Aleysa Young of Untitled Films, Toronto, directed a campaign consisting of three spots to promote the Television Bureau of Canada’s 2012 Bessies, the annual awards competition for advertising film. The campaign is designed in part to get the word out that for the first time ever, the Bessies will celebrate the best in creative and craft, with the addition of the Craft Film category and 10 new awards. Honors will be given out for Animation, Best Use of Original Music, Casting, Cinematography, Colorist, Directing, Editing, Production Design, Sound Design, Special Effects and Compositing.
In addition, the Kari Award will go to this year’s Best Actor or Actress. Other prestigious accolades will include the Bob Mann Award for Excellence in Post-Production, the Janet Woods Award for Best Producer, and the Spiess Award for Lifetime Achievement in Television Advertising.
While the promos titled “The Editing Room” and “The Casting Session” tie into the Craft-fueled expansion, SHOOT chose “The After Party” which gives a tongue-in-cheek depiction of the scintillating conversation that comes during the celebrating that evening after the awards show.
Agency on the campaign is Red Urban, Toronto. The 2012 Bessies take place on Sept. 27, starting at 5 pm at the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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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