The Cavalry Productions has added Leticia Gurjao as its new director of business development. Prior to joining The Cavalry, Gurjao worked as director of development at Green Dot Films…..
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ChopShop Entertainment–which offers ideation, production, design and animation to develop content for broadcast, digital and events–has signed with Dana Dubay for representation in the Eastern region of the U.S. from Maine to Florida and all Eastern states. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dubay will primarily call on agency clients on behalf of ChopShop. Dubay began his career in New York at Moondog Edit working as an assistant editor and from there moved into sales and representation at Blue Rock, Compulsive Pictures and Ten Music before establishing Dubay in 2011. His current client roster includes selected directors and hybrid production companies as well as a music company….
EditShare, known for intelligent shared storage and media management solutions, has promoted Jeff Barnes to sales director while adding Keith Bodner as sr. account manager for workflow solutions for EditShare Americas. Barnes was instrumental in the adoption of EditShare’s integrated production asset management, shared storage and archiving platform into large broadcast facilities and live event space. In his new role, he will lead the Americas sales team. Bodner has extensive media production and sales experience working as Avid’s channel partner account manager and Broadcast Pix’s regional sales manager….
Roland’s Professional A/V Division, headquartered in L.A., has secured two new manufacturers’ representatives. Lienau AV Associates, Inc., has been appointed representative for the mid-Atlantic region, and AudioPros will now represent Roland Pro A/V in the Northeast region. The announcement was made by Christian Delfino, VP of sales and marketing for Roland Professional A/V Division, and it represents the division’s ongoing growth and expansion nationwide. Lienau AV Associates, headed by principals Chris Hutnick, Tom Macri and Domenic Troilo, is an independent manufacturer’s representative firm serving clients in the Mid-Atlantic region of Delaware, Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania and Virginia. AudioPros is a New England-based manufacturer representative firm focusing on professional AV products. Principal Rick Swensen, a 20-year veteran in the industry, and his team recently began representing Roland Pro A/V in New England (CT, RI, VT, MA, NH, ME) and upstate NY….
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 — 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