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    Trevor Beattie, chairman/chief creative officer at TBWA, London, is leaving the agency, along with Bill Bungay, deputy creative director, and Andrew McGuinness, the shop’s chief executive. It’s expected that the trio will open their own ad agency. Danny Brooke-Taylor and Tony McTear have been promoted to co-creative directors at TBWA….Documentary filmmaker Mark Lewis (The Natural History of Chicken) has signed with Area 51, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation in commercials….Director/cinematographer Reed Smoot, known for his work on large format Imax films, has joined Santa Monica-based MotivFilms for commercials and Imax projects….Bicoastal Stardust has hired Eileen Doherty as its West Coast executive producer. She had been working for the company on a freelance basis. Earlier Doherty was a writer/producer at MTV….Nonlinear editing pioneer Tom Ohanian–an Academy Award and two-time Emmy Award winner for his inventions of the Avid Media Composer, Film Composer, and Multicamera systems–has been named senior director of Autodesk Consulting for the media and entertainment industry (which would include the products in the Autodesk Media and Entertainment unit, formerly known as Discreet). Prior to joining Autodesk, Ohanian served as VP of product development at DMOD, after spending much of his career at Avid. An accomplished editor, designer and inventor, Ohanian is author of industry textbooks Digital Nonlinear Editing and co-author of Digital Filmmaking….Lachlan Murdoch, deputy COO of News Corp., will receive the Media Person of the Year Award at this year’s Cannes International Advertising Festival……Speaking of the Cannes Ad Fest, Team USA has been named for the ’05 Young Creatives Competition: Krista Lea Hogg and Justin Lesinski of West Wayne, Tampa, Fla., and Elena Fridman of Atmosphere BBDO New York. At Cannes, they will compete against teams from all over the world, having just 24 hours to complete an ad or a Web design assignment to be assessed by leading industry judges. For additional info about the Young Creatives program, visit the Canne Web site (www.canneslions.com)….

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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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