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This article is about the defunct television production company. For the company that has a division called Saban Entertainment Group, see Saban Capital Group.
BVS Entertainment, Inc.
FormerlySaban Productions, Inc. (1980–1988)
Saban Entertainment, Inc. (1988–2001)[1][2][3]
IndustryAnimation
Filmmaking
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
FoundersHaim Saban
Shuki Levy
DefunctOctober 1, 2002 (2002-10-01)[1][2][3]
FateAcquired by The Walt Disney Company
SuccessorBVS Entertainment
Saban Brands
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Haim Saban
Shuki Levy
ProductsTelevision programs
Theatrical films
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
ParentABC Family Worldwide
(Walt Disney Television)
SubsidiariesSaban International N.V. (later BVS International N.V.)
Saban International Services, Inc. (later BVS International Services, Inc.)
Saban International Paris (Sold off in 2001)

Saban Entertainment, Inc. (along with Saban International, which operated outside the US; current legal name is BVS Entertainment, Inc.) is a worldwide-served independent American-Israeli television production company formed in 1980 by music and television producers Haim Saban[1] and Shuki Levy as "Saban Productions".

This company was known for importing, dubbing, and adapting several Japanese series such as Maple Town (...Stories), Noozles (Fushigi na Koala Blinky and Pinky), Funky Fables (Video Anime Ehonkan Sekai Meisaku Dowa), Samurai Pizza Cats (Kyatto Ninden Teyande) and the first three Digimon series to North America and international markets for syndication, including both animation and live action shows. Saban is also notable for their various toku adapts of several shows from Toei Company, which include the massively-popular Power Rangers (based on the Super Sentai series), Big Bad Beetleborgs (based on Juukou B-Fighter), VR Troopers (featuring elements of Metal Hero series like Space Sheriff Shaider, Jikuu Senshi Spielban and Choujinki Metalder), and Masked Rider (an original interpretation using scenes from the Japanese Kamen Rider Black RX).

Saban was involved in the co-production of French/American animated shows created by Jean Chalopin for DIC Entertainment. Some of these early 1980s co-productions were Camp Candy, Ulysses 31, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, and The Mysterious Cities of Gold (the third of which was a Japanese co-production).

Saban has also distributed and provided music for TV programs produced by other companies, such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Inspector Gadget and the first 2 dub seasons of Dragon Ball Z.

History

Early years

Saban Entertainment was formed in 1980[4] as "Saban Productions". The first Saban logo depicted a Saturn-like planet with the word "Saban", in a Pac-Man style font, going across the planet's ring. The planet had five lines under the word "Productions". Several years later, the company created Saban International), for international distribution of its shows (note: though used interchangeably with "Saban International Paris", they were technically two different entities).

In 1986, Saban Productions bought the foreign rights to the DIC Enterprises library of children's programming from DIC's parent DIC Animation City, and then sold the rights to Jean Chalopin's C&D.[5][6] DIC then sued Saban for damages and in 1991, DIC and Saban reached a settlement.[7]

In 1988, the company renamed itself Saban Entertainment.[citation needed] As the company grew additional executive were hired as to push into new areas like prime time programming. Saban hired, to head Saban International distribution arm, Stan Golden from Horizon International TV. Then in August 1989, Tom Palmieri came from MTM Enterprises to become Saban president. By January 2, 1990, Saban formed Saban/Scherick Productions division for production done with Edgar Scherick, primarily miniseries and made-for-TV movies.[4]

Partnership with Marvel Entertainment Group

New World Animation (The Incredible Hulk), Saban (X-Men), and Marvel Films Animation (Spider-Man) each produced a Marvel series for television.[8]

In July 1996, Fox Children's Network secured rights from Marvel Entertainment Group for Captain America, Daredevil and Silver Surfer and additional characters to be developed into four series and 52 episodes over seven years.[9] Also in July, Saban formed a new division, Saban Enterprises International, to handle international licensing, merchandising and promotional activities under president Michael Welter. Oliver Spiner, senior vice president of Saban International, takes over operational duties previously handled by Welter. Eric Rollman was promoted from senior vice president production to executive vice president of Saban Animation.[10]

