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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 currently-dormant subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, whose rights are managed with a few exceptions under its sub-division ABC Family Worldwide and distributed by Disney Platform Distribution.

BVS Entertainment

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.

TV series

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

Live-action series

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

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.

Films

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

• Alphy's Hollywood Power Party (1987; TV special)
• Rescue Me (1988)
• Who Murdered JFK? (1988; TV special) (co-production with Barbour/Langley Productions)
• Terrorism USA (1989; TV special) (co-production with Barbour/Langley Productions)
• A Perfect Little Murder (1990) (co-production with MollyBen Productions for Gary Hoffman Productions)
• Blind Vision (1991)
• Prey of the Chameleon (1992)
• Round Trip to Heaven (1992)
• Black Ice (1992)
• Revenge on the Highway (1992)
• Anything for Love (1993)
• In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (1993)
• Under Investigation (1993)
• Beyond Suspicion (1994)
• Terminal Voyage (1994)
• Samurai Cowboy (1994)
• Shadow of Obsession (1994)
• Guns of Honor: Rebel Rousers (1994)
• Guns of Honor: Trigger Fast (1994)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)
• Behind the Scenes: Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic (1995)
• Virtual Seduction (1995) (co-production with Warner Bros. Television)
• Christmas Reunion (1995)
• Chimp Lips Theater (1997; two TV specials)
• Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
• The Christmas List (1997)
• Gotcha (1998)
• Circles (1998)
• National Lampoon's Men in White (1998)
• Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
• Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998)
• Addams Family Reunion (1998)
• Earthquake in New York (1998)
• Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998)
• Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998)
• Like Father, Like Santa (1998)
• Men of Means (1999)
• Taken (1999)
• Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999)
• Dangerous Waters (1999)
• Don't Look Behind You (1999)
• Heaven's Fire (1999)
• Au Pair (1999)
• Ice Angel (2000)
• The Spiral Staircase (2000)
• Au Pair II (2001)
• Oh, Baby! (2001)
• Three Days (2001)

Animated films/specials

• Barbie and the Rockers: Out of this World (1987) (co-production with DIC Entertainment and Mattel)
• Barbie and The Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth (1987) (co-production with DIC Entertainment and Mattel)
• Queen Athena Gets Lost (1996)
• Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1997) (TV distributor and musical composer for the original 1997 English dub)
• Digimon: The Movie (2000)

Saban/Scherick Productions

• The Phantom of the Opera (1990) (co-production with Hexatel, Starcom, TF1, Reteitalia, and Beta Film)
• Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) (co-production for TNT)
• Nightmare in the Daylight (1992) (co-production with Smith/Richmond Productions)
• Till Death Us Do Part (1991)
• Quiet Killer (1992) (co-production with CTV Television Network)

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 associstion 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)
• Broken Silence: A Moment of Truth Movie/Race Against Fear (1998) (co-produced with O'Hara-Horowitz Productions)
• 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)

Back catalogue

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. Due to this partnership, the New World Animation assets purchased by Fox were transferred to Saban Entertainment. After Disney's purchase of Fox Kids Worldwide in 2001, the shows moved to the Buena Vista International Television catalogue. Although Disney held some rights to Marvel-related animated series through BVS Entertainment before Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment, copyrights to shows based on Marvel Comics characters were not directly owned by BVS Entertainment. 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.

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. 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.

Marvel Productions/New World Animation

• The Marvel Super Heroes (1966)
  • Iron Man
  • The Sub-Mariner
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • Captain America
  • The Mighty Thor
• Spider-Man (1967–1970)
• The New Fantastic Four (1978)
• Spider-Woman (1979)
• Spider-Man (1981)
• Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981)
• The Incredible Hulk (1982)
• Dungeons & Dragons (1983–1985)
• Little Wizards (1987–1988)
• RoboCop: The Animated Series (1988)
• Dino-Riders (1988)
• Rude Dog and the Dweebs (1989)
• X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (1989)
• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1990–1991)
• X-Men (1992–1997)
• Biker Mice from Mars (1993–1996)
• Spider-Man (1994)
• Iron Man (1994)
• Fantastic Four (1994)
• The Incredible Hulk (1996)

