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Buena Vista (Spanish for "good view") [1] is the brand name that has historically been used for divisions, subsidiaries, and assets of The Walt Disney Company, whose primary studios, the Walt Disney Studios, are located on South Buena Vista Street in Burbank, California. [2]
Since 2000, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered at the Jim Henson Company Lot, the historic former Charlie Chaplin Studios, in Hollywood. The company was established in November 1958 by puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson, [2] and is currently independently owned and operated by their children.
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Early years
Saban Entertainment was formed in 1980 as Saban Productions, which was initially a music production company. The first Saban logo depicted a Saturn-like planet with "Saban," in a Pac-Man style font, going across the planet's ring. Several years later, the company created a division (Saban International) for the international distribution of its shows (not to be confused with the interchangeable "Saban International Paris" as they were two different entities). In 1983, it formed a longtime rel...
Partnership with Marvel Entertainment Group and News Corporation
In 1992, Saban partnered with the Marvel Entertainment Group to produce an animated series based on Marvel's comic-book heroes the X-Men. Saban obtained the rights in a joint partnership with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and the Fox Children's Network, becoming Saban's first hit program and the company's first breakthrough. The series ran until 1997. In 1993, Saban brought another hit to the Fox Kids lineup, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, an adaptation of the Japanese Super Sentai franchise....
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, and on October 24, 2001, the sale was completed and the group was renamed BVS (Buena Vista Studios) Entertainment. The last official program and fully produced and distributed by Saban Entertainment was Power Rangers Time Force. However, Power Rangers Wild Forcewas the last serie...
Saban International Paris, later SIP Animation, was a television production company based in France that operated from 1977 to 2008. 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. The studio would go on to produce m...
Animated TV series
Saban Entertainment 1. Kidd Video (1984–1985) (co-production with DIC Enterprises) 2. Lazer Tag Academy(1986–1987) 3. My Favorite Fairy Tales (1986) (co-production with Toei Animation) 4. ALF: The Animated Series(1987–1989) (co-production with DIC Enterprises for Alien Productions) 5. The New Archies(1987) (co-production with DIC Enterprises) 6. Kissyfur (1988) (season 2 only; co-production with DIC Enterprises for NBC Productions) 7. ALF Tales(1988–1989) (co-production with DIC Enterprises f...
Foreign television series
Saban Entertainment dubbed and or distributed the following foreign television series in English: 1. Macron 1(1985–1986) 2. Bumpety Boo(1985–1986) 3. Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea(1985–1987) 4. Maple Town(1986–1987) 5. Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics(1987–1989) 6. Noozles(1988) 7. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1988) 8. Tales of Little Women(1988–1989) 9. The Hallo Spencer Show(1989) 10. Ox Tales(1989) 11. Wowser(1989) 12. Maya the Bee(1989–1990) 13. Peter Pan: The Animated Series(1990) 14....
Live-action TV series
Saban Entertainment produced and or distributed the following live action TV series: 1. Bio-Man(1986) (unaired pilot) 2. I'm Telling!(1987–1988) (co-production with DIC Enterprises) 3. 2 Hip 4 TV(1988) 4. Treasure Mall(1988) 5. Offshore Television (1988–1989) (co-production with King WorldR&D Network) 6. Couch Potatoes(1989) 7. Video Power(1990–1992) 8. Scorch (1992) (co-production with Allan Katz Productions and Honeyland Productions for Lorimar Television) 9. Power Rangers series (1993–2002...
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...
In 1996, the company had a library of more than 3,700 half-hours of children's programming, making it one of the largest in the world.By the time they were sold to Disney in 2001, their library had increased to over 6,500 half-hours of children's programing. The Fox Kids/Saban Entertainment library today is mostly owned by The Walt Disney Company, ...
Saban Entertainment at IMDbBVS Entertainment Inc. at IMDbIn 1961, Disney incorporated Buena Vista International, distributing its first PG rated film Take Down in January 1979. Other names for the division were Buena Vista Distribution Company, Inc. (April 1960-July 1987) and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. (July 1987-April 2007).
Buena Vista Pictures Marketing was the marketing arm of Disney Studios, a unit of media giant ABC-Disney. Buena Vista Pictures Marketing marketed the theatrical release of all the films produced by Disney Studios.
Irving Ludwig headed Buena Vista until his retirement, when Dick Cook took over. Later known as Buena Vista Pictures Distribution and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Founded by Disney in 1953 to distribute its films; its first release was The Living Desert (see more detail under that entry).
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Aug 6, 1993 · Discover new TV shows and movies from Buena Vista Pictures and where you can watch them.
