DP Denson Baker, ACS, NZSC has joined U.K.’s Loop Talent for representation. Hailing from New Zealand and of Maori heritage, Baker has a body of work spanning feature films, music videos, documentaries and commercials. His recent endeavors include feature film The Colour Room starring Phoebe Dynevor and Matthew Goode; the BBC TV series The Luminaries featuring Eve Hewson and Eva Green; and the SKY TV series Domina with Kasia Smutniak, Claire Forlani and Isabella Rossellini. Baker’s talent has also graced projects such as: Ophelia with Daisy Ridley and Naomi Watts; Measure of a Man with Donald Sutherland, Judy Greer and Luke Wilson; and the popular U.K. TV series Victoria. Honored with the 2021 Cinematographer of the Year Award by the Australian Cinematographers Society, Baker is accredited by both the Australian Cinematographers Society (since 2005) and the New Zealand Cinematographers Society (since 2015). Notable Loop Talent clients include production designer Declan Price (A Bit of Light, Matriarch, Kindling), costume designer Cathy Prior (Derry Girls, Sexy Beast, Stay Close), Emmy Award-winning hair and make-up designer Frances Hounsom (Magic Mike’s Last Dance, The Rising) and editor Galina Chakarova (Rain Dogs, Grime Kids). Recent Loop signings include hair and make-up designer Natalie Pateman, whose diverse array of projects spans courtroom dramas and period productions like the BAFTA-nominated BBC Ghosts. Pateman’s most recent endeavor includes the much anticipated adaptation of The Marlow Murder Club…
Costa Nikols has joined Riedel Communications, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, as VP of sales enablement for the global team. Nikols served as VP of global sales enablement at Grass Valley, where he helped guide the company through its transition from a hardware-based to a software-enabled brand. For over 20 years, Nikols held various leadership positions at Grass Valley and its acquisitions, including sr. product manager at Snell & Wilcox and sales engineering group manager at Miranda Technologies. For his role at Riedel, Nikols will be based in Montreal and report directly to Daniel Url, product division CCO…..
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads โ essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More