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List of BVS Entertainment productions

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This list article details programming libraries produced and/or distributed by the divisions and subsidiaries of BVS Entertainment, formerly Saban Entertainment, a dormant subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, whose rights are managed with a few exceptions under its distributed by Disney Platform Distribution.

BVS Entertainment

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Between 1980 and 2001, the company produced and distributed animated programs through two branches; Saban Entertainment and Saban International Paris. while the production and distribution of live-action TV shows and movies was carried out through three separate branches; Saban Entertainment, Saban/Sherick Productions and Libra Pictures, targeting different audiences, especially adults.

As a result of acquisitions, agreements and partnerships made during its period of operations, Saban Entertainment acquired some ownership, distribution or intellectual property rights to animation libraries such as Fox Children's Productions, New World Animation/Marvel Productions, DIC Entertainment, Créativité et Développement, and DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. Saban began exclusively producing content for News Corporation's Fox Kids and Fox Family networks in 1998 and took over the global distribution of Fox Kids' pre-existing library. In addition, the company and its subsidiaries have collaborated with Canadian animation company CinéGroupe and European TV networks in the joint production of animated series. It has been involved in the co-production and distribution of animated series based on pre-existing characters and IPs from Marvel Comics and European comic book publishers, while cooperation was made when producing live-action programs with other U.S./Canadian production companies such as Shavick Entertainment and O'Hara-Horowitz Productions on films for television or the direct-to video market. In 2001, Disney terminated the operations of Saban/Sherick Productions and Libra Pictures after purchasing the company and its units. Following a series of re-brandings, the parent company BVS Entertainment (formerly Saban Entertainment) continued to produce the Power Rangers franchise, while SIP Animation (formerly Saban International Paris) continued to produce animation in collaboration with Fox Kids Europe/Jetix Europe for broadcast on Fox Kids and Jetix international networks. Following the acquisition in 2001, Buena Vista International Television took over the company's entire library and distribution network and continued distributing BVS shows until the shows were mostly vaulted by Disney in the late 2000s and BVS went dormant.

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TV series

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BVS Entertainment

The company's main U.S. unit produced television shows as Saban Entertainment until the last quarter of 2001, when program production continued in a more limited manner as BVS Entertainment. However, the BVS corporate umbrella also remained the parent company, holding the company's subsidiaries, even though shows produced or distributed by subsidiaries of the company are not credited to BVS' name.

Animated series

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Live-action series

The company also produced and/or distributed the following live action TV series:

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SIP Animation

When the company was named Saban International Paris, some of their shows featured the "Saban's" corporate bug in their title although Saban Entertainment itself is not listed. BVS Entertainment was not credited in SIP Animation shows produced after 2002 but BVS International N.V. remained the respective owner of the rights to the SIP Animation name, brand, logo and trademark after 2002.[7]

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Films

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The company also produced and/or distributed the following live action and animated films. Many of Saban Entertainment's television and direct-to video movies targeted older audiences.

Saban Entertainment

Live-action films

Animated films/specials

Saban/Scherick Productions

Libra Pictures

  • Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994)
  • Susie Q (1996) (co-produced by Shavick Entertainment in association with Super RTL and Disney Channel)
  • Panic in the Skies! (1996) (co-produced with MTM Enterprises in association with Regent Entertainment, Rosner Television, Shavick Entertainment and International Family Entertainment Inc.)
  • Stand Against Fear: A Moment of Truth Movie/Unlikely Suspects (1996) (co-produced with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions)
  • Midnight Heat (1996) (co-produced with Shavick Entertainment)
  • Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie (1996) (co-produced with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions)
  • Abduction of Innocence: A Moment of Truth Movie (1996) (co-produced with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions)
  • Hostile Force (1997) (co-produced by Shavick Entertainment; non-U.S. distribution handled by Saban International)
  • Broken Silence: A Moment of Truth Movie/Race Against Fear (1998) (co-produced with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions)
  • Random Encounter (1998) (co-produced by Allegro Films; non-Canadian distribution handled by Saban International)[11][12]
  • Someone to Love Me: A Moment of Truth Movie/Race Against Fear (1998) (co-produced with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions)
  • Shattered Hearts: A Moment of Truth Movie (1998) (co-produced with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions)
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Back catalogue

