FX Networks boss John Landgraf once again tore into Silicon Valley companies and their “winner-take-all” business strategy, blaming companies like Netflix and Amazon for the current glut of television programming and hailing his network’s “quality-control” as the key to its future success.
“In that world, it’s about scale, it’s about data, it’s about finance, it’s about bringing billions upon billions of dollars … to conquer markets,” Landgraf said at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday. He used his speech to address the enormous number of streaming programs debuting this year — even without Apple’s imminent entry to the market.