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    On-Location Figures Reflect Impact Of Calif. Film Incentive Program

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    Paul Audley
    LOS ANGELES --

    FilmL.A.–the official film office of the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles and other area jurisdictions–has updated its regional on-location filming report. The update revealed that while overall film production has declined nearly one percent so far in 2014 (13,265 permitted production days) in 2014 vs. 13,361 PPD in 2013), projects retained with the aid of the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program contribute mightily to regional production yields. This past quarter, fully 25 percent of area Ffature production and 22 percent of area TV drama production was generated by state-qualified projects.

    Regional on-location feature production increased 24.2 percent last quarter to 1,588 PPD, a testament to the value of California’s current film incentive. The category outperformed its 5-year quarterly average by 39.4 percent, while still falling thousands of PPD short of its peak in 1996. State-qualified feature projects in L.A. included Entourage: The Movie, Horrible Bosses 2, Los Altos, Me, Him, Her, Night Crawler, and The Zone.

    FilmL.A.’s interest in returning feature projects to Los Angeles stems from their significant employment and spending value. Los Angeles officials have repeatedly argued that expanding California’s film incentive would accelerate growth in the features category.

    “This report underscores the importance of our work to expand the film and television credit program to create jobs and boost our economy,” observed Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

    The television production category, which remains the region’s largest measurable film production driver, finished the quarter down 9.2 percent to 4,624 PPD. Television also underperformed its 5-year quarterly average by 1.9 percent. Nearly all TV subcategories posted declines, among them TV dramas (down 7.9 percent to 1,160 PPD), TV Reality (down 9.1 percent to 1,446 PPD), TV sitcom (down
    18.4 percent to 496 PPD) and web-based TV (down 29.7 percent to 379 PPD). TV pilot production increased 1.5 percent to 467 PPD.

    FilmL.A. researchers point out that the overall TV decline would have been much+ steeper were it not for the local presence of incentive-qualified TV dramas like Franklin & Bash, Justified, Major Crimes, Murder in the First, Pretty Little Liars, Rizzoli and Isles, Switched at Birth and Teen Wolf.

    The commercials category inched up 2.8 percent last quarter to 2,360 PPD, and the “other” category, which includes lower-economic value filming like student film projects, music videos, industrial films, etc., stayed flat with 4,693 PPD.

    “This quarter’s report hints at what would be possible if California were to truly step up and compete for new film projects and jobs,” noted FilmL.A. president Paul Audley. “California’s Film & Television Tax Credit Program is in its fifth year; just imagine where we could be five years from now if current efforts to expand the state’s incentive program are successful.”

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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