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Representing voice characters in video games, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have reached a tentative agreement with video game publishers on a contract which provides union performers with a 36 percent increase in minimum wages over the next three-and-a-half years. SAG and AFTRA had sought residuals for voice characters but ultimately backed off that demandé.. Director Braden King, a documentary filmmaker, has joined Washington Square Films, New York, for commercials. At his new roost, King has already helmed a series of spots for the Partnership for a Drug-Free Americaé.Directing duo Roenberg has signed with U.K. house M-A-D-E. The deal came about as a result of the partnership arrangement between M-A-D-E and Paris-based DOG productions, which reps Roenberg in France. DOG is part of Luc Besson’s Europacorp Group. Roenberg are in postproduction on their first feature film, Bandidas, produced by Besson through Europacorp. The film stars Penelope Cruz and Selma Hayek. The Roenberg team maintains Oslo-based Motion Blur, which also has a stateside base of operationé.DP Tami Reiker received the Kodak Vision Award last week in recognition for her cinematography on the pilot episode of HBO’s Carnivale, directed by Rodrigo Garcia. Last year, Reiker’s work on Carnivale earned her an ASC outstanding achievement award. She recently wrapped principal photography on Mr. Woodcock, which stars Susan Sarandon and Billy Bob Thornton. Reiker is repped by Dattner Dispoto and Associates, Los Angelesé.Category:Street Talk
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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