The Walt Disney Company Italy Explained

The Walt Disney Company Italia S.r.l.
Trading Name:Disney Italy
Former Name:Creazioni Walt Disney S.A.I.
The Walt Disney Company Italia S.p.A.
Type:Subsidiary
Hq Location City:Milan
Hq Location Country:Italy
Area Served:Italy
Key People:Daniel Frigo
Industry:Media conglomerate
Num 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 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 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.[2]

Divisions

Former divisions

Walt Disney Television Italy

The television division of the company has produced series for Disney Channel Italy such as:

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

Design work

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005-01-09 . Stock exchanges publishing for Disney Italy . 2011-04-24 . C21media . en-us.
  2. Book: Decleva, Enrico. Arnoldo Mondadori. UTET. 2007. 978-8802076737. Turin. 236–237.
  3. News: DeMott . Rick . 12 October 2010 . Disney XD Picks Up Kung Fu Magoo Feature . Animation World Network . 2011-04-24.
  4. News: Kapko . Matt . 7 December 2009 . The Walt Disney Company Triples TV Animation Production in EMEA . Animation World Network . 2011-04-24.
  5. Web site: Muir . Denise . 2014-03-18 . Getting fruity for Expo 2015 with Foody and Friends . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320180038/https://italychronicles.com/getting-fruity-for-expo-2015-with-foody-and-friends/ . 2014-03-20 . 2021-01-29 . Italy Chronicles.