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HIT Entertainment

British-American entertainment company owned by Mattel
Organization business Q3243165
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Summary

HIT Entertainment is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,657 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Founder: Jim Henson[3], Peter Orton[4], Sophie Turner Laing[5]
  • Owned by: The Jim Henson Company[6], Apax Partners[7], Mattel[8]
  • Headquarters location: London[9], New York City[10], Los Angeles[11]
  • Commons category: HIT Entertainment[12]
  • Industry: television production[13]
  • Inception: 1982[14]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: March 31, 2016[15]
  • Location of formation: London[16]
  • Parent organization or unit: Mattel Television[17]
  • Owner of: PBS Kids Sprout[18]
  • Significant person: Peter Orton[19]
  • P14750: BA6F-158C-3066-CB4D-77E2[20]

Why It Matters

HIT Entertainment has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Barney & Friends business Jim Henson London Los Angeles Mattel New York City

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HIT Entertainment. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-entertainment
MLA “HIT Entertainment.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-entertainment.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hit-entertainment_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HIT Entertainment}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hit-entertainment}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'ceb', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ms', 'nl', 'pt', 'simpl
    Sitelink count → 16
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Logo image: HIT Entertainment Logo (2001-2007).webp, Removing [[:c:File:HIT_Entertainment_Logo_(2001-2007).webp|HIT_Entertainment_Logo_(2001-2007).webp]], it has "
  2. 25d ago · ~2026-46453-65 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → PBS Kids Sprout
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Owner of: PBS Kids Sprout"
  3. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Location of formation → London
    Parent organization or unit → Mattel Television
    P14750 → BA6F-158C-3066-CB4D-77E2
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: BA6F-158C-3066-CB4D-77E2, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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