Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green, a close friend of Cowell, served as an advisor to the company until 2018.

Through its divisions: Music, Film and TV, Syco has produced the Got Talent and The X Factor franchises which encompassed local versions in numerous countries and have launched the careers of One Direction, Leona Lewis, Little Mix, Susan Boyle and Fifth Harmony amongst others.

[8] Retail Billionaire Sir Philip Green, a close friend of Cowell, served as an advisor to the company until 2018.

The new deal will see a range of non-scripted series for the streaming service Peacock developed (though this does not include Walk the Line).

[15] Internationally, The X Factor is produced individually in 41 countries including major markets like France, the Netherlands, Indonesia and Australia.

[citation needed] Britain's Got Talent consistently tops UK ratings when it is broadcast in April, May and June.

In 2009, nearly 20 million people (approximately one third of the UK population) tuned into the series 3 final to see Diversity crowned winners.

Since launching in 2006, America's Got Talent has consistently been the most watched show of the summer in the US and topped the ratings in the key adults 18–49 demographic.

This production company was run by Syco's Global Head of Television, Nigel Hall, and would be responsible for formats such as ITV's Rolling In It.

After technical issues and poor critical reception, the show was pulled from the West End of London less than two months after it opened.

Cowell later said of the venture that occasionally things didn't work out and that they had been too ambitious trying to launch a new show in the West End.