Director Mikko Lehtinen, a.k.a. Mikko, has joined greatguns: usa for exclusive North American representation. He continues to be repped in the U.K. and throughout Europe by London-headquartered Sauna.
Mikko’s work is of a humorous bent as reflected in spots for Sprite, Ikea, ICTV, Georgian Wine, and T-Mobile. He has built his reel considerably since he was last repped stateside several years ago by Hungry Man.
Raised in Lahti, Finland, where he studied film, theater, cultural history and commercial design, Mikko broke in as a production assistant at MTV3 and came up through the production ranks to eventually produce, edit and direct. He honed his visual storytelling and affinity for offbeat comedy at MTV3, going on to establish his directorial career in Europe.
Among his recent credits are spots for Forum Bank out of Ogilvy & Mather Ukraine (shortlisted at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity), Suchard Mini Rocher for Leg Agency, Paris, Coca-Cola for Mother London, and Sprite and Starchips via Ogilvy Warsaw.
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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