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Fox CEO Rob Wade Believes “Challenging” TV Business Is Starting To “Right-Size” Itself, Eyes The Next ‘Family Guy’, ‘Gladiators’ Second Window & More “Sexy Rebels”
Rob Wade has been in charge of Fox for just over 18 months, a period that coincided with the fallout of the pandemic and two strikes in Hollywood. But the Brit is optimistic that while the television business is challenging, it is starting to right size itself after a period of heavy spending by streamer […]
In a wide-ranging interview with Deadline, ahead of his keynote session at the Banff World Media Festival, Wade talked about the company’s recent restructure, a new windowing strategy, trying to find a “silver bullet” in animation, comedy hits and big unscripted swings. Wade admitted that he “wished things happened quicker in TV” but that this strategy was starting to bear fruit and that he was seeing an increase in conversations from the creative community as the overall deal market has softened somewhat in recent years. trajectory, I think the things that have happened in the business around us have helped us position ourself where I think the silver bullet will just be a great piece of creative will be something that was never thought of, that blows up, that’s relatable, scalable both domestically and internationally,” he said.
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