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    The Directors Network Opens N.Y. Office

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    Deitchman Hired For Big Apple, Uemura For Tokyo

    ENCINO, Calif. --

    The Directors Network (TDN), an Encino-headquartered shop that represents freelance directors and DPs, is extending its reach domestically and internationally. Under the aegis of president Steve Lewis who founded the company 20 years ago, TDN has secured veteran producer Dan Deitchman as senior VP to head up a just launched office in New York.

    Additionally, freelance producer and longtime TDN client Nick Uemura has been commissioned to represent the company’s talent to Japanese production houses. Uemura gives TDN a foothold in Tokyo.

    According to Lewis, TDN is looking to commission an agent in each of the major foreign markets. “Not only will they represent our directors but each will take on a few of their countries’ directors to rep locally,” related Lewis. “We will also represent them [directors from foreign markets] throughout our global network of reps, including in the U.S.  Our main talent base will always be U.S. directors but we will be looking for specialty directors worldwide to enhance our current roster.”

    TDN is currently in talks with agents in Toronto and Hamburg. Lewis noted that China and Korea are key markets that will soon be coming online. He added that plans also call for TDN to expand into Eastern Europe and Latin America.

    Recent signings of U.S. talent by TDN include fashion director/DP Iain McLean, home products director Georgia Tanner, kids/toys helmer Steven Dunning, directorial/DP team Squeeze and DP Eric Tramp.

    The addition of McLean to a core of East Coast directors/DPs Jeff Weiser, Jon Fauer and Abby Dix prompted Lewis’ decision to set up a New York shop for TDN.

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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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