The Walt Disney Company Italy
Italian division of the Walt Disney Company
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Walt Disney Company Italia S.r.l. (also Disney Italia; formerly called The Walt Disney Company Italia S.p.A.) is The Walt Disney Company's Italian division and one of The Walt Disney Company's European divisions. The company was founded on 8 May 1938 as Creazioni Walt Disney S.A.I. It is headquartered in Milan.[1]
The Walt Disney Company Italia S.p.A.
 | |
| Disney Italy | |
| Formerly | Creazioni Walt Disney S.A.I. The Walt Disney Company Italia S.p.A. |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Media conglomerate |
| Founded | 8 May 1938 |
| Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Italy |
Key people | Daniel Frigo |
Number of employees | 550 |
| Parent | The Walt Disney Company EMEA (Disney Entertainment) |
| Divisions | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Italia Disney Interactive Media Group Italia Disney Publishing Worldwide Italia Disney Consumer Products Italy Walt Disney Television Italia |
| Website | Disney.it |
The television division of the company has produced TV series for Disney Channel Italy. From 1988 to 2013, Disney Italia published digest size comics magazines featuring Disney characters which until then were licensed to Mondadori.[a][2]
Divisions
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Italia
- Disney Interactive Media Group Italia
- Disney Publishing Worldwide Italia (joint-venture with Giunti Editore)
- Disney Consumer Products Italy
- Disney Jr. (Italy)
Former divisions
Walt Disney Television Italy
The television division of the company has produced series for Disney Channel Italy such as:
- Alex & Co.
- Penny on M.A.R.S.
- Life Bites – Pillole di vita
- Quelli dell'intervallo
- Quelli dell'Intervallo Cafe
- Quelli dell'intervallo in vacanza
- Fiore e Tinelli
- Casa Pierpiero
- Chiamatemi Giò
- In tour
- Hip Hop Hurrà
- Sara e Marti #LaNostraStoria
Quelli dell'intervallo (As the Bell Rings) and Life Bites have been subsequently adapted in several other countries, while In tour is an adaptation from Disney Spain's La Gira.
Films
- This Night Is Still Ours (2008)
- Hayfever (2011)
- Alex & Co: How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents (2016)
- Il vegetale (2018)
Publications
Design work
See also
Notes
- In 2013, the rights were passed to Panini Comics.