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    We can’t get enough of TV/Web video integration, so we made an extra effort on the coverage of this year’s upfront. After last week’s iChat with Jack Myers, editor and publisher of the Jack Myers Media Business Report and MediaVillage.com, iSPOT spoke with four network and agency executives to get their perspectives on what kind of content the networks are selling online, how they’re selling it, how the agencies will buy, for what clients, etc., etc., etc. There are really so many issues involved in the sale of online video ads for TV content that not even our first four person iChat can cover it all. But it’s a good start. 
        We didn’t interview anyone from USA Network for our iChat upfront coverage, but we did speak with them about the videos they’re running to promote the fourth season of “The 4400,” a sci-fi drama with an intriguing plot twist that is a focus of not one but 78 videos that began playing Monday. 
        Our iSPOT of the Week is an animated video about the shape of women’s breasts and we also offer a great story on a bobblehead video program at Sikids.com. Never a dull moment!
        We frequently remind readers to send in story ideas. Well, it’s time to thank readers for doing it. We’re getting lots of good ones, but of course we still need more, so don’t hesitate to contact us with your great ideas!

    Ken Liebeskind, iSPOT Senior Editor, kliebeskind@shootonline.com, 203-227-1699, ext.17 www.shootonline.com/go/ispot

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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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