Rep Report
Effective April 15, the principals in Claire/Alden are going their separate ways. Patricia Claire’s new venture will be .patricia claire co. The New York shop–headquartered in what will be the former premises of Claire/Alden–provides national representation and marketing consultation for a roster that includes: director Tim Hope; Passion Pictures, London; Method, Santa Monica; Psyop, New York; Massive Industries, New York; bicoastal Hornet; Nexus, London; Sherbet, London; Carl’s Fine Films, San Francisco; and Pixar, Richmond, Calif. Additionally, San Francisco-based Wild Brain is handled on the East Coast and in the Midwest. The new firm–with a sales staff consisting of owner Claire, Xavier Egurbide and Patrick Arrasmith–specializes in design, visual effects, CG, animation and mixed-media directors….Meanwhile, Phillip Tyler Alden, formerly of Claire/Alden, is launching The PTA. The new independent rep firm, based in New York, will handle the East Coast for London-based Kleinman Productions (director Daniel Kleinman); Santa Monica-based GARTNER and its sister shop Tight; Santa Monica-based Outsider (headquartered in London); bicoastal Stardust Studios; Nonstop Pictures, New York; and for four of the directors on the roster of Park Pictures, New York–Ringan Ledwidge, Neil Abramson, Luke Forsythe and Jim Gilchrist….Phil McIntyre, formerly of Click 3X, New York, has launched PGM Artists, a New York-based sales and talent management firm. Via the new venture, McIntyre has taken on exclusive U.S. spot representation for Kleiser-Walczak (KW), Hollywood and North Adams, Mass. McIntyre is repping KW for live-action production as well as animation and visual effects jobs. He is also handling Diana Walczak and Jeff Kleiser as a live-action directing team. Additionally, through PGM, McIntyre serves as head of sales for Limbo Films, Portland, Ore. While managing Limbo’s national sales force, McIntyre will also focus on the Northeast and the West Coast territories. Owned by director/DP Gary Nolton, Limbo is handled by independent reps Marci Miles in the Midwest and Ann Asprodites in the Southeast….Category:Rep Reports
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."
It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More
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