19 Entertainment

19 Entertainment Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedApril 1985; 39 years ago (April 1985) in London, United Kingdom
FounderSimon Fuller
Key people
Eli Holzman (CEO, Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction Group)
Products
Revenue$288.1 million (2008)
$75.1 million (2008)
$19.0 million (2008)
Number of employees
40
ParentSony Pictures Television Nonfiction (2005–present)
Divisions19 Recordings
Websitewww.sonypictures.com/tv/nonfiction

19 Entertainment Inc. is a producer of entertainment properties for television with a focus on music owned by Sony Pictures Television through its nonfiction division. Founded by Simon Fuller in London in 1985, the company co-produced Pop Idol in the United Kingdom with Thames Television in 2001. The Idol series has since become one of the most successful entertainment formats, sold to more than seventy countries around the world, including American Idol in the United States. 19 Entertainment is also responsible for the production of So You Think You Can Dance.