Director/cameraman Domenic Mastrippolito has joined Seed Media Arts under the aegis of executive producer Roy Skillicorn. Seed’s new production headquarters have moved to Mastrippolito’s Santa Monica offices and will be helmed by executive producer Tim Ward. After years as a spot director, being nominated for a DGA Award as Best Commercial Director of the Year, Mastrippolito ventured into shooting 2nd unit on features like Davinci Code and Spiderman, and TV shows, including Modern Family. Between longer format assignments, he continued working on spots for Hershey’s, Olay Definity, P&G, Hoover and recently a large package for the NFL promoting the 2017 Super Bowl. Mastrippolito began his career as a cinematographer in Hawaii, shooting sailing and surfing films. He landed his first directing assignments when he was 24 years old and was quickly recognized, on a national scale, shooting campaigns for United, Budweiser, P&G, Clorox, Canon, Taco Bell and DirecTV, among others….Click 3X has added Tim Dingerson as associate creative director and Adam Pearlman as sr. animator. This is Dingerson’s second tour at Click 3X, as he originally held the position of design director for the digital studio. Prior to his return, Dingerson was the creative director/founder of Luckeyou, a boutique design and animation studio based in New York City. Pearlman is also no stranger to Click 3X, as he has been freelancing for the studio since 2010. He has also worked as an animator at FOX Business Network, Trollback & Company, Interspectacular and Blue Room, among others….
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