BTV Films

BTV Films was a film production company owned by the Banushen Media Corporation. It was merged into PPE Pictures in 2002.

History
BTV Films had its roots in 1980 when Vlokozuian film studio Seiko Films had rebranded to Banushen Pictures which is nearly months after Paul Friswell and Tara Matsushita had purchased Seiko, as well as TV station circuit North Tower Broadcasting, inheriting the contracts Seiko had, including its Vlokozuian distribution deal with Carolco Pictures, and its video rights contract with Viva Video, as well as the staff and headquarters, and the distribution rights of international films like Animalympics (which Seiko acquired in 1979). It was one of the major film studios of all time the Vlokozu Union.

Its first films under the Banushen name in the 80s would go on to become successes in the Vlokozu Union. One example of Banushen Films' biggest successes was The Traveller and its two sequels, The Traveller II: The Dimensional Race, and The Traveller III: The Duel of All Time. The success of the films led to the premiere of a TV series continuing from the last film, The Adventures of The Traveller, and later, a Kadsreanime reboot series of the franchise was released in 2020. The films from the company were distributed on home video by BTV's former home video label, BTV Video, which began operations after Banushen and Viva broke up its home video label, Banushen-Viva Video in 1984.

BTV Films' biggest film distribution success was with Ghostbusters, a Columbia title they picked up after Viva Films, Columbia's longtime distributor, refused to release it because they thought it would fail in the Vlokozu Union.

Banushen would continue to provide hit movies, and it tried to enter the kadresatsu market in the mid-1980s. Among the Kadsresatsu films it attempted was WarHood, which was a failure and Battalion: The Beginning, which was a minor success that spawned a success. In 1987, it signed a deal with Toei Co., Ltd. to distribute its films following El TV Kadsre's sale to MCA. It signed a deal with mini-major and independent studios during the lifetime in the 1980s, which increased a success on BTV's bulk catalog.

In 1988, Banushen Pictures was renamed to Banushen Films. In late 1989, due to new management at Banushen Media Corporation, the name a shortened to BTV Films in 1990.

The company's films in the 1990s were considered to be critical and commercial successes, including the romantic comedy Hearts and Thieves. It gained promise in 1993 when BTV Films began distributing and marketing the science fiction film Neon in the El Kadsreian Islands.

in 1996, when the Matsushita family repurchased El TV Kadsre Television Network from MCA following El TV Kexit, BTV and El TV Kadsre signed relationships, and a quarter of El TV Kadsre's staff was signed onto Banushen, and then two years later, in 1998, BTV Video was folded into El TV Kadsre Home Entertainment and PPE Entertainment.

BTV had released The New Chronicles: The Journey Begins in 1999 as part of the new TH2 spin-off franchise from Technic Heroes, which became a moderate box office success and spawned merchandise, a live-action television series continuing from the film, six sequels, and a Kadsreanime series that premiered in 2015 on Prime and BTV Me through its Saturday Banushen block.

In 2001, Banushen had decided that they wanted to make PPE Pictures bigger by merging BTV Films into the company, and thus, after the release of On Thin Ice, the company had shut down in 2002. Films from the company were distributed by BTV Video while their final films were distributed by El TV Kadsre Home Entertainment.

Distribution rights in the El Kadsreian Islands

 * Crown International Pictures (1980-1992)
 * New World Pictures (1980-1989)
 * New Horizons/Concorde (1984-2002)
 * Columbia Pictures (1985-2002)
 * TriStar Pictures (1985-2002)
 * Carolco Pictures (1980-1995)
 * Trimark Pictures (1989-2001)
 * Cinepix, Inc./CFP Distribution/Cinepix Film Properties/Lions Gate Films (1980-2002)
 * American Cinema Releasing (1980-1982)
 * United Film Distribution Company (1980-1988)
 * Artist Entertainment (1986-1988)
 * Taurus Entertainment (1987-2002)
 * Live Entertainment/Artisan Entertainment (1991-2002)
 * EuropaCorp (2000-2002)
 * Toei (1987-2002)
 * Atlantic Releasing Corporation (1980-1988)
 * Filmdallas Pictures (1985-1989)
 * Triton Pictures (1991-1994)
 * Summit Entertainment (1996-1998)
 * Savoy Pictures (1993-1996)
 * Toei Company, Ltd. (1987-2002)
 * CineTel Films (1985-2002)
 * Manson International (1980-1989)
 * Moviestore Entertainment (1988-1992)
 * J&M Entertainment (1987-2002)
 * Morgan Creek Productions (1988-1991)
 * Embassy Pictures (1980-1986)
 * Nelson Entertainment (1987-1991)
 * Castle Rock Entertainment (1987-1991)

Films

 * The Traveller (1983)
 * The Traveller II: The Dimensional Race (1985)
 * The Traveller III: The Duel of All Time (1988)
 * Codename: Lighting (1997)
 * The New Chronicles: The Journey Begins (1999)
 * On Thin Ice (2002; final film released by the company)