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'''Saban Entertainment''' was an independent television production company formed in 1980 by music and television producers Haim '''Saban''' and Shuki Levy as "Saban Records", a U.S. subsidiary of Saban International Paris (later "[[SIP Animation]]"), who composed music soundtracks to shows made by other companies (most notably [[DIC Entertainment|DiC]]). In 1984, the company expanded in television production of its own, and was renamed as "Saban Productions". In 1988, the company also founded "Saban International N.V." (now part of [[Disney Media Distribution|Disney Platform Distribution]]) for international distribution of its shows (Note: Though used interchangeably with "Saban International Paris", they were technically two distinct entities). Around the early 1990s, the company was reincorporated as "Saban Entertainment, Inc.". On November 29, 2001, Saban Entertainment was renamed to "BVS Entertainment, Inc." after Saban and News Corp. (owner of Fox) were sold to [[The Walt Disney Company]] a month earlier. Likewise, Saban International became "BVS International N.V.". | '''Saban Entertainment''' was an independent television production company formed in 1980 by music and television producers Haim '''Saban''' and Shuki Levy as "Saban Records", a U.S. subsidiary of Saban International Paris (later "[[SIP Animation]]"), who composed music soundtracks to shows made by other companies (most notably [[DIC Entertainment|DiC]]). In 1984, the company expanded in television production of its own, and was renamed as "Saban Productions". In 1988, the company also founded "Saban International N.V." (now part of [[Disney Media Distribution|Disney Platform Distribution]]) for international distribution of its shows (Note: Though used interchangeably with "Saban International Paris", they were technically two distinct entities). Around the early 1990s, the company was reincorporated as "Saban Entertainment, Inc.". On November 29, 2001, Saban Entertainment was renamed to "BVS Entertainment, Inc." after Saban and News Corp. (owner of Fox) were sold to [[The Walt Disney Company]] a month earlier. Likewise, Saban International became "BVS International N.V.". | ||
Today, most of the Saban library is held by The Walt Disney Company through Buena Vista Studios (BVS Entertainment) and [[20th Century Studios]]. The ''Power Rangers'' and ''Power Rangers''-related series (''VR Troopers'', ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'', ''Masked Rider'', ''The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog'', and ''Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation''), | Today, most of the Saban library is held by The Walt Disney Company through Buena Vista Studios (BVS Entertainment) and [[20th Century Studios]]. | ||
The ''Power Rangers'' franchise and ''Power Rangers''-related series (''VR Troopers'', ''Big Bad Beetleborgs'', ''Masked Rider'', ''The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog'', and ''Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation''), as well as ''Dungeons and Dragons'', are currently held by [[Hasbro Entertainment]]. ''Bobby's World'' was sold back to its creator, Howie Mandel, who later licensed the series to [[MoonScoop Group]]. ''Goosebumps'' reverted to [[Scholastic Entertainment]] in 2013. ''Breaker High'' and ''The New Addams Family'' are co-owned with [[Shavick Entertainment]], which owns the Canadian distribution rights to both series. ''Pigs Next Door'' is co-owned with [[Studio 100]]. [[CinéGroupe]] retains the rights to its productions. The distribution rights to [[DIC Entertainment]]'s series reverted to DIC in 2006, and that catalogue is now owned by [[WildBrain]]; however, Disney retains the rights to DIC Audiovisuel's catalogue. Créativité et Développement's catalogue later reverted to [[AB Productions]] and is now owned by [[Mediawan]]. | |||
Most of Saban's dubbed production rights have expired; for example, ''Digimon'' is owned by [[Toei Animation]] under license to [[Discotek Media]]. | |||
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