In 1996, Fox Children's Productions merged with Saban Entertainment to form Fox Kids Worldwide bring the Marvel Productions and Marvel Films Animation library.[11][12][13]

Marvel was developing a Captain America animated series with Saban Entertainment for Fox Kids to premiere in fall 1998.[14] However, due to Marvel's bankruptcy the series was canceled before the premiere.[15] Both Marvel and Saban would become parts of The Walt Disney Company; Saban (renamed BVS Entertainment) in 2002 and Marvel by the end of 2009. Then in 2010, Haim Saban founded a new company, Saban Capital Group (SCG), they produced shows under the name Saban Brands such as all Power Rangers seasons starting with Power Rangers Samurai and Glitter Force.[16]

BVS Entertainment

On July 23, 2001, it was announced that the group would be sold to The Walt Disney Company as part of the sale of Fox Family Worldwide/Fox Kids Worldwide (now ABC Family Worldwide) by Haim Saban and News Corporation,[17] and on October 24, 2001, the sale was completed[1][2] and the group was renamed BVS (Buena Vista Studios) Entertainment.[3] The last official program and fully produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment was Power Rangers Time Force. However, Power Rangers Wild Force was the last series created by Saban and the latest which had a collaboration (Saban created the series and produced only pre-production, following the acquisition of Saban Entertainment and Fox Family Worldwide/Fox Kids Worldwide, the show belongs to copyright of Disney and was distributed by BVS, although the show was produced by MMPR Productions, the producer of the Power Rangers during the Saban era).

Haim Saban left Saban International Paris in the same year and was eventually split and sold off from Saban Entertainment to became an independent studio. Disney would eventually purchase a 49% minority stake in this division, which on October 1, 2002 was renamed to SIP Animation, which continued producing content until 2009.

Since Saban Capital Group purchased back the rights to Power Rangers and Digimon, BVS Entertainment became dormant, and was the current copyright holder for the ex-Saban and ex-Fox Kids/Fox Children’s Productions shows that Disney currently owns.

Sensation Animation

One portion of Saban Entertainment was renamed to Sensation Animation in 2002[18] and was Disney’s dedication to ADR production and post-production services for anime, and also so that Disney could continue dubbing Digimon (the second half of Digimon Tamers and Digimon Frontier) episodes. This division ceased operations in 2003 after Disney lost the rights to dub Digimon. Disney however would go on to dub and distribute the previously un-dubbed four Digimon movies; Revenge of Diaboromon (DA02), Battle of Adventurers (DT), Runaway Locomon (DT) and Island of the Lost Digimon (DF) in 2005 and the fifth TV season, Digimon Data Squad in 2007, but this time the dubbing was handled by post-production studio Studiopolis. The majority of the previous cast members returned sans some actors, like Joshua Seth.

Saban International Paris

Main article: SIP Animation

Saban International Paris, later SIP Animation, was a television production company based in France that operated from 1977 to 2009.

Saban International Paris was founded in France by Haim Saban and Jacqueline Tordjman in 1977 as a record company. In 1989, Saban International Paris moved into the animation field.[19] The studio would go on to produce many animated series for Fox Kids Europe in the 1990s and 2000s. Haim Saban departed the company in 2001 with the purchase of Fox Family Worldwide, which was followed by The Walt Disney Company taking a stake in the company and a name change to SIP Animation on October 1, 2002.[20][21][22] SIP continued to co-produce animated series with Jetix Europe (previously Fox Kids Europe) during the 2000s.[23][24] SIP Animation was closed[25] in 2009.[26]

List of television series and films

Animated TV series

Saban Entertainment

Saban International Paris

For shows produced after SIP became independent in 2002, see SIP Animation.
SIP Animation
FormerlySaban Records and Music SARL (1977–1990)
Saban Enterprises SARL
(1990–1993)
Saban International Paris SARL (1993–2002)
Company typeSociété à responsabilité limitée (1982–2005)
Société par actions simplifiée (2005–2023)
Industry
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Founders
Defunct
  • 2009; 15 years ago (2009) (dormancy)
  • 25 October 2023; 12 months ago (25 October 2023) (as a company)
FateLiquidated; remaining assets folded into BVS Entertainment[30]
SuccessorBVS Entertainment
HeadquartersLa Garenne-Colombes,
France
Number of locations
4[31]
OwnerHaim Saban (1977–1991)
Multi-shareholder (1991–2012)
The Walt Disney Company (2012–2023)
Parent
SubsidiariesCréativité et Développement (April 1996–December 1998)

