51 Minds Entertainment

51 Minds Entertainment
Type	Private
Industry	Television
Genre	Reality Television
Predecessor	51 Pictures; Mindless Entertainment
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Los Angeles
Key people	Cris Abrego; Mark Cronin
Products	Flavor of Love; Below Deck
Number of employees	200+ (2008)
Parent	Endemol Shine North America; (Banijay)
Website	51minds.com

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).^[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, BravoTV.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Adalian, Josef (1 April 2008). "Endemol lands reality house". Variety. Retrieved 14 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Martin, Denise (12 July 2005). "VH1 makes 'Surreal' deal; Cabler pacts with 'Life' producers for series". Exclusives. Daily Variety. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
^ Elber, Lynn (4 October 2007). "At VH1, Two Reality Producers Rule". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
^ Snider, Mike (5 March 2010). "Have a PlayStation? You can watch 'The Tester' ; Reality series is available only on consoles". Life. USA Today. p. D.12. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

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[endemol-1] Adalian, Josef (1 April 2008). "Endemol lands reality house". Variety. Retrieved 14 July 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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.

[tvweek-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". Exclusives. Daily 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". Life. USA Today. p. D.12. Retrieved 10 October 2010.

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