Founded by Orlando Corradi in 1985 and based in Rome, Mondo TV is a public company, quoted on the STAR segment of the Italian main stock exchange, Borsa Italiana.

It distributes and produces, on its own or in co-production with international networks, cartoon series and feature films for television and theatrical release.

The period from the late 1970s to the early 1980s saw the rise in demand for Japanese animated cartoons and the growth of the Italian television market.

The 2000s saw Mondo TV expands its operations into complementary multimedia and publishing sectors, and its worldwide collaborations and strategic partnerships.

[1] The holding company, Mondo TV, has several incorporated subsidiaries: The group's activities were initially focused on the distribution of Japanese animations in Italy.

Other such projects include; Robin Hood, based on the outlaw in English folklore and released in 1990, The Legend of Snow White, based on the Brothers Grimm's version of the fairy tale known from many countries in Europe and released in 1994, both being animated (and created before Mondo's entry into distribution) by Tatsunoko Production.

In 1996, the studio released The Legend of Zorro, 52 episodes of about 26 minutes each based on the famous character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley.

In 2001, Mondo TV throughout MIM AG and in co-production with NDF, and Caligari Film, launched its 26 episodes series, Letters from Felix, based on the Children's books by Annette Langen and Costanza Droop.

In 2004 Mondo TV in co-production with RAI launched The Last of the Mohicans, a 26-episode animated series based on the historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper.

[24][25] In 2008, Mondo TV also presented its new cartoons at MIPTV Media Market: Monsters & Pirates is a twenty-six 11-minute episodes animated series co-produced with MPG, an associate of the confectionery giant Ferrero.

[11][28][26] Two titles that Mondo TV launched at Mipcom 2011 are Power Buggz, a 26-episode 30-minute children's comedy directed by Orlando Corradi and co-produced with Meg Toys,[26] and Playtime Buddies with the music by John Sposito, a preschoolers 52-episode 13-minute series that encourages the development of positive social interaction and cognitive skills.

According to Meg Toys, this is unlike any other product on the preschool market and will be available on the back-to-school shelves in North America from 2012 and even earlier in other parts of the world.

[32] Mondo TV announces the imminent arrival on a number of new channels of its innovative animated action-comedy Invention Story co-produced with Genius Brands International.

Mondo TV announces that Spanish broadcaster RTVE will participate in Annie & Carola co-produced with MB Producciones.