Bicoastal Park Pictures has brought The Glue Society–a creative collective that includes film directors, designers, artists and writers–aboard its directorial roster for representation in the U.S. Additionally via its alliance with Academy Films, London, Park Pictures represents The Glue Society in the U.K. The collective is handled by Revolver in Australia.
The Glue Society has earned assorted honors over the years, including Grand Prix, Gold Lion and Titanium Awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. The collective’s work spans broadcast entertainment, graphic design, web-based viral projects, art installations, live events and both print and TV advertising. On the latter score, The Glue Society’s credits include such recent work as VB’s “Regulars” and Toohey’s “Beer Relay.”
Via their prior roost, bicoastal/international @radical.media, The Glue Society directed assorted notable projects over the years, including the lauded “March of the Emperors” spot for Canal Plus out of BETC Euro RSCG, Paris, and branded content in the form of The Gamekillers, a one-hour MTV dating special promoting Axe Dry deodorant for Bartle Bogle Hegarty, New York.
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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