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    Directorial collective Happycamper joins th1ng for U.S. representation

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    NEW YORK --

    Production collective th1ng Group (pronounced ‘thing one’) has signed award-winning Stockholm-based directorial group Happycamper for U.S. representation.

    Known for animation and integrated live action/animation, the Happycamper studio entity was recently acquired by Sweden animation house Magoo. Happycamper now consists of president and EP Anders Tornquist, head director Andrés Rosas Hott, and Henrik Jernberg, executive producer of Magoo, who will liaise between the two groups. According to Tornquist, “with this arrangement in place Happycamper can utilize the resources of Magoo and th1ng to work effectively and efficiently in the U.S. market”.

    Notable Happycamper credits include a series of spots for China Mobile that earned them nominations at Cannes and the Film Craft Lions, a piece for RWE, which won them Bronze at both the LIA and Epica awards, and a commercial for the globally recognized superstore Ikea. Director Hott will curate an eventual collective of artists and directors, some of whom are already in talks with the group. Parent company Magoo 3D Studios has won numerous awards, including a Cannes Lions Grand Prix for best commercial.

    Th1ng and related companies are represented through Minerva Content (Mary Knox and Shauna Seresin) on the East Coast, Hilly Reps in the Midwest and Saarinen & Pico in the West. 

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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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