VIDEO : Disney Profit Surges

On Tuesday, Walt Disney Co reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street forecasts. Theme park crowds made up for declines at broadcast and cable television.
Shares of Disney rose about 1 percent in after-hours trading to $107.28.
The media and entertainment conglomerate reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.89 for October through December.
The company also announced it had hired the creators of HBO hit ?Game of Thrones,? David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, to write and produce a new series of ?Star Wars? films.