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    Bicoastal Bedford Falls has signed feature director Adam Shankman for worldwide commercial representation. An established choreographer, Shankman helmed the upcoming The Wedding Planner, starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. Shankman’s shortform directing credits include promos for Just Shoot Me, Veronica’s Closet, Frasier and the forthcoming Bette…. Director Pierre de Lespinois has signed with Los Angeles-based production house c.2K for exclusive spot representation….September Productions is relinquishing its 22-year-old Boston office, and consolidating all of the company’s operations at its New York site. Directors Elena Colombo, Neil Salley, Paul Henschel and Dan Driscoll, who is also September’s president/owner, will continue with the company. However, Bill Cuccinello , a 13-year September veteran, is departing to sign with Picture Park, which has offices in Boston and Santa Monica, for spot representation. At press time, Boston-based head of production Kim Daniels was deciding whether or not to relocate to New York. Executive producer Sonta Giamber, who is already New York based, will stay with the company. Additionally, September has also shuttered its corporate- and industrial-video division, September Films….Editor Mary Hackett, a staffer at the Chicago office of postproduction facility Avenue, is relocating to the West Coast, where she will work out of Avenue’s Santa Monica operation….Executive producer Eugenia Trujillo-Vieira has joined Miami-based production house Peliculas Ponder. She returns to the commercial world after taking a 10-month hiatus in Europe. Prior to her sojourn, Trujillo-Vieira had a six-year stint at ilumina films, Miami, serving the last two years as an executive producer….After wrapping a feature commitment, director Todd Phillips is again available for spots via bicoastal Moxie Pictures….

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    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

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