Comedy director Jordan Brady has joined Toronto-based production company Someplace Nice for Canadian representation. He continues to be handled by his shop, Superlounge, in the U.S. Brady has directed over 1,000 national TV spots in his career. A long-time stand-up comedian, having toured nightclubs and colleges in 49 states across America, Brady brings a wry humor to his commercials and has worked with comedy legends such as Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Keegan-Michael Key and Jim Gaffigan. Brady’s work spans clients such as Toyota, National Geographic, GMC, Ford, Jeep, and FIAT. In addition to commercials, Brady has directed five feature films, including the 2010 cult feature hit documentary I Am Comic (Netflix, Showtime). The film is a candid exploration of the world of stand-up comedians featuring top comics such as Louis C.K., Sarah Silverman, Chris Hardwick, Lewis Black, Margaret Cho and more. The film evolved into a trilogy with a 2014 follow up I Am Road Comic (Netflix, Hulu), and I Am Battle Comic, which explores the comedian’s experience of performing comedy for troops on bases in Afghanistan and Iraq. Brady also hosts the popular podcast Respect The Process, described as “The Rosetta Stone of filmmaking.” In the series, Brady hosts one-on-one candid chats with working directors, ad agency creatives and crew members who discuss filmmaking for advertising. Not content to keep his directing knowledge to himself, Brady has conducted a quarterly Commercial Directing Bootcamp since 2015, in which he gives away the keys to the spotmaking kingdom….
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."
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