SIP Animation (known as Saban International Paris until 2002) was a French animation studio, and a defunct subsidiary of BVS Entertainment (formerly Saban Entertainment). By 2009, the company had produced over 390 hours of animated content.[19]

History

Early history

Haim Saban and Jacqueline Tordjman formed together Saban Records and Music SARL in 1977[34][35] in order to release Saban's musical compositions. Saban later formed Saban Productions in 1980 and soon became a unit of the newly-formed company.

In 1989, the division moved into the animation field, producing animated series for their parent company under the name of Saban International Paris.[19] The parent company was renamed Saban Enterprises by 1990.

Semi-independence

In November 1991, Saban International Paris became a separately-operated facility after its shares were divided in thirds.[36] Luxembourg-based company International Film Productions took 49.7% stake, while CEO Jacueline Tordjman took 0.5%. Saban Entertainment kept a 49.8% share. Tordjman's shares increased to 0.7% by 1994.[31] with Saban's decreasing to 49.6%.[36]

In January 1996, France 3 picked up Princess Sissi as a co-production between Saban International Paris and Canadian studio CinéGroupe.[37] In February 1996, the shares of International Film Productions were transferred to Pueblo Films AG, a Switzerland-based company.[31]

By the late 1990s, Saban International Paris mainly functioned as a producer of original content for the publicly operating Fox Kids Europe and maintained this partnership after its rebranding as Jetix Europe.

Expansion

In March 1996, it was announced that Saban Entertainment would acquire rival French studio Créativité et Développement (C&D), which was owned by DIC Entertainment co-founder Jean Chalopin.[38] The plan was that if the deal closed successfully, the studio would be absorbed into Saban International Paris while Saban would inherit their catalogue. In addition, with the completion of the acquisition, the C&D headquarters building in La Garanne-Colombes would become the property of Saban International Paris. The deal closed successfully, with C&D soon being liquidated in 1998.[39]

The C&D acquisition allowed Saban International Paris to pick up the rights to produce an animated series based on Diabolik, which was added to their existing range of productions in development, which at the time included two Belgian-comic adaptations: Achille Talon and Iznogoud, the latter of which was pre-sold to France 2 for that summer, and three literature adaptations: Oliver Twist and two Michael Ende works Jim Button and Night of the Wishes. In August 1996, Saban and the German ARD network agreed to a three-year, $50 million co-production and library program licensing agreement to co-produce the Michael Ende adaptations.[40]

In February 2000, it was announced that the in-development Night of the Wishes adaptation would be named Wunschpunsch and would be produced as a co-production with Canadian-based CinéGroupe and began production in February 2000, being pre-sold to Radio-Canada and TF1 in the same month.[41] In December, DIC Entertainment announced that they would be co-produce Gadget and the Gadgetinis with Saban International Paris and that Saban International would hold international (outside of the U.S.) distribution rights to the series, which itself would premiere in 2002.[42]

In April 2002, Saban International Paris presold a new show tentatively titled Tofu Family (later renamed to The Tofus), to the United Kingdom's ITV to air on their CITV block.[43] The studio were also reported to be working on three Canadian co-productions - Tinsellania for TF1 and Family in co-production with Studio B,[44] Sparkiz for France 2 and ROBO for M6. None of the three shows were ever completed.

Rebranding

In July 2001, News Corporation and Saban Entertainment announced their sale of Fox Family Worldwide, which held Saban's assets and stakes, to The Walt Disney Company for $5.3 billion.[45] The deal would also include Saban Entertainment and Saban's 49.6% shares in Saban International Paris. The deal was closed in October 2001, and after the sale, Saban Entertainment was renamed to BVS Entertainment.[31] With this, Haim Saban departed from the company, while The Walt Disney Company would inherit a 49.6% minority stake in the studio, which remained under BVS.[46]

