The new Disney CEO’s covid strategy leans on streaming hits like ‘WandaVision’ FILE PHOTO: REUTERS Erich Schwartzel , The Wall Street Journal During the DVD boom, Bob Chapek championed movies made for at-home viewing a useful strategy in the streaming age Share Via Read Full Story Two decades before Bob Chapek was named chief executive of Walt Disney Co., he identified an unlikely cash gusher: a pack of adorable, talking golden retrievers. Mr. Chapek was the head of Disney’s home-entertainment division, then riding high on consumers’ seemingly limitless appetite for DVDs. After successfully pumping out direct-to-video sequels to beloved classics like “Bambi and “The Lion King, Mr. Chapek sensed an opportunity with “Air Bud, a 1997 hit film about a basketball-playing dog.