BVS Entertainment

BVS Entertainment, Inc.
Formerly	Saban Productions, Inc. (1980–1989); Saban Entertainment, Inc. (1989–2001);
Company type	Private (1980–2001); Subsidiary (currently);
Industry	Animation; Filmmaking;
Predecessor	Saban Entertainment Inc.
Founded	1980 (as Saban Entertainment); 2001; (as BVS Entertainment);
Founders	Haim Saban; Shuki Levy;
Defunct	2001 (Saban Entertainment); 2014 (dormancy);
Fate	Acquired by The Walt Disney Company, then went dormant
Successors	Program library: ; Disney General Entertainment Content; Power Rangers franchise: Hasbro Entertainment; Digimon franchise:; Toei Animation Inc.; Music library:; BMG Rights Management
Headquarters	500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California; 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; , United States
Number of locations	2
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Television shows; Theatrical films;
Owner	Haim Saban (1980–2001); News Corporation (1996–2001); The Walt Disney Company (2001–present);
Parent	Independent (1980–1996); Fox Family Worldwide (1996–2001); ABC Family Worldwide (2001–present);
Divisions	Libra Pictures (1994–2001)
Subsidiaries	BVS International N.V. (1989–2016); Jetix Europe N.V. (73.3%) (1996–2009); SIP Animation (1980–2023); Créativité et Développement (1996–1998);

BVS Entertainment, Inc., previously known as Saban Productions, Saban Entertainment and Saban International, is a dormant subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. Founded on April 24, 1980, as a music production company by Haim Saban^[1] and Shuki Levy, it slowly transitioned to or gravitated towards television production and distribution, where it is most known for producing and distributing children's programs for Fox Family/ABC Family and defunct channels Fox Kids and Jetix.

The company imported, dubbed and adapted various media formats from Japan such as Maple Town, Noozles, Funky Fables, Samurai Pizza Cats, and the first three Digimon series to North American and international markets over syndication, including both animation and live-action shows. Saban also adapted various tokusatsu shows from Toei Company, including Power Rangers (based on the Super Sentai series), Big Bad Beetleborgs (based on Juukou B-Fighter), VR Troopers (featuring elements of various Metal Hero series), and Masked Rider (featuring elements of Kamen Rider Black RX).

Saban has also distributed and provided music for television programs produced by outside companies such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Inspector Gadget and the first two dubbed seasons of Dragon Ball Z.

In the 1990s, Saban also operated the Libra Pictures label which produced programs targeted towards older audiences than Saban's usual kid-friendly output,^[4] as well as a syndicated subsidiary Saban Domestic Distribution, whose primarily purpose was to distribute shows for first-run and off-net syndication.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Haim Saban". Saban. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference sale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ Sandler, Adam (March 24, 1994). "Saban creates prod'n arm". Variety. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
^ "Saban debuts new slate at NATPE" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 21, 1992. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

[HaimSaban-1] "Haim Saban". Saban. Archived from the original on March 2, 2009. Retrieved February 19, 2009.

[sale-2] Cite error: The named reference sale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[:0-4] Sandler, Adam (March 24, 1994). "Saban creates prod'n arm". Variety. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2021.

[:1-5] "Saban debuts new slate at NATPE" (PDF). Broadcasting. December 21, 1992. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

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Formerly	Saban Productions, Inc. (1980–1989) Saban Entertainment, Inc. (1989–2001)^[1]^[2]^[3]
Company type	Private (1980–2001) Subsidiary (currently)
Industry	Animation Filmmaking
Predecessor	Saban Entertainment Inc.
Founded	1980; 44 years ago (1980) (as Saban Entertainment) 2001; 23 years ago (2001) (as BVS Entertainment)
Founders	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Defunct	2001; 23 years ago (2001) (Saban Entertainment)^[1]^[2]^[3] 2014; 10 years ago (2014) (dormancy)
Fate	Acquired by The Walt Disney Company, then went dormant
Successors	Program library: Disney General Entertainment Content Power Rangers franchise: Hasbro Entertainment Digimon franchise: Toei Animation Inc. Music library: BMG Rights Management
Headquarters	500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware , United States
Number of locations	2
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Television shows Theatrical films
Owner	Haim Saban (1980–2001) News Corporation (1996–2001) The Walt Disney Company (2001–present)
Parent	Independent (1980–1996) Fox Family Worldwide (1996–2001) ABC Family Worldwide (2001–present)
Divisions	Libra Pictures (1994–2001)
Subsidiaries	BVS International N.V. (1989–2016) Jetix Europe N.V. (73.3%) (1996–2009) SIP Animation (1980–2023) Créativité et Développement (1996–1998)

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