The Walt Disney Company Italy

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.r.l.

Trade name	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 (1938-05-08)
Headquarters	Milan , 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 (joint-venture with Giunti Editore) 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
• Walt Disney Television Italia

Former divisions

• Disney Channel Italy
• Disney Junior (Italy) (formerly Playhouse Disney)
• Disney XD (Italy)^[3][4] (formerly Fox Kids and Jetix)
• Disney in English
• Toon Disney
• Disney Store Italy
• Fox Networks Group Italy
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Italia

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.

Publications

• Wizards of Mickey
• MM Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine
• PKNA
• Topolino
• W.I.T.C.H.
• Monster Allergy
• Kylion

Design work

They designed the mascot (Foody) for the Expo 2015 in Milan.^[5]

See also

• The Walt Disney Company France
• List of Disney programs broadcast in Italy
• Mediaset

Notes

1. In 2013, the rights were passed to Panini Comics.

References

1. "Stock exchanges publishing for Disney Italy". C21media. 9 January 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
2. Decleva, Enrico (2007). Arnoldo Mondadori. Turin: UTET. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-8802076737.
3. DeMott, Rick (12 October 2010). "Disney XD Picks Up Kung Fu Magoo Feature". Animation World Network. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
4. Kapko, Matt (7 December 2009). "The Walt Disney Company Triples TV Animation Production in EMEA". Animation World Network. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
5. Muir, Denise (18 March 2014). . Italy Chronicles. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

External links

• Disney Italy
• Disney Italia at Inducks