Executive producer Deanne Mehling has joined Arcade Edit, Los Angeles, as an executive producer. Damian Stevens, managing partner of Arcade, said that he and Mehling will work closely together to expand the shop’s Los Angeles roster and to open a New York office.
Mehling will also be involved in the daily operations and expansion of Arcade’s sister company, Airship Post, which provides post services including visual effects, graphic design and file conversion.
For more than 20 years, Mehling has worked in the commercial production and post industry. In 2001, Mehling formed a partnership with editors Lance Pereira and Hal Hongisberg to launch Chrome in Santa Monica, where she was executive producer/partner. Prior to co-founding Chrome, Mehling held senior management positions at Satellite Films, Fahrenheit Films, A52 and Jigsaw Editorial.
Her credits over the years span spots for such brands as Nike, Sony PlayStation, Apple, HP and Visa, Additionally she is credited with co-producing a short documentary by Lauren Greenfield, called kids+money. It traveled to over 50 festivals including Sundance where it was picked up by HBO and aired on its documentary series shorts in ’08.
Stevens and editors Kim Bica, Geoff Hounsell and Paul Martinez are partnered in Arcade. The shop’s roster also includes editors Patrick Griffin and Christjan Jordan. Airship Post’s lead VFX artist is Chris Homel, with Keala Asato serving as assistant VFX artist.
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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