De Agostini

De Agostini S.p.A. is an Italian holding company that coordinates the strategic operating companies - De Agostini Editore, De Agostini Communications, IGT and DeA Capital - and makes financial investments, among which the main investment is a minority stake in Assicurazioni Generali. It was founded in 1901 by the geographer Giovanni De Agostini in Rome, Italy, and later moved to Novara, Italy.

For other uses, see De Agostini (disambiguation).

De Agostini S.p.A.
Private, S.p.A.
IndustryHolding company
Founded1901
FounderGiovanni De Agostini 
Headquarters
Novara and Milan
,
Italy
Area served
Italy, Japan, UK
Websitewww.deagostinigroup.com

Overview
  • De Agostini Editore S.p.A. is the sub-holding company active in the publishing sector in 30 countries with publications in 13 languages and organised into areas by product: De Agostini Publishing, DeA Planeta Libri, De Agostini Scuola and Digital De Agostini, as well as Spanish publisher Planeta DeAgostini (a joint venture with Grupo Planeta).
  • De Agostini Communications is the media and communication sector sub-holding comprising the Group's interests in content production, broadcasting and distribution of content for television, new media and cinema. DeAgostini owns a 36% stake in the LDH holding which in turns owns 66% of the content producer Banijay Group.
  • Shareholder of Atresmedia, the Spanish radio and television group, held in partnership with Spanish Planeta Corporation and listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, is a co-leader in the Spanish television market. It operates in the following sectors: Atresmedia Televisión, Atresmedia Radio, Atresmedia Digital, Atresmedia Publicidad and Atresmedia Cine.
  • The company De Agostini S.p.A. publishes a regular magazine series, which offers every fortnight a one retro model. Among them you can find the brand Škoda. De Agostini manufactures models of Škoda in the Chinese factory the Czech company Abrex.

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