BRW FILMLAND Los Angeles has signed Strike! for sales representation on the East Coast. Kelly Flint launched Strike! in 2007, which represents top directors, designers, animators and editors. In addition to BRW, Flint represents Fiona, Free Market Films and Private School….With the official launch of its New York office complete, bicoastal Arcade Edit has set up new sales representation for the U.S. East Coast representation is now being handled by Barrie Isaacson MGMT, headed-up by Barrie Isaacson and sales reps Cara Wenig and Natalie Loos. Mary Kate Hatfield is now heading up Midwest sales. West Coast and Texas representation remains with Dexter Randazzo at The Department of Sales. Arcade Edit is an editorial collective and partnership among managing partner Damian Stevens, executive producer/partner Sila Soyer and editors/partners Kim Bica, Jeff Ferruzzo, Geoff Hounsell and Paul Martinez. Arcade’s roster of talent also includes editors Will Hasell, Christjan Jordan, Mark Paiva, Nick Rondeau and Greg Scruton, and EP Nicole Visram…..Nashville-based commercial production company Porchlight has secured Jack Reed of Jack Reed Reps to handle its roster of live-action and tabletop directors in the Southeast and Southwest digital and broadcast commercial markets….Laura Coones of Moccasin Management has added FRAME to its roster for both West Coast/Texas commercial representation as well as TV network broadcast projects. Frame just finished six ID rebrands for Swedish network TV3 Puls….Michael Guariglia has joined Telemundo Media as VP, network sales. He will be responsible for overseeing the advertising sales function for Telemundo Network for the Northeast territory. Guariglia will report to Mike Alvarez, sr. VP, ad sales Telemundo Network and will be based in New York City. As the senior leader in the Northeast territory, Guariglia will work with top clients to develop integrated packages and programs to suit their needs. He will serve as the senior point of contact for clients and agencies in his territory, and will be responsible for negotiating top-tier deals. Guariglia will play an integral role in designing strategy and will be responsible for overseeing the regional sales team, as well as evaluating the performance of advertising sales programs. Guariglia joins Telemundo from Univision Communications Inc., where he served as an account executive. Prior to that, he was VP, client development, Univision Communications Inc. Before joining Univision, Guariglia was VP, advertising sales at The WB/CW TV Network and account executive at the WB Network….
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