Cutters, a post house with studios in Chicago and Santa Monica, has added Barnett Kiel to its editorial roster. Kiel, who had most recently been with Beast LA, has cut for such clients as Kaiser Permanente, Reebok, Cadillac and Porsche. His latest campaign was a graphic and visual effects endeavor for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns out of Campbell Fisher.
Kiel also edited a Coca-Cola spec spot, “Bottles” directed and shot by Ken Arlidge of Aero Film, which last summer earned inclusion in SHOOT‘s “The Best Work You May Never See” gallery (8/7/09). The prior year a real-world commercial helmed by Arlidge and cut by Kiel–Kaiser Permanente Hawaii’s “Breath” for Campbell-Ewald, Los Angeles–earned “Best Work” distinction
Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, Kiel brings an eclectic background in music and creativity that’s taken him throughout Europe and the United States, eventually landing him to Los Angeles, the birthplace of a successful 15-year career editing trailers, and commercials. He has collaborated with directors such as Arlidge, Klaus Obermeyer and Luis Gerard, and the editor’s studio clients include 20th Century Fox, Universal, Paramount, MGM and Warner Brothers.
Cutters’ affiliate studios include Another Country with its state-of-the-art sound studios, as well as Sol Design.
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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