Company 3 (CO3), a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., has announced the integration of Deluxe 142’s London-based Digital Intermediate (DI) facility into its network of locations.
The addition extends the reach of Company 3’s operations into Europe, complementing its existing New York, Atlanta and Santa Monica locations. Company 3 in London will be overseen by Stefan Sonnenfeld, Company 3 president/co-founder and president of Deluxe® Creative Services, with day-to-day operations to be led by Patrick Malone, director of digital film services.
“Having a new location based out of London is especially exciting for CO3….The addition of these DI suites will open the door for UK-based feature clients who want to finish at Company 3,” said Sonnenfeld. “It also further expands opportunities for the growing number of features that need to spread postproduction services across both US and UK locations.”
The London location has two DI theaters featuring DaVinci Resolve R350 digital grading systems and 2K Barco projectors that mirror those installed at Company 3’s U.S. locations. This enables the global team to work together to offer a true end-to-end solution from dailies through to deliverables. The London facility is also equipped to work in partnership with Company 3’s sister facility, EFILM.
Sonnenfeld added, “We’ve been working closely with the team in the UK for years and they are world class, having already worked on several high-profile blockbusters including One Day, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The collaboration of talent, knowledge and seamless workflows across Deluxe’s Creative Services group is key to providing the best experience for our clients where ever they are located.”
Company 3’s London DI service will remain an integral part of the suite of services offered by Deluxe 142 which will continue to offer a complete end to end post production solution to their client base spanning the broadcast and feature film market.
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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