Colorist Paul Harrison, formerly of The Mill, London, where his credits included such notable spots as Guinness’ “Tipping Point,” has joined MPC (Moving Picture Company), London, as senior colorist.
He now becomes available both for jobs in the London studio and for MPC clients in Santa Monica, via the company’s remote grading link to Los Angeles. The viability of this connectivity between L.A. and London was underscored when MPC Santa Monica’s Mark Gethin won the 2008 British Television Advertising (BTA) Awards Best Colorist honor for the Audi U.K. spot “Turbo.”
While with The Mill, Harrison earned top colorist BTA distinction in ’05 and ’06. He also brings to MPC expertise in setting up non-linear grading pipelines and working on da Vinci and Pogle grading systems as well as the Baselight.
Harrison joins a team of MPC colorists headed by creative director of coloring Jean-Clement Soret (who graded director Danny Boyle’s multiple Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire)and featuring Gethin, George K and Kenny Gibb.
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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