19 Entertainment

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19 Entertainment Inc

Logo used since 2009
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	April 1985; 39 years ago (April 1985) in London, United Kingdom
Founder	Simon Fuller
Key people	Eli Holzman (CEO, Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction Group)
Products	Entertainment content Intellectual property services Idol series
Revenue	$288.1 million (2008)
Operating income	$75.1 million (2008)
Net income	$19.0 million (2008)
Number of employees	40
Parent	Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction (2005–present)
Divisions	19 Recordings
Website	www.sonypictures.com/tv/nonfiction

19 Entertainment 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.