51 Minds Entertainment

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]

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
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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.