51 Minds Entertainment

Company type| Subsidiary
Industry| Television
Genre| Reality television
Predecessor| 51 Pictures
Mindless Entertainment
Founded| 2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Founders| Cris Abrego
Mark Cronin
Headquarters|

Los Angeles, California

United States

Key people

| Cris Abrego
Mark Cronin
Products| Flavor of Love
Below Deck

Number of employees

| 200+ (2008)
Parent| Endemol USA (2008–2015)
Endemol Shine North America (2015–present)
Website| 51minds.com
Footnotes / references
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51 Minds Entertainment (or Fifty One Minds Entertainment) is a production company specializing in reality TV, known for their "celebreality" programs on VH1.[2][3] It was created in 2004 as a merger between Cris Abrego's 51 Pictures (formerly Brass Ring Entertainment) and Mark Cronin's Mindless Entertainment. In 2005, the company signed a two-year, seven series production deal with VH1.[4] The company has been credited in helping revive VH1 ratings during this time.[5] In 2008, the company was purchased by Endemol (later Endemol Shine Group, now Banijay Entertainment).[1]

In 2010, the company branched out in Internet distributed programming, producing The Tester for the PlayStation Network.[6] Other popular shows include Below Deck and their franchises on the NBCUniversal network Bravo.

## References

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1. ^ a b Adalian, Josef (2008-04-01). "Endemol lands reality house". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
2. ^ Keveney, Bill (4 August 2006). "It's Flavor's time to shine ; Rapper looks for love; genre finds success". Life. USA Today. p. E.10. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
3. ^ Lafayette, Jon (5 November 2007). "Outrageous Folks Fuel 51 Minds' Ideas; Building on VH1 Success, Producers Look to Broadcast Nets". News. Television Week. 26 (41): 4. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
4. ^ Martin, Denise (12 July 2005). "VH1 makes 'Surreal' deal; Cabler pacts with 'Life' producers for series". Variety. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
5. ^ Elber, Lynn (4 October 2007). "At VH1, Two Reality Producers Rule". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
6. ^ Snider, Mike (5 March 2010). "Have a PlayStation? You can watch 'The Tester' ; Reality series is available only on consoles". USA Today. p. D.12. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

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Banijay Entertainment

Predecessors|

* Endemol Shine Group
* Endemol
* Shine Group
* Zodiak Media

Subsidiaries|

| Americas|

* Bunim/Murray Productions
* Endemol Shine North America
* 51 Minds Entertainment
* Authentic Entertainment
* Original Media

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Europe|

* Adventure Line Productions (France)
* Brainpool TV (Germany)
* Groenlandia (Italy)
* Metronome Film & Television (Nordics)
* UK
* The Comedy Unit
* Dragonfly
* Kudos
* Shine TV
* Simon's Cat Ltd.
* Tiger Aspect
* Wild Mercury Productions
* Yellow Bird (Sweden)

Asia-Pacific|

* Australia
* Beyond International
* Endemol Shine Australia
* Screentime
* Reshet (Israel; 33%)

Kids & Family|

* Monello Productions
* Movimenti Production
* Tiger Aspect Kids & Family
* Zodiak Kids & Family France
* Zodiak Kids & Family Productions UK
* Kindle Entertainment
* Procidis

Franchises|

* All Together Now
* Beauty and the Geek
* Big Brother
* The Biggest Loser
* Cash Struck!
* Dating in the Dark
* Deal or No Deal
* Don't Forget the Lyrics!
* The Face
* Fear Factor
* Lego Masters
* MasterChef
* Popstars
* Star Academy
* The Summit
* Survivor
* Your Face Sounds Familiar

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