When the culmination of a discussion between Dana Walden And Ken Ziffren is how to pronounce the name of the series 9-1-1, You know that the opening speech of the UCLA entertainment symposium will not be a great journalist.
But at least, the co -president of Disney Entertainment was able to show her sense of ironic humor during the correction of Ziffren, who qualified the drama Ryan Murphy as “9/11” when he asked questions about the Disney / ABC franchises.
“9-1-1,” she replied with a little smile. “Different show.”
Walden also generated laughs when she explained how John Landgraf of FX encouraged her to go about during the S&A who was part of the symposium “Hollywood ’25”: this year survive “at the UCLA. She really didn’t have to do it; Ziffen had a lot of softball questions to fill the time that covered green lighting, short-shaped content, O & OS and linear dimensions. Walden, who clearly recognized that the father of his childhood friend was not going to put her on the hot seat, answered questions with respect and enthusiasm.
His answers in one word: Generally, she lets her brand chiefs give green lights, although she gets involved in large tickets like Grief. Why yes! Disney creates more than 30,000 short contents per year to help marketing. It is completely cool with their detained and exploited footprint which covers 22% of the country. Of course, a report from Nielsen recently said that streaming gets more views these days than spreading, but in July, guy. Just wait for the NFL to come back. And the regrouping – whether sweet or hard – is a successful strategy for Disney!
Ziffen made a shy attempt to withdraw a title of Walden by asking him to predict the future of consolidation, but she kept her response without controversy. “I do not think it would be a crazy prediction,” she replied, before adding: “I focus more on opportunities for us at the moment … I would say that now, for us, the best possible content, the widest possible distribution, partnerships that have a meaning and have a meaning for our consumers, these are the things we think.”
She was likely to boast of the success of the business, like her 60 Emmy victories last year and how High potential was seen by 40 million people on the multiple company platforms. And she became personal, although briefly, sharing how she really appreciated Adolescence And The white lotus.
When the time came to discover his mentors, Ziffren gave Walden an outing saying that she did not have to mention Bob Iger. She did it anyway. “I would be neglected if I did not say what extraordinary privilege it was to work with him,” she said. “He is simply great and cares so much about culture.”