The movie business grew up in the pages of Variety. There is no more comprehensive chronicle of film history than Variety – hands down, no contest, case closed. This gallery backs up that bold ...

Variety has covered every aspect of the television business since the first flickers of the powerful medium emerged out of radio infrastructure in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The first use of the ...

The way people watch TV and the technology continues to change, even as the technology evolves that marketers rely upon to make their ad spend more efficient, better targeted and, in 2026, culturally ...

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"Loaded Words" began airing Dec. 22 with three ads: “Do,” “Don’t” and “Be.” They can be viewed in holiday programs including the broadcasts for New Year’s Eve and "Saturday Night Live." Courtesy of ...

The UK has implemented a ban on junk food advertising on television before 9 pm and an outright online ban as part of efforts to combat childhood obesity. The ban, which targets ads for food and ...

For Americans, the idea of watching live television without the constant barrage of commercials for prescription medications and junk food might seem foreign. That’s now the norm in the United Kingdom ...

New advertising restrictions on unhealthy food and drink have come into force in the UK, targeting products deemed to be high in fat, salt or sugar. From now on, TV, radio or online adverts that ...

New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a "world-leading action" to tackle childhood obesity. The ...