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    By Theresa Piti

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    Zona Design, New York, created and produced a program package for Soapnet’s SoapCenter news magazine show. The redesigned package includes a new logo, program open, transitions, segment intro, lower thirds, and backgrounds. Zona credits include creative director Zoa Martinez, executive producer Dennis Fluet, associate creative director/designer Curt Neumann, designers Jane Holland and Brad Marks, composite artist Rick Malwitz, 3-D animator Timothy Clark, and assistant producer Jill Haick.

    Anthony Marinelli of New York-based Steel Rose Editorial cut "Whoopi Says," :60 in the "I Love New York" campaign. The commercial features scenes of New York, intercut with celebrities stating their love for the Big Apple. John Marinis was assistant editor for Steel Rose. The ad was directed by Mark Claywell of Highway 61, New York.

    Hollywood-headquartered digital design and communications company Rezn8, completed work on a spot for the Lili Claire Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping raise awareness of those living with Williams Syndrome and other related neurogenetic birth defects. Rezn8’s task was the deliver graphics for the :30 that the Foundation could air as part of its campaign to raise public awareness for its cause. Rezn8 composited photographs of stricken children, as well as Friends star Matthew Perry, within the framework of the :30. Previously, Rezn8 had designed a logo for the Foundation at its inception in 1998.

    MUSIC NOTES

    Duotone Audio Group, New York, composed music for client MONY and New York agency Hanft Byrne Raboy & Partners. Patrick Zimmerli was the composer/arranger on "Old Men," while Pete Min and Carla Capretto were composers/arrangers on "Birds & Bees."

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    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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