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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…

During the NBCUniversal keynote at CES, Today‘s Natalie Morales was joined on the stage at the Park MGM Theater by Linda Yaccarino, Chairman of Advertising and Partnerships at NBCUniversal as well as This Is Us star Mandy Moore, America’s Got Talent host and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews, Pitch Perfect actress…

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…

In a panel appearance Tuesday at CES in Las Vegas, a pair of top WarnerMedia execs offered a few new insights into HBO Max, the company’s subscription streaming offering set to debut in May. Chief Technology Officer Jeremy Legg and EVP and GM of Direct-to-Consumer Andy Forssell painted a somewhat more detailed picture…

Ad-supported streaming company Tubi has reached a distribution deal with Vidaa International, a subsidiary of Hisense, the No. 3 maker of televisions in the world. When the deal starts this spring, Tubi’s library of 20,000-plus movie and TV titles will be seen on Hisense's new Vidaa platform in the U.S., Canada…

EXCLUSIVE: Pluto TV is rolling out a new logo as the streaming company begins its first CES since being acquired by Viacom nearly a year ago. The new look, which is debuting in industry and trade circles at the Las Vegas convention, will reach consumers as part of a branding campaign planned for the first quarter of…

Hulu is phasing in a significant rate hike for its skinny-bundle live TV service, to $44.99 a month from $39.99, but at the same time will lower the price of its signature SVOD offering to $5.99 from $7.99. The ad-free version of Hulu’s SVOD service will remain $11.99 a month. The new pricing scheme will go into…

Turner president David Levy picked perhaps the perfect venue, Las Vegas, to offer his bullish predictions about the future of sports betting. A pivotal U.S. Supreme Court decision last May opened the door to legalized sports betting in most states, so sports fans no longer have to travel to Las Vegas to wager on March…