{"id":356974,"date":"2026-03-31T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356974\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:18:07","slug":"disney-signs-deal-with-italian-state-broadcaster-rai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356974\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ Signs Deal With Italian State Broadcaster RAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDisney+ and Italian state broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/rai\/\" id=\"auto-tag_rai\" data-tag=\"rai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RAI<\/a> on Tuesday signed a deal under which a selection of popular RAI unscripted and scripted shows will play on Disney+ alongside its slate of global movies and series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Disney+ deal with RAI is the latest of a series of similar agreements with leading European pubcasters across Europe \u2013 including Atresmedia and RTVE in Spain, ITV in the UK, SIC in Portugal, and ARD and ZDF in Germany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUnder the deal, RAI talk show \u201cBelve,\u201d hosted by Francesca Fagnani, and \u201cThe Floor \u2013 Ne\u00a0rimarr\u00e0\u00a0solo uno,\u201d a\u00a0game show hosted this year by Paola Perego and Gabriele\u00a0Vagnato, will be available\u00a0for Disney+ customers\u00a0to stream, starting\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0next day\u00a0after airing on RAI 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn terms of scripted content, Disney+ will now expand its local content offering with a selection of RAI\u2019s top shows\u00a0from the recent past, including hit series such as \u201cBraccialetti\u00a0rossi,\u201d \u201cMina Settembre,\u201d\u00a0\u201cMy Brilliant Friend,\u201d\u00a0\u201cUn\u00a0passo\u00a0dal\u00a0cielo\u201d and \u201cM\u00e0kari\u201d, as well as the docu-reality series \u201cIl Collegio,\u201d in which adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17 have to study for two weeks in a sixties-style boarding school\u00a0with no cellphones or social media. These shows will soon be offered soon in a dedicated collection\u00a0on Disney+\u00a0.\u00a0They\u00a0will be added to popular RAI titles already available on\u00a0Disney+ such as \u201cDon Matteo\u201d, \u201cI Bastardi Di Pizzofalcone\u201d, \u201cUn Medico In Famiglia,\u201d and \u201cDoc \u2013 Nelle Tue Mani,\u201d that\u2019Il complement\u00a0Disney+\u00a0Italian originals such as \u201cThe Lions of Sicily\u201d, \u201cThe Ignorant Angels\u201d, \u201cThis is not Hollywood\u201d (Qui non\u00a0\u00e8 Hollywood),\u00a0and \u201cBoris\u00a04.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe deal was inked by Disney with RAI\u2019s RAI Com sales arm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThis\u00a0collaboration with RAI\u00a0will bring\u00a0Disney+ customers in Italy an even broader\u00a0selection\u00a0of\u00a0incredibly iconic\u00a0local\u00a0shows,\u201d said Karl Holmes, general manager Disney+ EMEA<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cBuilding on over 40 years of\u00a0Disney and RAI\u00a0working alongside each other in Italy, this initiative also aligns with our approach to working with free\u2011to\u2011air broadcasters across Europe, helping them bring their stories to wider audiences while giving\u00a0Disney+\u00a0customers more\u00a0extraordinary local entertainment\u00a0and more ways to enjoy the shows they love,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney+ and Italian state broadcaster RAI on Tuesday signed a deal under which a selection of popular RAI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2398,156,111,139,69,165147,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-356974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-disney","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-rai","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}