With the departure of Haim Saban from both Saban International Paris and BVS Entertainment, the studio could no longer be referred to under the respective name.[46] On October 1, 2002, the company was renamed to SIP Animation and soon launched a new website and a change of domain name shortly afterward.[47][48] Alongside the change of name, SIP announced the production of a TV series based on the Italian comic book series W.I.T.C.H., which Disney published. Additional projects SIP continued to work on prior to the name change were Jason and the Heroes of Mount Olympus and Gadget & the Gadgetinis for Fox Kids Europe.[49][50][51] As with Saban and Fox Kids Europe's existing programmes, television distribution and servicing were transferred from Saban International N.V. (renamed to BVS International N.V.) to Buena Vista International Television, a Disney subsidiary.[46]

In March 2003, SIP announced that production on The Tofus had begun, and that they would co-produce the second season of CinéGroupe's What's with Andy?, in association with Fox Kids France and Super RTL. The studio also produced a W.I.T.C.H. pilot to attract broadcasters into airing the series, and announced two brand new unnamed projects under development for Fox Kids Europe, a 2D show which TF1 was looking into airing and a 2D/3D show.[52] By this point, home video rights to SIP's catalogue fell under Active Licensing Europe, which was renamed Jetix Consumer Products during the rebranding of all Fox Kids operations as Jetix.

In September 2004, SIP and Jetix Europe announced that the planned 2D/3D show would become their next co-production, an action cartoon with the working title of The Insiders.[53] Hasbro signed a deal to produce toys based on the show later in the month.[54] The show's full title would eventually become A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines, and premiered on Jetix channels worldwide in the second half of 2005. In October of the same year, Kidscreen reported that the planned 2D show would be titled Combo Niños and that delivery for the series would begin in early 2006. Jetix Europe and TF1 had been on board with the series, but SIP had also been looking for other broadcasters or countries to co-produce the series.[55]

In December 2006, SIP made a call for short film pitches.[56]

In May 2007, SIP Animation announced that the production of Combo Niños had begun for an August 2008 delivery window.[57] The series premiered on Jetix Europe-operated channels in the Summer of 2008, with a terrestrial expansion soon following. Throughout 2007, SIP announced several new projects in the works, with Astaquana being picked up in September 2007 for a June 2008 start and a January 2009 delivery window, with a pilot being produced to attract consumers,[58] George and Me[59] being picked up in December, based on a 2006 Soleil Productions comic series,[60] and the film Princess Bari on December 30, which was a co-production with Korean distributor M-Line and would become the first ever French-Korean animated co-production. The film was rumored to have been completed but was never released.[61][62][63]

In April 2008, SIP refreshed their website and changed their domain name.[64] Within 2008, the company produced three television pilots:[19] Wesh Wesh Express, Ko-Bushi,[65] and The Jokers. In June, it was reported that George and Me would begin production at the beginning of 2009.[66] The studio also produced for Interfilm an eight-minute short film titled Inukshuk, which was completed in December 2008,[67] and premiered in May 2009.[68]

Dormancy, closure and legacy

In December 2008, The Walt Disney Company announced that they would purchase out the rest of Jetix Europe. With Disney fully purchasing their main programme supplier, SIP silently went dormant.

In April 2009, the company was subject to liquidation,[69] and André Lacour was appointed as president by shareholders' decision. During this point, several employees of the studio would leave the company, including CEO and co-founder Jacqueline Tordjman,[69] who would establish Zagtoon with former employee Jeremy Zag. Bruno Bianchi also left and founded Ginkgo Animation, taking the George and Me project with him. Additionally, the company changed its address to Rue de la Galmy 77776 Marne la Vallée cedex 4. As Torjman no longer held any business with the studio, Disney purchased out Tordjman's 0.7% share, now owning a 50.3% majority share in SIP.

In 2012, Disney France executive Bruno Danzel d'Aumont was appointed the head of the company by a shareholder decision.[31] In 2012, Disney purchased out the remaining 49.7% shares held by Pueblo Films AG, making SIP Animation owned by a single company (BVS Entertainment) for the first time since 1991.[31] Shortly afterward, the remains of the studio moved to The Walt Disney Company France headquarters at 25 Quai Panhard Levassor 75013, Paris.[31]

In 2019, by the decision of the sole authorized shareholder BVS, current Disney France CEO Phillipe Coen was appointed as the company president.[31]

In 2023, Disney terminated the company through BVS, the sole authorized shareholder of the company, in the last quarter of the year.[36] SIP Animation as a whole was listed as fully closed on 25 October 2023.[31] All remains of the studio were automatically transferred to BVS Entertainment, which was the sole authorized partner of the société anonyme in accordance with French civil code. None of the SIP assets were transferred or folded into The Walt Disney Company France.

