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    Washington Square Films, New York, has linked up with Spank Films, Toronto, for Canadian representation on behalf of directors Peter Sillen, Jeff Feuerzeig, Randy Hackett and Bob Balaban….

        Harold Moss, creative director of New York-based animation and design house FlickerLab, is now repped for commercials in Europe via the animation division of commercial production house BUS, Madrid. At press time, Moss was in Madrid serving as visual effects supervisor for animation and design on a FlickerLab spot for Ford, produced by BUS….Production designer Michael Broaddus is now repped by Radiant Artists, Los Angeles, for commercials and music videos….Wardrobe stylist Ernesto Martinez has signed with Montana Artists Agency, Los Angeles, for exclusive representation in all areas. He recently wrapped the Jeff Bridges feature Moguls and is again available for commercials….Michael Pepper, who represents DPs for Sesler & Company, is slated to transfer from the agency’s Toronto quarters to head its Los Angeles office. He will be working with Sesler’s existing U.S. client base as well as establishing new opportunities for the roster of DPs….Quantel has appointed Julian Ramm as regional sales manager for post in Santa Monica, West Hollywood and West Los Angeles. Ramm joins Quantel from Sony where he was responsible for sales of HD systems to key post, broadcast and film studio accounts in Los Angeles, and most recently sales of editing systems throughout the western U.S…..

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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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