Matt Miller, president/CEO of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers, and Jackie Kelman Bisbee, founding partner/co-owner, Park Pictures, and chairperson of the 2012 AICP Show, The Art & Technique of the American Commercial, today announced the composition of the Show’s Curatorial Committee. The Show debuts June 12 at The Museum of Modern Art, and entries are now being accepted.
“The Curatorial Committee is an integral part in ensuring the success of the Show each year,” said Miller. “Having such a deep bench of industry professionals from so many different disciplines brings a great perspective to each installment of the Show.”
Under the direction of Kelman Bisbee and Miller, The Curatorial Committee is comprised of a cross-section of industry leaders, working in all disciplines which contribute to creating marketing in the motion image. The Curatorial Committee is part of a bifurcated judging system, which begins with a series of judging panels from across the country, with experts in various fields judging work across the 23 categories in the Show. The Curatorial Committee is the final arbiter in the disposition of the Show, confirming eligibility and appropriateness to category. The AICP Next Awards are judged by a separate panel.
“This is an amazing committee, who bring a huge amount of experience and insight to the Show across all categories,” said Kelman Bisbee. “It will be great to meet with them to discuss and analyze the work.”
In addition to Kelman Bisbee and Miller, the Curatorial Committee comprises: Lance Acord, director, Park Pictures; Stephanie Apt, president, Final Cut; Rick Boyko, managing director, VCU Brandcenter; Brian Carmody, managing partner/co-founder, SMUGGLER; Susan Credle, chief creative officer, Leo Burnett; Scott Duchon, chief creative officer, twofifteenmccann; Pete Favat, managing partner/chief creative officer, Arnold; Robert Fernandez, CEO, Moxie Pictures; Sherman Foote, partner/creative director/composer, Big Foote; Susan Hoffman, executive creative director, Wieden + Kennedy, Portland; Linda Honan, sr. creative director, BBDO; Roseanne Horn, executive director of broadcast production, McGarryBowen; Marie Hyon, founder/creative director, PSYOP; Kerry Keenan, global director of creative content, Y&R; Andrew Keller, CEO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky; Angus Kneale, executive creative director, The Mill; Karen Kourtessis, partner/editor, Crew Cuts; Raymond Loewy, founder/composer/sound designer, tonefarmer; Kevin McKeon, partner/chief creative officer, StrawberryFrog; G. Andrew Meyer, sr. VP/group creative director, Cramer-Krasselt; Sarah Patterson, executive producer, TBWAChiatDay, LA; Danny Rosenbloom, managing director, Brand New School; Ole Sanders, director, Traktor; Erik-Jan Verheijen, head of broadcast, Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam; Roger Wojahn, composer, Wojahn Bros.
The Show entry site, powered by Nice Spots, is now accepting entries. The entry deadline for the Show & Next Awards is March 2, 2012 for work airing February 28, 2011 — March 2, 2012. The Show, established in 1992, is the most important advertising showcase in the U.S. Each year, the best advertising appearing in the moving image is honored and made part of the archive of the Department of Film at MoMA. The Next Awards, a featured presentation of the Show launched five years ago, to highlight the winners of the Next categories, which honor advertising that appears outside of traditional channels.
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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