Saban Capital Group

Saban Capital Group, Inc. is a 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, part of Univision Communications, and part of Celestial Tiger Entertainment.

Saban Music Group

Saban Music Group was formed in 1983 by music and television producers Haim Saban 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. 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.

History

In October 2006, SCG's Saban Entertainment Group division announced the beginning of its virtual studio program for starting up and developing family entertainment. 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. On October 17, 2011, Saban Capital Group acquired 7.5% stake in Jakarta-based Indonesian largest integrated media company, Media Nusantara Citra. In July 2012, Saban Capital Group acquired minority stake in PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk, the largest pay-TV operator in Indonesia which owns Indovision and Top TV. In June 2012, Kidsco Media Ventures LLC, a SCG affiliate, jointly with Konami's 4K Acquisition Corp. purchased some of the key assets of 4Kids Entertainment with Kidsco getting the Dragon Ball Z Kai, Cubix, Sonic X and The CW Network's Saturday Morning programming block contract rights. In August 2012, Saban Capital Group launched a new music publishing division called "Music Ventures".

Saban (name)

Saban (and variants) can be both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Saban of Baekje (third century), seventh king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea
  • Šaban Bajramović (1936–2008), Romani musician from Serbia
  • Şaban Erden (born 1949), Turkish municipal administrator
  • Şaban Özdoğan (born 1990), Danish footballer
  • Šaban Poluža (1871–1945), Albanian military leader in Kosovo
  • Šaban Šaulić (born 1951), folk singer from Šabac
  • Šaban Sejdi (born 1959), Macedonian wrestler
  • Šaban Trstena (born 1965), Macedonian wrestler
  • Surname

  • Andrej Saban (born 1962), Slovak jazz fusion guitaris
  • Avi Saban (born 1989), Israeli football player
  • Cheryl Saban, American philanthropist
  • Haim Saban (born 1944), billionaire television and media proprietor
  • Klemi Saban (born 1980), Israeli football (soccer) player
  • Lou Saban (1921–2009), American football player and coach
  • Luan Shabani, Greek weightlifter
  • Mario Javier Saban (born 1966), Sephardi theologian
  • Martin Šaban (born 1987), Croatian football player
  • Saban (disambiguation)

    Saban Capital Group is a private investment firm investing in music and entertainment

    Saban or Šaban may also refer to:

    People

  • Saban (name), for people with the name
  • Sabans, a small indigenous ethnic group of Sarawak, Malaysia
  • Other uses

  • Şaban, a Turkish film character
  • Saban Entertainment, a defunct television production company
  • Saban Center for Middle East Policy, part of the Brookings Institution
  • Saban Theatre, Beverly Hills, California
  • Saban Bowl, an annual football game that is part of the Alabama–LSU football rivalry
  • See also

  • Sha'ban (disambiguation)
  • Shaban (name)
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