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 is active worldwide in 4 sectors: publishing, media and communication, games and services, and finance. It was founded in 1901 by geographer Giovanni De Agostini in Rome, and later moved to Novara.[1]
Overview
De Agostini Editore S.p.A. is a publishing subsidiary, active in 30 countries with publications in 13 languages. It includes De Agostini Publishing, DeA Planeta Libri, De Agostini Scuola and Digital De Agostini, and Spanish publisher Planeta DeAgostini, a joint venture with Grupo Planeta.
De Agostini Communications is a media and communication subsidiary involving content production, broadcasting and content distributionfor television, new media and cinema. DeAgostini owns a 4.8% stake in the Banijay Group, the parent company of Banijay Entertainment.