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Collins Avenue Entertainment 
Industry Reality Television Genre Television Production Company Founder(s) Jeff Collins Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States Website CollinsAve.com Collins Avenue (CollinsAve) is an American television production company run by entertainment executive Jeff Collins. Working in a partnership arrangement with the London-based Content Media Corporation (formerly ContentFilm[1] Group), CollinsAve produces reality programs in the U.S. with international distribution support from a partner company, Content Television (formerly Fireworks Entertainment).
CollinsAve will continue development and production in a five-year deal with Content Media Corporation as a lead investor in return for an equity stake.
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Television Productions
CollinsAve primarily produces television content for networks in the US, including The CW Network, TLC, Lifetime, and Animal Planet.
In January 2010, CollinsAve established an innovative partnership with Virgin America Airlines to create one of the first primetime network docuseries - Fly Girls.[2] The series aired March 24, 2010 on the CW Television Network and follows five airline attendants throughout both their professional and personal lives working for the young, high quality airline started in 2007 by Sir Richard Branson.[3]
In February 2011, CollinsAve aired Outrageous Kid Parties Outrageous Kid Parties follows parents who spend incredible amounts of money to throw over-the-top birthday celebrations for their young children.
On July 13th, 2011 Dance Moms premiered on Lifetime. Dance Moms is centered on Pittsburgh’s Abbey Lee Dance Company and notorious instructor Abby Lee Miller's “in-your-face” approach to teaching and demanding curriculum. The show follows the obsessive mothers and their children in the studio with their first steps to stardom in pursuit of the National Dance title.
Selected works
- Fly Girls (Co-Produced with The CW Network)
- Outrageous Kid Parties[4] (Produced for TLC)
- Dance Moms[5] (Produced for Lifetime)
- PETrified (Produced for Animal Planet)
References
- ^ ContentFilm Announces Joint Venture Investment in US Reality Production Company, Reuters.com, February 12, 2009
- ^ CW High on `Fly Girls' - Network Teams Up with Airline on Show, Variety.com, September 23, 2009
- ^ Talking TV with `Fly Girls' Executive Producer, Forbes.com, March 2010
- ^ Outrageous Kid Parties
- ^ Dance Moms Official Site, myLifetime.com, July 2011
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Categories:- Television production companies of the United States
- Companies based in Los Angeles, California
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