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    Independent rep Barrie Isaacson will team with Pamala Buzick to handle the East Coast for bicoastal/international HSI….Independent Midwest reps Marci Miles and Kristina “KK” Kovacevic have formally teamed up under the Reelize banner. Reelize was the rep firm formed by Miles four years ago. Miles and Kovacevic will combine their rosters and work as a team to handle Midwest representation for their ensemble of talent. The lineup repped by Chicago-based Reelize includes Rhythm + Hues, Curious Pictures, Mirror, Playroom, Red Rover, Picasso, Yu+Co. and JSM Music…..Ear to Ear Music & Sound Design, Santa Monica and London, has named Tanja Crouch to serve as its exclusive rep on the East Coast and in the Midwest.  Ear to Ear is headed by creative director Brian Banks and exec producer Amy Lyngos….Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angeles, has added Academy Award winner Russell Carpenter, ASC, to its roster. The DP recently wrapped the Lena Olin, Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen thriller Awake, directed by Joby Harold, and is currently available for commercials and features. Carpenter won a best cinematography Oscar for director James Cameron’s Titanic….Agent Jeannine Angelique has departed LSP Agency and come aboard the Stacy Cheriff Agency, Venice, Calif., bringing along with her a coterie of talent consisting of DPs Sergio Arguello, Scott Buttfield, Douglas Cooper, Brandon Cox, Jim Hawkinson, Joe Maxwell, Tom McGrath, Zeus Morand, Mike Ozier, Dave Perkal, Sebastian Pffaffenbichler, Adam Santelli, Florian Stadler and Checco Varese as well as production designers Benjamin Bamps, Robert de Vico, Matthew Holt, Brock Houghton and Teri Whittaker….DP Michael Trim has signed with the Montana Artists Agency, Los Angeles, for exclusive representation in all areas….Production designer Happy Massee has signed with Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, for commercials and music videos. He recently wrapped The Gardener of Eden with director Kevin Connolly…..DP Roberto Schaefer is now available for all work through Innovative Artists after completing principal photography on For Your Consideration, directed by Christopher Guest…..

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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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