Disney Television Animation (DTA) is the TV animation production division of the Walt Disney Company, and the company that produced both the 1987 and the 2017 versions of DuckTales. During the 1990s, most of the shows produced by DTA aired as part of The Disney Afternoon programming block.
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DTA is dedicated to creating, developing and producing animated television series, films, specials and other projects. It was established in 1985 during the reorganization and subsequent re-incorporation of the Walt Disney Company following the arrival of then-CEO Michael Eisner, the entity was formerly known as The Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group, the name was then later changed, shortened to Walt Disney Television Animation starting in mid-1988 and was its name up until 2011, when it was shortened again to Disney Television Animation.