Warner Bros. Discovery Reviewing UK TV Commissioning Strategy In Light Of Tough Economic Situation
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is reviewing its TV commissioning and editorial strategy in the UK due to the tricky economic headwinds, Deadline understands.
The tough economic marketplace is causing all commercial UK networks to rethink and WBD is not immune, with a pause and reflect period incoming as the David Zaslav-helmed U.S.
conglomerate grapples with the global recession, streaming strife and the writers strike. UK TV commissioning and editorial strategy is under review, Deadline understands, and there could be changes to premiere dates and operational shifts in the coming weeks as WBD examines its UK pipeline in depth.
Commissioning execs are understood to have been informing producers about the review over the past few days. We understand several new WBD commissions for 2023 and 2024 will be unveiled in the coming weeks but these were greenlit prior to the review.
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