Disney needs time to integrate Fox assets like Star India: Harold Vogel

Harold Vogel, CEO of New York-based Vogel Capital Management and author of Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysts, among the world’s leading entertainment industry analysts, speaks to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar about the Disney-Fox merger and its implications for Star India. Edited excerpts:

What are the big assets that the Fox deal brought for Disney? Will it add value or do you see Disney writing down some of the assets?

Fox added significant assets to Disney that included real estate, The Simpsons, cable networks including FX and National Geographic as well as a substantial film library of TV and film classics. Also included was part of Hulu and Sky and the Indian cable network.