Foxstar Productions is a television production company subsidiary of News Corp.

News Corporation

News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...

's Fox Television Studios

Fox Television Studios

Fox Television Studios, Inc. is the TV production arm of the News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, as well as being the production arm of Fox and a production arm of 20th Century Fox Television, Inc., itself a division of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation...

. It was created in 1993 as a TV Movie and Mini-Series unit under former Twentieth Century Fox Television network production president Steve Bell. In 1994, the company produced the first in a series of Alien Nation

Alien Nation

Alien Nation may refer to:* Alien Nation , the 1988 motion picture, and several spin-off properties:** Alien Nation , the 1989–1990 television series, and five made-for-TV movies that continue its story:...

movies for the Fox Network. That same year, the company also began producing numerous television documentaries through it's production subsidiary, Van Ness Films. In 2000, Foxstar became part of Fox Television Studios

Fox Television Studios

Fox Television Studios, Inc. is the TV production arm of the News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group, as well as being the production arm of Fox and a production arm of 20th Century Fox Television, Inc., itself a division of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation...

and continued producing documentary and non-fiction programming and specials until 2005.