The Walt Disney Company Italy

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox company The Walt Disney Company Italia S.r.l. (also Disney Italia; formerly called The Walt Disney Company Italia S.p.A.) is The Walt Disney Company'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 Milan.

The television division of the company has produced TV series for Disney Channel Italy. From 1988 to 2013, Disney Italia published digest size comics magazines featuring Disney characters which until then were licensed to Mondadori.Template:Efn

Divisions

• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Italia
• Disney Interactive Media Group Italia
• Disney Publishing Worldwide Italia (joint-venture with Giunti Editore)
• Disney Consumer Products Italy
• Walt Disney Television Italia

Former divisions

• Disney Channel Italy
• Disney Junior (Italy) (formerly Playhouse Disney)
• Disney XD (Italy) (formerly Fox Kids and Jetix)
• Disney in English
• Toon Disney
• Disney Store Italy
• Fox Networks Group Italy
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Italia

Walt Disney Television Italy

The television division of the company has produced series for Disney Channel Italy such as:

• Alex & Co.
• Penny on M.A.R.S.
• Life Bites – Pillole di vita
• Quelli dell'intervallo
  • Quelli dell'Intervallo Cafe
  • Quelli dell'intervallo in vacanza
• Fiore e Tinelli
• Casa Pierpiero
• Chiamatemi Giò
• In tour
• Hip Hop Hurrà
• Sara e Marti #LaNostraStoria

Quelli dell'intervallo (As the Bell Rings) and Life Bites have been subsequently adapted in several other countries, while In tour is an adaptation from Disney Spain's La Gira.

Publications

• Wizards of Mickey
• MM Mickey Mouse Mystery Magazine
• PKNA
• Topolino
• W.I.T.C.H.
• Monster Allergy
• Kylion

Design work

They designed the mascot (Foody) for the Expo 2015 in Milan.

See also

• The Walt Disney Company France
• List of Disney programs broadcast in Italy
• Mediaset

External links

• Disney Italy
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