Looking Glass Films, Los Angeles, and Bikini Films, London, have entered into an arrangement whereby each will represent select talent from the other’s roster in their respective markets. Initially, Bikini at Looking Glass will feature directors Andy Morahan, David Hartley, Peter Lydon, Johnny Magginn, Jonty Toosey and Katie Bell for stateside projects.
Conversely, under the Looking Glass at Bikini banner, gaining U.K. spot representation will be Bikini’s roster of filmmakers which includes David Mamet, Alek Keshishian, Alfonso Arau, Steven Antin, Kerry Conran, Chad Einbinder, Renny Harlin, Anjelica Huston, Marc/Andy, Francine McDougall, Marine Panossian, Jay Roach, Chris Rock, Mark Simmons, and Cliff Watts.
Looking Glass is headed by owner/executive producer June Guterman. The Bikini Films executive team consists of managing partner Kate Elson, deputy managing director/head of music video Phil Barnes and director/partner Morahan.
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."
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