BVS Entertainment, Inc., previously known as Saban Productions, Saban Entertainment and Saban International, is a currently-dormant subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company. Founded on April 24, 1980 as a music production company by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, it slowly transitioned to or gravitated towards television production and distribution, where it is most known for producing and distributing children's programs for Fox Family/ABC Family and defunct channels Fox Kids and Jetix.
Libra Home Entertainment logo used between 1998 and 2001.
Haim Saban is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an estimated net worth of $2.8 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 232nd richest person in America. Saban is the founder of Saban Entertainment, producer and distributor of children's television programs in the US such as Power Rangers. He headed up consortiums which purchased the broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Univision Communications. He is a major donor to the United States Democratic Party and active in pro-Israel political efforts in the United States. In March 2017, Saban was honored with the 2,605th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television.
Saban in December 2013
Saban with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Martin Indyk, Washington, D.C., December 7, 2014