{{distinguish|text=Ziv Television Programs, an American production company that specialized in productions for 1st-run TV syndication in the 1950s}} {{short description|Television production and distribution company}} {{Infobox company | name = ZIV International, Inc. | logo = | type = Private | trade_name = Ziv International | genre = Studio | foundation = 1971 | successors = Lorimar Telepictures <br> Telepictures <br> Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution <br> Library: <br> Coral Pictures | founder = Irv Holender | location_city = Los Angeles, California | location_country = USA | location = 600 N.Sepulveda Blvd. | origins = | key_people = | area_served = | industry = | products = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = Independent (1971-1982) <br> Lorimar Television (1982-1986) <br> Coral Pictures (1986-2000) | divisions = | subsid = | owner = Independent (1971-1981) <br> Lorimar-Telepictures (1982-1985) <br> RCTV International (1986-2000) | slogan = | homepage = | dissolved = 1986 | footnotes = }}
'''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.<ref name="worldcat">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/nc-ziv%20international | title=ZIV International | author=Craig A. Parsons | publisher=WorldCat | access-date=11 November 2010}}</ref>
Holender sold his company and library to Lorimar Productions in 1982,<ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+tale+of+two+generations+running+the+same+company.-a0421909368 A tale of two generations running the same company.] The Free Library</ref><ref>[https://www.thefreelibrary.com/How+AFM+changed+over+the+years%3A+archives+set+the+stage.-a0438369715 How AFM changed over the years: archives set the stage] The Free Library</ref> while the library contents were sold to Coral Pictures in 1986.<ref>[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-11-24-OCR-Page-0105.pdf 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.]</ref>
==Shows produced or distributed== The following television shows were distributed and/or produced by ZIV International.<ref name="worldcat" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/company/co0037910/ |title=ZIV International [us] |publisher=IMDb |access-date=12 November 2010}}</ref> Production credits typically involve dubbing a foreign language release into English and/or Spanish, and replacing the soundtrack with one composed by Mark Mercury.
* ''Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor'' — Producer * ''The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole'' — Distributor * ''Candy Candy'' — Producer * ''Captain Future'' — Distributor, Producer * ''Space Pirate Captain Harlock'' — Producer * ''Clutch Cargo'' — Distributor * ''Fables of the Green Forest'' — Distributor, Producer * ''Gaiking'' — Producer * ''Flower Angel'' — Distributor, Producer * ''Force Five'' — Distributor * ''The Gumby Show'' — Distributor * ''James Dean: The First American Teenager'' — Distributor * ''King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table'' — Distributor * ''Little Lulu and Her Little Friends'' — Distributor, Producer * ''Little Memole'' — Distributor, Producer * ''Magnos the Robot'' — Producer * ''Nickel Mountain'' — Distributor * ''Space Angel'' — Distributor * ''Sci-Fi West Saga Starzinger'' — Producer * ''Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha'' — Distributor
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==External links== * {{ann|company|2339}}
Category:Mass media companies established in 1971 Category:Television production companies based in California Category:Entertainment companies established in 1971 Category:1982 mergers and acquisitions Category:Entertainment companies disestablished in 1986 Category:Defunct film and television production companies of the United States Category:Privately held companies based in Los Angeles