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    Bicoastal/international Propaganda Films has signed an exclusive deal to represent European director Sebastien Grousset for spots, music video, television and feature films; Grousset is now helming his first Propaganda job: a MasterCard spot out of McCann-Erickson, New York….Jeff Armstrong, the former executive producer of bicoastal/international Satellite, has launched Drive Media, a Venice, Calif.-based production house that has several elements in place, including: its first director, Frederic Forestier; national representation via Creative Management Partners; and financial backing from commercial industry vets, executive producer Chris Bowell and director Rob Turner. Bowell and Turner have invested as individuals in Armstrongs venture; they are best known as partners in Circle Productions, Vancouver, B.C., and TorontoA.Moxie turns sexy: Director Pam Thomas, who does spots via bicoastal Moxie Pictures, has just wrapped two episodes of HBOs Sex and the City; Moxie principal Dan Levinson directed promos for the pair of showsA. Motion capture/animation company Giant Studios has opened a West Coast branch. The Santa Monica shop will be headed up by chief technology officer William O. SchultzA.Neal Karsh has been named technology deployment manager, audio and DTV, for Leitch. He is based at the Chesapeake, Va., office of the Toronto-headquartered hardware manufacturer. Karsh is well known to the spot community, having earlier served as VP of audio engineering for New York Media GroupA.

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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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