The Walt Disney Company Italia S.r.l. (also Disney Italia; formerly called The Walt Disney Company Italia S.p.A.) is

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's Italian division and one of The Walt Disney Company's European divisions. The company was founded on 8 May 1938 as Creazioni Walt Disney S.A.I. It is headquartered in

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. The television division of the company has produced TV series for

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. From 1988 to 2013, Disney Italia published

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comics magazines featuring Disney characters which until then were licensed to

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Divisions

* Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Italia * Disney Interactive Media Group Italia * Disney Publishing Worldwide Italia (joint-venture with

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) * Disney Consumer Products Italy * Walt Disney Television Italia

Former divisions

* Disney Junior (Italy) (formerly Playhouse Disney) * Disney XD (Italy) (formerly Fox Kids and Jetix) *

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* Disney Store Italy * FOX (Italy) * National Geographic (Italy) * Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Italia

Walt Disney Television Italy

The television division of the company has produced series for

such as: *'' Alex & Co.'' *'' Penny on M.A.R.S.'' *'' Life Bites – Pillole di vita'' *'' Quelli dell'intervallo'' **''

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'' **''Quelli dell'intervallo in vacanza'' *'' Fiore e Tinelli'' *''

Casa Pierpiero ''Casa Pierpiero'' is an Italian television sitcom airing on Disney Channel Italy. A spin-off of '' Quelli dell'Intervallo Cafe'', the series follows young Pierpiero (Federico Mezzottoni), a rich boy who falls in love with a goth girl. See a ...

'' *'' Chiamatemi Giò'' *'' In tour'' *''

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'' *''Sara e Marti #LaNostraStoria'' ''Quelli dell'intervallo'' (''

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'') and ''Life Bites'' have been subsequently adapted in several other countries, while ''In tour'' is an adaptation from Disney Spain's ''La Gira''.

Films

* '' This Night Is Still Ours'' (2008) * '' Hayfever'' (2011) * '' Alex & Co: How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents'' (2016) * '' Il vegetale'' (2018)

Publications

* '' Wizards of Mickey'' * '' MM Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine'' * ''

PKNA ''PK – Paperinik New Adventures'' (''PKNA'') is an Italian comic, published by Disney Italy from 14 March 1996 to 20 December 2000, about the new adventures of Paperinik (known as ''Duck Avenger'' in the United States), the superhero created in ...

'' * ''

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'' * ''

W.I.T.C.H. ''W.I.T.C.H.'' (stylised as ''W.i.t.c.h.'') is an Italian fantasy Disney comics series created by Elisabetta Gnone, Alessandro Barbucci, and Barbara Canepa. The series features a group of five teenage girls who become the guardians of the classi ...

'' * '' Monster Allergy'' * ''Kylion''

Design work

They designed the mascot (Foody) for the

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in Milan.

Notes

References

External links

Disney Italy
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