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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Reality television |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction (2018–present) |
| Website | theipcorp |
The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) is a reality television and documentary production company based in Van Nuys, California. IPC is owned by Sony Pictures Television through their Nonfiction division, formerly known as Industrial Media.
IPC was founded in 2016 by producers Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, and funded via private equity from three investors and former collaborators Sheldon Yellen, David J. Adelman, and Michael G. Rubin. [1] IPC develops and produces a wide range of television, film, documentary, and interactive mobile content. [1] IPC is known for series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath , [2] as well as series including HBO's We're Here , the YouTube Originals feature documentary This Is Paris starring Paris Hilton and Mind Field , Selena Gomez's HBO Max series Selena+Chef, the Netflix series Indian Matchmaking, Showtime's docuseries Active Shooter: America Under Fire, and Free Meek and The Last Narc for Amazon.
In August 2018, IPC was acquired by Core Media and relaunched the studio as Industrial Media. [3] IPC has been recognized as one of the top 100 unscripted production companies globally by Realscreen, [4] and has received nominations and/or won Primetime Emmy Awards, PGA Awards, and News and Documentary Emmy Awards for its diverse slate of programming. [5] [6] Its founders, Eli Holzman and Aaron Saidman, were recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as "Top 10" members of "Reality TV's Ruling Class" in 2017, with Holzman having previously created series including Project Greenlight and Project Runway, and the duo having produced Undercover Boss. [7]
| Title | Years | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath | 2016–2019 | A&E | |
| Mind Field | 2017–2019 | YouTube Originals | |
| Active Shooter: America Under Fire | 2017 | Showtime | |
| Lost Gold | 2017–2019 | Travel Channel | |
| Operation Odessa | 2018 | Showtime | |
| Price of Duty | Oxygen | ||
| Cults and Extreme Belief | A&E | ||
| Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole | 2018-present | ||
| Free Meek | 2019 | Amazon Prime Video | |
| The Substitute | 2019–2021 | Nickelodeon | co-production with Alternative Plan and Nickelodeon Productions |
| Injustice With Nancy Grace | 2019-present | Oxygen | co-production with Eureka Productions |
| We're Here | 2020-present | HBO | co-production with HBO Entertainment and This is Opus 20 |
| Indian Matchmaking | 2020-present | Netflix | |
| The Last Narc | 2020 | Amazon Prime Video | co-production with Amazon Studios |
| Selena + Chef | 2020–2022 | HBO Max | co-production with July Moon Productions |
| Night Stalker: The Hunt of a Serial Killer | 2021 | Netflix | |
| Cooking with Paris | 2021 | ||
| The D'Amelio Show | 2021–present | Hulu | co-production with The D'Amelios |
| 12 Hours With | 2021 | Facebook Watch | |
| Secrets of Playboy | 2022 | A&E | |
| Death in the Dorms | 2023 | Hulu | co-production with ABC News Studios |
| The Climb | 2023–present | Max | co-production with On the Roam |
| Swiping America | co-production with House of Opus 20 |
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