19 Entertainment Inc. is a producer of entertainment properties for television with a focus on music owned by

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through its nonfiction division. Founded by

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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 ''

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'' in the United States. 19 Entertainment is also responsible for the production of '' So You Think You Can Dance''.

Background and history

Founded in

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, England in 1985, 19 Entertainment was named after the Paul Hardcastle

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which was one of

's first notable successes while working as an A&R man for Chrysalis Records. In 2001 the company co-produced '' Pop Idol'' in the United Kingdom with Thames Television. An immense success, Maggie Brown in ''

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'' states, "the show became a seminal reality/entertainment format once on air that autumn". In March 2005, 19 Entertainment founder Simon Fuller sold the company to Robert Sillerman's CKX, Inc. in a cash and stock deal worth $210 million. Subsequent to the deal Fuller remained in his role as CEO of 19 Entertainment and added the new role of director of CKX. In his dual role Fuller was able to effectively co-ordinate all creative aspects of the CKX business until January 2010 when, as he approached the end of his employment contract with CKX, Inc., he decided to start up a new business, XIX Entertainment, while still acting as a consultant to CKX / 19 and as an Executive Producer of 19's shows. Following this, CKX announced its intention to shift 19 to becoming a US business focusing solely on ''

'' and '' So You Think You Can Dance'' brands. 19's old Headquarters in Battersea, London became the headquarters for Simon Fuller's new business, XIX, while the base for 19 Entertainment was transferred to Los Angeles. In 2009, the company announced the purchase of London-based Storm Model Management, one of the world's top modelling agencies. This business was sold back to Storm's management in 2013, ending the firm's activities in fashion. In September 2010, much of 19's non- ''

'' business was sold to

's new business XIX Entertainment. This included 19's non-Idol management clients such as

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and

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, The Spice Girls,

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, S Club 7, Carrie Underwood, David Cook, and others. Also transferred to XIX Entertainment were

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and

's fashion businesses. Sillerman and partners accepted an offer from Apollo Global Management on July 21, 2011 to purchase the entire stock of CKX, Inc, and the business was re-branded as CORE Media Group in 2012 with 19 Entertainment becoming the group's primary west coast division. On April 28, 2016, CORE Media Group filed for

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. In 2018 CORE Media Group purchased Eli Holzman’s Intellectual Property Corporation with Holzman and fellow IPC founder Aaron Saidman leading the enlarged group, rebranded from CORE Media to Industrial Media Inc. In March 2022,

purchased Industrial Media for $350 million, with Industrial becoming Sony Pictures Television’s nonfiction division continuing to be led by Holtzman and Saidman and with a remit to expand the group.

19 Television series

Current series

* ''

'' (2002–2016, 2018–present) * '' So You Think You Can Dance'' (2005–present)

Former series

* '' Miami 7'' (1999) * '' L.A. 7'' (2000) * '' S Club 7 Go Wild!'' (2000) * '' S Club Search'' (2001) * '' Hollywood 7'' (2001) * '' Viva S Club'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''All American Girl'' (2003) * '' I Dream'' (2004) * '' Little Britain USA'' (2008) * '' If I Can Dream'' (2010)

19 Entertainment films

* '' Spice World'' (co-production with Icon Productions and

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) (1997) * '' Seeing Double'' (co-production with

) (2003) * '' From Justin to Kelly'' (co-production with

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) (2003) * '' Giving You Everything'' (2007)

S Club 7 - TV films

* '' Back to the '50s'' (1999) * '' Boyfriends & Birthdays'' (1999) * '' Artistic Differences'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2000)

19 Recordings artist roster

References

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