Disney+ is continuing to bolster its international content lineup through a new partnership with Italy\u2019s Rai.<\/p>\n
The deal will see the Francesca Fagnani-hosted talk show \u201cBelve,\u201d as well as the Paola Perego and Gabriele Vagnato-hosted game show \u201cThe Floor \u2013 Ne\u00a0rimarr\u00e0\u00a0solo uno,\u201d become available on the streaming platform the next day after airing on Rai 2.<\/p>\n
Disney+ will also add series including \u201cBraccialetti\u00a0rossi,\u201d \u201cMina Settembre,\u201d\u00a0\u201cL\u2019amica\u00a0geniale,\u201d\u00a0\u201cUn\u00a0passo\u00a0dal\u00a0cielo\u201d and \u201cM\u00e0kari,\u201d as well as the docu-reality series \u201cIl Collegio.\u201d The titles will be offered in a dedicated collection on the platform.<\/p>\n
The new Rai programming will complement the public broadcaster\u2019s existing titles available on Disney+, including \u201cDon Matteo\u201d, \u201cI Bastardi Di Pizzofalcone,\u201d \u201cUn Medico In Famiglia,\u201d \u201cDoc \u2013 Nelle Tue Mani,\u201d \u201cIl Commissario Ricciardi,\u201d \u201cLe Indagini di Lolita Lobosco,\u201d as well as the streamer\u2019s own Italian productions, such as \u201cThe Lions of Sicily\u201d, \u201cThe Ignorant Angels,\u201d \u201cThis is not Hollywood\u201d (Qui non\u00a0\u00e8 Hollywood) and \u201cBoris\u00a04\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis\u00a0collaboration with Rai\u00a0will bring\u00a0Disney+ customers in Italy an even broader\u00a0selection\u00a0of\u00a0incredibly iconic\u00a0local\u00a0shows. Rai\u00a0has a\u00a0deep connection with viewers,\u00a0an\u00a0extraordinary decades-long heritage\u00a0of high\u2011quality\u00a0storytelling, and we are proud to bring them to\u00a0our\u00a0audience\u00a0on\u00a0Disney+,\u201d Disney+ EMEA General Manager Karl Holmes said in a statement. \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<\/p>\n
The latest agreement with Rai Com, the public broadcaster\u2019s commercial arm, comes after Disney+ recently struck an agreement with Spain\u2019s RTVE. The company\u2019s other partnerships with European free-to-air broadcasters include Spain\u2019s Atresmedia, Germany\u2019s ARD and ZDF, Portugal\u2019s SIC and\u00a0the U.K.\u2019s ITVX.<\/a><\/p>\n The post Disney+ Strikes Programming Deal With Italy\u2019s Rai in Latest European Public Broadcaster Partnership<\/a> appeared first on TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney+ is continuing to bolster its international content lineup through a new partnership with Italy\u2019s Rai. The deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2210,15,2209,2216,2212,2215,172,2213,2214,2211],"class_list":["post-1940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-europe","tag-disney","tag-european","tag-francesca-fagnani","tag-francesca-fagnani-hosted","tag-gabriele-vagnato-hosted","tag-il-commissario-ricciardi","tag-italy","tag-mario-balotelli","tag-public-broadcaster","tag-rai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}