Fox Children's Productions

• Bobby's World (1990–1998) (distributed until 2004)
• Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990–1991)
• Piggsburg Pigs! (1990–1991)
• Zazoo U (1990–1991)
• Eek! The Cat / EEK!Stravaganza (1992–1997)
  • The Terrible Thunderlizards (1993–1997)
  • Klutter! (1995–1996)
• Red Planet (1994)
• The Tick (1994–1996)
• Life with Louie (1994–1998)
• Count DeClues' Mystery Castle (1993; TV special)
• Grunt & Punt (1994–1995)
• Goosebumps (1995–1998) (international distributor)

Créativité & Développement

• Botts (1986–1987)
• Amilcar's Window (1987–1989)
• Diplodos (1987–1988)
• Sophie and Virginie (1990–1992)
• Heroes on Hot Wheels (1991–1992)
• The Twins of Destiny (1991–1992)
• Cupido (1991)
• The Adventures of T-Rex (1992–1993)
• Magic Trolls and the Troll Warriors (1992; TV special)
• The Bots Master (1993–1994)
• Happy Ness: Secret of the Loch (1995)

DIC Audiovisuel / DIC Enterprises (pre-1990)

Foreign TV series

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

Music production only

Library status

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, BVS Entertainment also owns all remaining assets of Saban International Paris/SIP Animation catalogue and a portion of the Créativité et Développement 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.

Exceptions

• The Power Rangers franchise and other PR-related shows (VR Troopers, Masked Rider, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation, Big Bad Beetleborgs, and Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog) were purchased back by Haim Saban from Disney for $43 million on May 12, 2010. The English rights to the Digimon franchise were also purchased back by Saban on September 25, 2012. The Power Rangers programs are now owned by Hasbro through Hasbro Entertainment, which acquired the assets of Saban Brands in 2018 (except for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, which were acquired by Disney via 20th Century Studios on March 20, 2019), while Digimon has since reverted to Toei Animation Inc.
• Canadian rights to Breaker High, The New Addams Family and Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation are owned by co-producer Shavick Entertainment; the former is available in Canada on Shavick's streaming platform OUT TV. Disney owns the rights to the former two programs outside Canada, while the latter is owned by Hasbro Studios.
• Disney sold Bobby's World to the series' creator Howie Mandel in 2004. Splash Entertainment currently distributes the series under license from him.
• The shows co-produced with CinéGroupe remain in their catalogue, and are distributed by their partner company HG Distribution, including Wunschpunsch, What's with Andy?, The Kids from Room 402, and the live-action series Big Wolf on Campus.
• International rights to Goosebumps reverted to Scholastic Entertainment in the 2010's, with distribution handled by 9 Story Media Group.
• The international distribution rights to the pre-1990 DIC Enterprises library were re-purchased by DIC in March 2006. This library as well as DIC-Saban co-produced The New Archies and DIC-SIP co-produced Gadget & the Gadgetinis via co-producer DIC Entertainment are currently owned by Canadian independent company WildBrain. DIC Audiovisuel's shows retained by Créativité et Développement remain under the ownership of Disney.
• BVS Entertainment held distribution rights for some AB Productions-C&D co-produced shows for an indefinite period (such as Sophie and Virginie, The Twins of Destiny, The Adventures of T-Rex, The Bots Master, and Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch) but the rights to these shows later reverted to AB Productions and are currently owned by Mediawan Thematics.
• Many of Saban's anime licenses, such as Eagle Riders, Macron 1, Noozles, Flint the Time Detective, The Littl' Bits and Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio, expired in the 2000s.
• Pigs Next Door was a co-production with Fox Kids, EM.TV and Wavery B.V. Studio 100, which acquired EM.TV's children's library in 2008, owns the U.S. digital rights and some international rights to the series (Europe, China, Australia, New Zealand and Quebec).
• NBCUniversal Syndication Studios/Global Distribution currently distributes Kissyfur (through Universal Television), and Casper: A Spirited Beginning (through DreamWorks Animation). For unknown reasons, Casper Meets Wendy remains under the ownership of Disney.
• Saban sold the rights to the live-action film Round Trip to Heaven to Spectrum Entertainment Group in 1992; it is currently distributed by Invincible Entertainment.
• The rights to Dungeons & Dragons are currently fully owned by Hasbro Entertainment, who acquired the series from Disney in the 2020s.

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