Encore, a Deluxe Entertainment Services Group company, has added a new facility in Vancouver, BC, further expanding its established network of postproduction facilities dedicated to serving television clientele. The Vancouver operation joins Encore locations in Hollywood and New York, as well as sister Deluxe television facility Level 3 in Burbank, Calif. These facilities share a common network that allows them to share media seamlessly, maximizing efficiency and capacity.
“British Columbia has been a major television production center for many years,” said Bill Romeo, sr. VP of Television for Deluxe. “In fact, British Columbia is the fourth largest center for film and television production in all of North America.” He cited Encore’s post infrastructure, resources and talent as a natural fit for the market.
Encore is simultaneously expanding its VFX for television services—known for work on shows as FOX/NBC’s House, ABC’s GCB and Castle, and DreamWorks Television’s The River–to Vancouver. The VFX division of Encore in Vancouver will be headed up by visual effects supervisor Ivan Hayden who has some 15 years of experience, most recently having run Warner Bros. Television’s in-house visual effects studio for their hit series Supernatural. Hayden will report to Tom Kendall, VP of VFX for Television at Deluxe.
Encore in Vancouver is located in a single complex that includes Deluxe’s already established postproduction facility and the local site of Deluxe’s feature film and commercial visual effects facility, Method Studios. Encore’s Vancouver location is currently working on CULT, a pilot for the CW.
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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