ZIV International

Not to be confused with Ziv Television Programs, an American production company that specialized in productions for 1st-run TV syndication in the 1950s.
ZIV International, Inc.
Ziv International
Company typePrivate
GenreStudio
Founded1971
FounderIrv Holender
Defunct1986
SuccessorsLorimar Telepictures
Telepictures
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Library:
Coral Pictures
Headquarters600 N.Sepulveda Blvd.,
Los Angeles, California
,
USA
OwnerIndependent (1971-1981)
Lorimar-Telepictures (1982-1985)
RCTV International (1986-2000)
ParentIndependent (1971-1982)
Lorimar Television (1982-1986)
Coral Pictures (1986-2000)

ZIV International was an American production and distribution company founded in 1971 by Irv Holender. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, it distributed Americanised versions of European animated cartoons and Japanese anime series, and produced and distributed celebrity biographies. WorldCat recognises 83 works in 97 publications.[1]

Holender sold his company and library to Lorimar Productions in 1982,[2][3] the library contents were sold to Coral Pictures in 1986.[4]

Shows produced or distributed

The following television shows were distributed and/or produced by ZIV International.[1][5] Production credits typically involve dubbing a foreign language release into English and/or Spanish, and replacing the soundtrack with one composed by Mark Mercury.

References

  1. ^ a b Craig A. Parsons. "ZIV International". WorldCat. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  2. ^ A tale of two generations running the same company. The Free Library
  3. ^ How AFM changed over the years: archives set the stage The Free Library
  4. ^ Coral Pictures buys Ziv library. Lorimar-Telepictures has sold its Ziv International library, a collection of more than 2,000 hours of programing that includes 65 half-hour episodes of Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, to Miami-based Coral Pictures Corp. for an undisclosed price.
  5. ^ "ZIV International [us]". IMDb. Retrieved 12 November 2010.