Saban Capital Group

"Saban" redirects here. For defunct entertainment company Saban Entertainment‎, see Saban Entertainment‎. For other uses, see Saban (disambiguation).
Saban Capital Group
Type Private
Industry Animation, Production, Music
Founded 1983-2001 (as Saban Inc.)
2001 (as Saban Capital Group)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Area served Worldwide
Key people Founding Chairman & CEO:
Haim Saban
President & COO:
Adam Chesnoff
Products Television networks:
Univision
TeleFutura
Galavisión
Radio networks:
Univision Radio
Franchises:
Power Rangers
Subsidiaries Univision Communications
Tiger Gate Entertainment
Saban Brands
Website http://www.saban.com/

Saban Capital Group is a global private investment firm based in Los Angeles, California focused on media, entertainment, and communications investments. Formed in 2001 by Haim Saban, Saban Capital Group owns Saban Brands,[1][2] part of Univision Communications,[3] and part of Tiger Gate Entertainment.[4][5] Saban Capital Group formerly owned part of Fox Family Worldwide Inc.[6]

Contents

Saban Music Group

Saban Music Group was formed in 1983 by music and television producers Haim Saban[7] and Shuki Levy as "Saban Records", a U.S. subsidiary of "Saban International Paris" (now SIP Animation). In 1986, Warner Communications acquired Saban Records first catalog of music for about $6 million.[8] On October 4, 2010, Bug Music acquired the worldwide rights to Saban Music Group’s complete music catalog of theme songs, cues and scores from more than 90 television series and 100 made-for-television films and specials.[9][10]

Univision Communications

Main article: Univision Communications

In March 2007, Univision Communications was sold to Broadcasting Media Partners which includes Saban Capital Group, Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners , TPG Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners.[3]

Saban Brands

On May 5, 2010, Saban Capital Group announced that it would start Saban Brands, a company dedicated to acquiring entertainment and consumer brands.[1] On May 12, 2010, it was announced that Saban Brands bought the Power Rangers franchise from Disney for $43 million[11] and would produce a new nineteenth season of Power Rangers that began airing on Nickelodeon on February 7, 2011, with the previous 700 episodes being rerun on Nicktoons.[2][12] It was also announced that Saban Brands is in negotiations to buy three other brands.[13] On August 17, 2010, it was announced that Saban Brands bought Paul Frank Industries.[14][15]

List of television shows and films

Saban Music Group

(This is a list of shows and films that Saban Music Group provided the music for.)

Bug Music has since acquired the entire catalogue of music from Saban Music Group.[16]

Saban Entertainment Group

Virtual Studio

(This is a list of shows made by Virtual Studio, a production company owned by Saban Entertainment Group)[17][18]

Saban Brands

(This is a list of shows made and owned by Saban Capital Group subsidiary Saban Brands)

References

  1. ^ a b Barnes, Brooks (May 5, 2010). "Haim Saban Goes Into Brand Management". New York Times. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/haim-saban-goes-into-brand-management/?dbk. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c "Mogul Saban buys back Power Rangers from Disney". Google News (Associated Press). May 12, 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g5uiqztXBXGrAN3--ZSLw1pTnacQD9FLJA683. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
  3. ^ a b "Broadcasting Media Partners Completes Acquisition of Univision". Saban. March 29, 2007. http://www.saban.com/html/press/070329.html. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  4. ^ "Tiger Gate". Saban. http://www.saban.com/html/invest/tig.html. Retrieved November 28, 2010. 
  5. ^ Szalai, Georg (April 5, 2010). "Saban joins Lionsgate in running Tiger Gate". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/saban-joins-lionsgate-running-tiger-22291. Retrieved November 28, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Fox Family Worldwide Inc". Saban. http://www.saban.com/html/invest/fox.html. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  7. ^ "Haim Saban". Saban. http://www.saban.com/html/team/saban.html. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  8. ^ "Haim Saban, producer, in Hollywood, Washington, Israel". The New Yorker: p. 3. May 10, 2010. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/05/10/100510fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=3. Retrieved November 5, 2010. 
  9. ^ "Bug Music Acquires Worldwide Rights to Saban Music Group’s Publishing Catalog". BusinessWire. October 4, 2010. http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101004005608/en/Bug-Music-Acquires-Worldwide-Rights-Saban-Music. Retrieved October 4, 2010. 
  10. ^ Crowe, Deborah (October 4, 2010). "Bug Music Gets Rights to Saban Music Catalog". Los Angeles Business Journal. http://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2010/oct/04/bug-music-gets-rights-saban-music-catalog/. Retrieved October 4, 2010. 
  11. ^ Bond, Paul (August 10, 2010). "Disney's Q3 boosted by TV operations profit; Power Rangers sale added $43 million to coffers". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disneys-q3-boosted-tv-operations-26507. Retrieved August 11, 2010. 
  12. ^ a b Littleton, Cynthia (May 12, 2010). "Saban re-acquires rights to 'Rangers'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019212.html?categoryid=14&cs=1. Retrieved 13 May 2010. 
  13. ^ "Power Rangers morph back into Haim Saban's hands, will air on Nickelodeon". Los Angeles Times. May 12, 2010. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/05/power-rangers-morphing-back-to-haim-saban-nickelodeon.html. Retrieved 16 May 2010. 
  14. ^ "Billionaire Saban buys Julius monkey brand". Google News (Associated Press). August 17, 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hB3km45nsoi5ttmrKjhZMg6lNlngD9HLDSMG0. Retrieved August 17, 2010. 
  15. ^ "Saban Acquires Leading Lifestyle Company Paul Frank Industries". BusinessWire. August 17, 2010. http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100817006557&newsLang=en. Retrieved August 17, 2010. 
  16. ^ Bug Becomes Teenage Mutant Ninja Pubco With Saban Holdings
  17. ^ "Saban Entertainment Group Launches Virtual Studio". Saban. October 3, 2006. http://www.saban.com/html/press/061003.html. Retrieved 2009-02-19. 
  18. ^ "A 'virtual studio' for Saban". hollywoodreporter. October 3, 2006. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003190324. Retrieved 2009-02-21. 
  19. ^ a b c United States Copyright Office Public Catalog Search the name "SCG Power Rangers".
  20. ^ a b c "Cynopsis: Kids! 09/19/11". Cynopsis. September 19, 2011. http://www.cynopsis.com/editions/kids/091911/. Retrieved September 19, 2011. 
  21. ^ a b c Pickard, Michael (September 16, 2011). "MarVista picks up live Turtles". C21Media. http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=4&article=62705. Retrieved September 19, 2011. 
  22. ^ "Programming Catalog: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation". MarVista Entertainment. http://www.marvista.net/programing-catalog.php?n=2&id=313&cat=1. Retrieved September 16, 2011. 

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Films
Video games
Characters
Miscellany
Related Saban series
See also
Super Sentai • Haim Saban • Shuki Levy • Tony Oliver • Bandai • Saban Entertainment • Fox Kids • Disney • ABC Kids • ABC Family • Toon Disney • Jetix • Saban Brands • Nickelodeon