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Disney has sold FoxNext Games LA, maker of the video game Marvel Strike Force, and Cold Iron Studios in San Jose to mobile game specialist Scopely, the companies announced Wednesday. The deal stems from Disney’s $71.3 billion acquisition last year of most of 21st Century Fox, including FoxNext Games. The transaction…

A translation from Burmese to English posts on its platform rendered Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name to appear as "Mr. S–thole" for a few days. Xi was visiting Burma to sign infrastructure deals with Burmese state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Facebook users who used the software to translate headlines from local media…

Disney+ led all apps in the U.S. with more than 30 million downloads in the fourth quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by Sensor Tower. The research firm, which specializes in mobile app insights, said Disney grossed more than $50 million from Disney+ downloads in the quarter. That tally was higher than…

Former AMC Networks exec Marco Frazier has joined Netherlands-based 4K UHD broadcaster Insight TV and is leading its new U.S. production and sales operation. As SVP, Insight TV Studios U.S., Frazier is helping shepherd Insight’s adventure, action-sports and lifestyle programming as well as leading its sales efforts…

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced plans to launch SportsTech, a global accelerator for sports technology startups, this summer. SportsTech will unite three of the company’s sports brands — NBC Sports, Sky Sports and Golf Channel — with NASCAR, U.S. Ski & Snowboard and USA Swimming. Venture capital division Comcast Ven…

Mark Penn, a former strategic adviser to President Bill Clinton, and then Hillary Clinton in her 2008 presidential run, derided the marketing messages of the field of 2020 Democratic candidates as too “fuzzy-wuzzy.” Appearing on a panel on politics and media at CES in Las Vegas, Penn explained that in his experience…

When HBO released the first teaser for the forthcoming season of Westworld it featured a new company called Incite. It left many people scratching their heads. Then again, isn’t that what Westworld is really good at? HBO decided to pull back the curtain a little more at CES with a dinner/activation to elaborate on…

Warner Bros, which nearly 20 years ago released A.I. Artificial Intelligence, is bringing futuristic tech tools into its international operations, enlisting a customized AI platform recently introduced by L.A. tech firm Cinelytic. The companies announced an agreement Wednesday during CES in Las Vegas, where…

Twitter has become more than a social media platform. It has become a means of communication and discourse that brings people together — and, most recently, it divides people. During a panel at CES, Variety‘s Andrew Wallenstein moderated a conversation with Matt Derella, Global VP Customers Twitter, and did not waste…

Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman took the stage Wednesday morning at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas at the Park MGM theater to give a look at the much-buzzed-about mobile streaming short-form platform. This was the first time that Quibi has shown their innovative platform to an…

The mobile short-form streaming platform Quibi has been the talk of the town since it was announced that founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman were launching it. The streaming platform is set to launch in April, has raised $1 billion in funding and been backed by major Hollywood studios including the Walt…

Cinema tech company CJ 4DPLEX, which owns the 4DX and ScreenX exhibition formats, has appointed veteran Imax exec Don Savant as CEO of its U.S. branch. Savant will shepherd 4DX and ScreenX in the Americas, continuing the company’s collaborations with movie studios to deliver films in both formats. He spent 19 years at…