Deluxe New York, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, has launched online editorial and visual effects services for the New York television and commercial market.
The new services are as a result of a collaboration between Deluxe and Ben Murray, whose online and visual effects editorial credits include NBC’s 30 Rock, Showtime’s Nurse Jackie, and HBO’s Bored to Death.
Murray’s expertise goes beyond editing. He began working in the industry as a colorist in 2001, expanding his career to image restoration and animation. His body of work includes television episodic, specials, documentaries and feature films including Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story where he served as supervising conform editor.
Deluxe is making an aggressive move to partner with creative talent to add to its array of services. “Deluxe has been in the New York market for two years now, and we felt it was the right time to partner with top notch creative talent to complement our editorial and postproduction services,” said Mike Jackman, VP/general manager, Deluxe New York. “Ben brings a wealth of experience, fantastic attitude and immense talent. We are thrilled to be partnered with him.”
Deluxe New York is a full service television and film postproduction facility offering processing of both 35mm and 16mm film, HD/SD telecine, a full EFILM® Digital Intermediate platform, as well as Media Management services for film and video deliverables. A 40-seat new screening theater supports multiple-format digital and film projection in premier digital audio formats.
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