Television and DVD Releases
The series was shown in the United States on the Disney Channel beginning in 1996, and the sequel appeared on Fox Family Channel beginning in 1998. Due to a license dispute, the Disney Channel airing used a different opening and closing sequence.
The series was telecasted in Sri Lanka in 1997 on Rupavahini with Sinhalese subtitles along with its sequel. It became very popular in Sri Lanka and has been re-telecasted several time on the same TV channel.
It was telecasted also in Bangladesh on BTV (Bangladesh Televistion) in 1996–1997.
The Malaysian telecast was run in 1998 on NTV7 channel.
The series was also shown in Belgium on Ketnet.
The series was also shown in France on France 2 and also in Portugal by Canal Panda from 2002 to 2004.
The series was screened in the UK and Ireland on ITV and Network 2's (RTE 2) The Den respectively in 1995. The sequel series Spellbinder 2: Land of the Dragon Lord was shown on satellite and cable channel The Children's Channel and terrestrially in Ireland on The Den in 1997.
Spellbinder – Complete Series 1 was approved for DVD release in Australia on 19 September 2005 by the ACTF in their decision to release early 90's children's series on DVD. The complete first season was released on DVD 19 July 2006.
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