Disney Chief Govt Officer Bob Iger advised staff Tuesday throughout an inner city corridor that he’s wanting ahead to “constructing once more” after spending 2023 mending elements of the enterprise that “wanted consideration.”

“I really feel that we have simply emerged from a interval of quite a lot of fixing to certainly one of constructing once more, and I can inform you constructing is much more enjoyable than fixing,” stated Iger, who was interviewed by ABC Information anchor David Muir at New York’s Amsterdam Theater. After talking alone for about quarter-hour, Iger was joined by Disney head of parks and resorts Josh D’Amaro, ESPN chief Jimmy Pitaro, and Disney Leisure co-chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman.

Disney’s 2023 has been outlined by 7,000 job cuts and a company-wide mission to chop spending. Disney said this month it tasks to avoid wasting $7.5 billion this 12 months, largely by way of job elimination and content material spending rollbacks.

Iger famous he acquired Pixar and Marvel within the early a part of his tenure as Disney’s CEO, which started in 2005, to jumpstart an period of constructing on the firm. This time, Iger will not depend on acquisitions. Somewhat, he plans to increase Disney’s theme parks with a $60 billion dedication over the subsequent 10 years, construct an ESPN direct-to-consumer platform no later than 2025 and rebuild Disney’s film studio enterprise, which Iger said has suffered from making too many movies.

Iger and Pitaro stated they need to launch an ESPN streaming service with extra options reminiscent of superior statistics and integration with fantasy sports activities to attraction to a youthful viewers. Pitaro is conducting analysis on how costly to make the platform and when to launch, he famous.

“What Bob and I’ve talked about is we do not simply need to flip the change,” Pitaro stated. “We do not need to simply transfer our networks over and make them out there excessive with out important product enhancements.”