SANTA MONICA-Henry artist Jon Brosnan, formerly of POP Television, Santa Monica, has come aboard visual effects/ telecine boutique Company 3, also in Santa Monica. Both POP and Company 3 are part of the family of shops under the publicly held, Burbank-headquartered Four Media Company (4MC) banner.
At Company 3, Brosnan joins fellow Henry artist Noel Castley-Wright, helping to boost the firm’s high-end visual effects capacity for spots and music videos. Company founder/senior colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld described Brosnan as "a perfect complement for Noel and a good match for the philosophy of Company 3, which is to be an artist-driven shop."
Brosnan comes from a fine arts background, having studied painting, printmaking and sculpture at Falmouth School of Art in southwest England. "I bring a different set of skills to the table," said Brosnan. "I like to think the skills I’m using are totally transparent. Every job is different, so I’m not imposing a particular style on the project, but aiming to best interpret the wishes of my client and elicit the best quality I can."
Born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Brosnan-after graduating from Falmouth-got his start as a television graphic designer for British Sky Broadcasting, designing title sequences for news, movie and sports channels. He was recruited by Quantel U.K. in 1992 as a demonstrator and trainer on the first generation of Domino, Henry and Hal. After a four-year period as a globe-trotting freelancer, Brosnan moved to Soho 601, London, in ’97. His spot effects work in Europe included collaborations with such studios as Tony Kaye & Partners (now Tony K.), London and West Hollywood, The Artists’ Company, London and bicoastal, and Lambie Nairn, London.
So enamored with Southern California, after a brief trip last year to visit a college friend, Brosnan came back two weeks later to look for work. He was immediately signed by POP Television.
-Millie Takaki
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 โ 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