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 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. [a] [2]
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.
They designed the mascot (Foody) for the Expo 2015 in Milan. [5]
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