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Feature film director Lisa Cholodenko (Laurel Canyon, High Art) has signed with bicoastal/international Partizan for commercial representation….Director Aaron Stoller, known for creating and directing assorted notable spots and promos at MTV, has come aboard Venice, Calif.-based Backyard for exclusive representation. Stoller broke into MTV’s on-air promotions department as an intern and then moved up the ladder, eventually becoming a director. While still at MTV, Stoller directed several Backyard-produced commercials for such clients as Nintendo, Anheuser-Busch, Pringles and Frito-Lay…..Mirror Films, Hollywood, headed by exec producer Eric Barrett, has added director Kevin Kerslake, whose experience spans spots, music videos, episodic TV and documentaries. Over the past several years, Kerslake focused primarily on screenwriting whild doing client-direct work with action sports clients Burton, Quiksilver and DC Shoes via his own company, Gigantic. His joining Mirror signals his return to commercialmaking. Also coming aboard Mirror is head of production Ali Hileman….Director/DP Gordon Willis, Jr., has signed with Santa Monica-based BeachHouse Films….Director Scott McCullough, formerly of BeachHouse, has joined Story, with offices in Chicago, Santa Monica and New York, for exclusive national spot representation….Sparks Productions, Toronto, has taken on representation in Canada for comedy director Frank Devos of Lovo Films, Belgium. He continues to be repped stateside by Saville Productions, Beverly Hills…….Stefanie Hirschtritt, a former producer at J. Walter Thompson, New York, has come aboard Ohio Edit, New York, as a producer….Producer Lisa Houck, formerly of Spot Welders, New York, has joined Phoenix Edit, Effects & Design, San Francisco…..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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