Although the studio was a separately operated multi-shareholder unit from its parent company BVS Entertainment between 1991 and 2012, BVS International N.V. owned the rights to "SIP Animation" respective name, logo, brand and trademark between 2002 and 2012.[70]

Shows produced

Main article: List of BVS Entertainment productions § SIP Animation

Pilots

  • Astaquana (2007)
  • Wesh Wesh Express (2008)
  • Ko-Bushi (2008)
  • The Jokers (2008)

Short film

  • Inukshuk (2009)

Subsequent ownership

Main article: List of BVS Entertainment productions § Library status

Disney owns all remaining assets of SIP as of the company's liquidation in October 2023[31][71] through BVS Entertainment. As of March 2012, The Walt Disney Company France acts as a contact point for SIP and its former assets.[72] The short film Inukshuk is distributed by interfilm.[73]

Bruno Bianchi, who had worked at the company since the 1990s, went on to form his own animation company called Ginkgo Animation after SIP's shutdown, and ran it before his death on December 2, 2011.[74] Ginkgo picked up the George and Me project after he left SIP, but by April 2011 this venture of Ginkgo's was considered unsuccessful due to changing priorities in the French animation industry,[59] according to one of the authors of the original comics.[75]

Malaysian studio Inspidea, which had previously worked as a subcontractor on Combo Niños[76] and Wesh Wesh Express, co-produced the Ko-Bushi pilot and would eventually co-produce a full series under the slightly different title Kobushi,[77] with the involvement of Zagtoon. Zagtoon itself was co-founded by SIP co-founder Jaqueline Tordjman and also employs several key people who worked at SIP, like composers Alain Garcia and Noam Kaniel.

Notes

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Foreign television series

Saban Entertainment dubbed and or distributed the following foreign television series in English:

Live-action TV series

Saban Entertainment produced and or distributed the following live action TV series:

Live-action films

Animated films/specials

Media releases

  • Most Saban Entertainment-owned media from the early 1990s made their way to VHS in most regions. However, from the late 1990s on, almost all Saban Entertainment-owned entities were only released as Australian and New Zealand Region 4 VHSes. And also, according to current North American rights holders, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment had (and still has) no plans to release these titles to DVD and Blu-ray, and as such, some of them instead aired on their sibling television channel, Disney XD and originally was on Toon Disney and ABC Family before the retirement of the Jetix branding in the United States. In most European countries, Fox Kids Europe (later Jetix Europe) had a sister channel called Fox Kids Play (later Jetix Play) which aired various Saban Entertainment programs and shows owned by Fox Kids Europe/Jetix Europe. Some shows were also released on DVD and VHS by various independent distributors, such as Maximum Entertainment in the United Kingdom.

Digimon

  • In Australia, Digimon: Digital Monsters seasons one and two was re-released by Madman Entertainment on August 17, 2011.[8][9]
  • In addition, the first five series was released on DVD in North America through New Video.

Power Rangers

Others

Saban's library

The Fox Kids/Saban Entertainment library today is mostly owned by The Walt Disney Company, with a few exceptions:

References

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  7. ^ Scott, Tony (November 20, 1992). "Review: 'Cbs Sunday Movie Nightmare in the Daylight'". Variety. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  8. ^ "Digimon: Digital Monsters on Madman". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  9. ^ "Digimon: Digital Monsters (Season 2) on Madman". Madman Entertainment. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  10. ^ "Power Rangers on German Amazon". German Amazon. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  11. ^ "Power Rangers: Seasons 13-17". Shout! Factory. 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  12. ^ Lionsgate (2014-05-07). "LIONSGATE AND SABAN BRANDS PARTNER FOR POWER RANGERS LIVE ACTION FEATURE FILM - SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 7, 2014". Newswire.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
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