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Fox Kids Worldwide

These programs were distributed by Saban Entertainment beginning in 1996, when Saban merged with Fox Children's Network to form Fox Kids Worldwide.[12][13] Due to this partnership, the New World Animation assets purchased by Fox in 1995 were transferred to Saban Entertainment.[14] After Disney's purchase of Fox Kids Worldwide in 2001, the shows moved to the Buena Vista International Television catalogue.[15] Although Disney held some rights to Marvel-related animated series through BVS Entertainment[16][17] before Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment, copyrights to shows based on Marvel Comics characters were not directly owned by BVS Entertainment.[18] The remaining rights to these Marvel-branded shows were completely transferred to Marvel Entertainment with Disney's acquisition of Marvel in 2009. Disney gained further rights to the New World Animation/Marvel Productions library following its acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019.[19][20]

In December 1995, Saban International N.V. purchased from Vesical Limited its interest and international rights to certain television programs originally produced by DIC Entertainment. Vesical's assets included non-U.S. rights to series such as Inspector Gadget, Heathcliff and Dennis the Menace.[13] Disney later returned these rights to DIC in 2006.

The rights to Créativité et Développement shows (including the adaptation rights to Diabolik) were transferred to Saban Entertainment as a result of Saban's French subsidiary, Saban International Paris, purchasing C&D in April 1996 and absorbing the company in 1998. C&D retained a few shows produced by DIC Audiovisuel after DIC Enterprises split off from it in 1987.

Most of the Fox Kids and Marvel shows that Saban acquired in 1996 would get new television prints, which plastered the 1996 Saban Entertainment logo onto the end credits, along with the Fox Kids Worldwide logo. Following Disney's purchase of Saban and Fox Kids Worldwide in 2001, these logos were removed from most releases, although for unknown reasons, they are still kept on some, such as on Disney+'s current streaming versions of Marvel superhero shows like Fantastic Four: The Animated Series and Iron Man: The Animated Series.[21][22] In 2012, these logos were also kept on a UK DVD release of the Fox Kids Goosebumps series, which Saban and Fox Kids Worldwide controlled the non-U.S. distribution rights to (with the U.S. rights always being held by Scholastic Entertainment). The 1996 Saban logo and Fox Kids Worldwide logo were also plastered onto the credits of DIC Shows they acquired non-U.S. rights to, including Inspector Gadget, Dennis the Menace, Heathcliff, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and M.A.S.K..[23] They have since been removed from newer releases.

Marvel Productions/New World Animation

Fox Children's Productions

Créativité & Développement

DIC Audiovisuel / DIC Enterprises (pre-1990)

Foreign TV series

The company also dubbed and/or distributed the following foreign TV series in English.

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Music production only

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Library status

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With a few exceptions, the Fox Kids and Saban Entertainment television library is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company through BVS Entertainment. Since SIP Animation has been put into liquidation as of October 2023,[28][29] BVS Entertainment also owns all remaining assets of Saban International Paris/SIP Animation[30] catalogue and a portion of the Créativité et Développement[31] library acquired by Saban before Disney took over the company.

Disney owns the W.I.T.C.H. IP rights as they were directly involved in the production itself (not just through Jetix Europe) and published the comic books the show was based on. Disney previously licensed A.T.O.M. to independent distributor Multicom Entertainment Group, particularly including digital distribution rights; Multicom's rights have since reverted to Disney. Contrary to popular belief none of the BVS/SIP assets were transferred or folded into The Walt Disney Company France.

Except for some definitive titles (such as Susie Q, Au Pair 1 and 2, and Three Days), it is unknown today how much of the BVS, Libra Pictures and Saban/Scherick films are owned by Disney, due to numerous co-productions or the transfer of certain home video/international distribution rights and/or copyrights to third parties in the years before Disney acquired Saban.

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