundup, send a screener to senior editor/creative and production Kristin Wilcha c/o SHOOT, 21 Charles St., Suite 203, Westport, CT 06880. You can also email info to kwilcha@shootonline.com….Category:Street Talk
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
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