BVS Entertainment

BVS Entertainment, Inc. (Buena Vista Studios) is the current legal name for the company formerly known as Saban Entertainment, Inc. and is the current copyright holder for the ex-Saban and Fox Kids properties Disney currently own.

History
Saban and News Corporation's joint-venture Fox Family Worldwide was suffering from major losses due to the struggling nature of the Fox Family Channel. Saban Entertainment tried to force News Corp. to sell their stake in FFW, but both companies were unsure on what the valuation. The two companies had no choice but to sell the joint-venture off to a third party.

On July 23, 2001, it was confirmed that Saban as a company, alongside it's assets would be part of Disney's purchase of Fox Family Worldwide. The sale was completed by October 24, 2001, and so along with the rebranding of Fox Family Worldwide to ABC Family Worldwide, Saban Entertainment would be renamed to BVS Entertainment, Inc. and it's headquarters moved to Disney's offices in Berbank, California. 2 other subsidiaries - Saban International, N.V. and Saban International Services, Inc. were renamed to BVS International, N.V. and BVS International Services, Inc. Saban International Paris however, split away from BVS after the purchase and became an independent animation studio (Disney purchased a stake in the studio in 2002) under the name of SIP Animation.

During this era, Saban's main programmes: Power Rangers and Digimon remained in production. All seasons of Power Rangers from then forward would be copyrighted to BVS Entertainment, while Digimon's English dubbing moved to a new subsidiary called Sensation Animation.

As Power Rangers continued on, In 2008, Disney began to grew tired of the franchise and were even embarrassed to produce the series and wanted to cancel the series outright after Jungle Fury. But but due to obligations with Bandai and Jetix Europe, Disney were forced to produce one more season (RPM) with funding from the other two companies and then end production on the franchise outright.

On May 12, 2010, Haim Saban purchased back the Power Rangers franchise from Disney for $43 million, in-which the franchise's ownership would transition to the Saban Capital Group, under their new Saban Brands subsidiary. Other related shows like VR Troopers were also included as part of the purchase, leaving BVS Entertainment as a dormant holder for the remaining Saban/Fox shows Disney own.

Properties

 * Most of the ex-Saban Entertainment library (Excluding co-productions)
 * Most of the ex-Fox Kids/Fox Children's Productions library (Excluding co-productions)
 * Most of the ex-DePatie-Freleng Enterprises/Marvel Productions/New World Animation library (Excluding co-productions)

Properties sold off

 * Power Rangers - Sold back to Haim Saban in 2010
 * Other PR related shows - VR Troopers, Masked Rider, Big Bad Beetleborgs, Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation and Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog
 * Digimon - English rights sold back to Haim Saban in 2012
 * Most of the Anime licenses dubbed by Saban - Rights reverted back to their original owners throughout the years
 * Bobby's World - Sold to Howie Mandel in 2004, distribution currently handled through Splash Entertainment
 * International rights to the Pre-1990 DIC Entertainment Library - Purchased back by DIC in 2006