Dana Walden Talks Mentors, Disney Successes & How To Pronounce ‘9-1-1’ At Entertainment Symposium

How Disney Greenlights Shows, As Told By Dana Walden

At the UCLA Entertainment Symposium, the Disney Entertainment co-chair, whose sprawling portfolio earned a record 60 Emmy wins last year, broke down the decision-making pipeline for approval of shows.

Disney’s Dana Walden Talks Juggling Linear and Streaming Assets Amid Shifting Sands in Pay TV

Disney has found its distribution equilibrium when it comes to managing linear and streaming TV assets. Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment, outlined the company’s strategy of threading programs through the Magic Kingdom’s assets during a wide-ranging Q&A with Ken Ziffren, co-founder and partner of Ziffren Brittenham, at the annual UCLA Entertainment Symposium. In her […]

Dana Walden Talks Mentors, Disney Successes & How To Pronounce ‘9-1-1’ At Entertainment Symposium

When the highlight of a discussion between Dana Walden and Ken Ziffren is how to pronounce the series name 9-1-1, you know the keynote at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium is not going to be a big newsmaker. But at least the Disney Entertainment co-chair got to show off her wry sense of humor when correcting Ziffren, who referred to the Ryan Murphy drama as “9/11” when asking about Disney/ABC franchises. “9-1-1,” she responded with a little s…

How Disney Greenlights Shows

Within the olden days, earlier than streaming, the tip of Might would mark a essential interval through which studios would order new exhibits. That’s modified lately, at the least when it comes to the importance of that timeframe. Now, there’s indefinite shelf house. And towards that backdrop, a lot of the dialog has turned to a key query: Who has greenlight authority. At Disney, that authority is carved up by manufacturers. That will sound e…