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    Flashback for January 24, 2014

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    January 23, 2009

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    The Mill, with VFX/post studios in London, NY and L.A., topped the field of spot nominations for the 7th annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards. Three of The Mill’s five ad noms came on the strength of its NY office’s efforts on Coca-Cola’s “It’s Mine” directed by Nicolai Fuglsig of MJZ for Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore….Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has joined Saville Productions for exclusive North American representation in commercials. Spurlock is best known for the 2004 documentary film Super Size Me….Joe Johnson, who most recently served as a creative director at Ogilvy in New York, has joined Publicis New York as executive VP/executive creative director. In his new role, he will work with the agency’s creative teams to develop campaigns for Procter & Gamble’s Vicks global brand…..Noel Haan has joined Energy BBDO, Chicago, as senior VP/group creative director. He comes over from Cramer Krasselt, Chicago, where he served in the same role…..

    January 23, 2004 
    Roman numerals become a bit unwieldy when it comes to conveying the average cost for 30 seconds of ad time on CBS’ telecast of Super Bowl XXXVIII, pitting the New England Patriots against the Carolina Panthers on Feb. 1. Word is that a half-minute timeslot on the Big Game in Houston is fetching an average of nearly $2.3 million, about nine percent more than the going rate for the 2003 Super Bowl….Director Frank Todaro has wrapped a longstanding tenure with @radical.media and formally come aboard bicoastal Moxie Pictures….Red Car, the editorial house with operations in Santa Monica, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Dallas and Buenos Aires, has set up shop in San Antonio. The company has also made a key hire to help coalesce the talent at all its offices, offering a national roster of artisans to the ad community at large. Coming aboard in the newly created role of national marketing director is Valerie Petrusson, whose editing pedigree includes her serving as an executive producer/strategist/consultant for the Santa Monica operation of Crew Cuts. Prior to that, she helped to build editorial house Inside/Out from the ground up….Director/cameraman Vittorio Sacco has signed with Plum Productions for exclusive spot representation in North America. Harold & Motion Pictures, Milan, represents him in Italy while Hot Tabletop, his production shop with partner Piero Cozzi, handles him in Europe….




    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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