Director Misko Iho has joined Interrogate for commercial representation in the U.S. The Finnish director is best known for his commercial film series for the Finnish Railways and music videos for the Finnish artists Chisu and Sunrise Avenue, which won Music Video of the Year at the Finnish Grammy Awards 2010 and 2012.
Iho just completed production on his first U.S. commercial for Nintendo with San Francisco agency Goodby, Silverstein and Partners.
In addition to his spots and music videos, Misko’s 2010 debut short film The Patient gained exposure on the festival circuit and won Best Direction at the Super Shorts International Film Festival in London and Best Short Film at the 2011 Byron Bay Film Festival in Australia.
Interrogate is under the aegis of founder/managing director Jeff Miller and maintains offices in L.A. and N.Y.
A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly
U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.
The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.
Here's what it all means:
What is the Justice Department's goal?
Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.
"The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."
Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."
It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More