Private company

Vivid Entertainment

Logo: Vivid Entertainment, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

American adult entertainment studio

Vivid Entertainment Group is an American independent pornographic film production company, featuring internet content.² It was founded by Steven Hirsch.¹ Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1984Founded¹

Industrypornography industry¹
HeadquartersLos Angeles¹
Websitewww.vivid-entertainment.com
Legal formprivately held company¹

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Vivid Entertainment Group is an American independent pornographic film production company, featuring internet content.²

The story

Founded by Steven Hirsch in 1984.¹

Leadership

Who has led Vivid Entertainment, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

FounderSteven Hirsch¹

Products and brands

pornographic film

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Alt-porn: In 2009, the company won the AVN Award for Best Music Soundtrack for The Bad Luck Betties, and in 2010, for the musical soundtrack of Live in My Secrets.

Vivid Radio: Vivid supplied content for a channel on the Sirius XM Radio network that features its various stars. The channel moved to online only on July 17, 2014.

From Wikipedia’s article on Vivid Entertainment, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Controversies and legal

Legal controversy

On December 6, 2007, Vivid Entertainment filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against PornoTube. The lawsuit alleged that the YouTube-like site profits from the illegal posting of Vivid's copyrighted films, and failed to comply with the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, a federal age-verification and record-keeping law that applies to the adult film industry. The case was settled out of court.

From Wikipedia’s article on Vivid Entertainment, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Timeline

1984Founded Founded¹

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$241.8K 2020–2020

PPP loans $241.8K

Figures by year

Year	PPP loans	Total
2020	$241.8K	$241.8K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA⁵. Matched to this company by name and state.

May 4, 2020$241.8K PPP loan (first draw) from Mission Valley Bank⁵To VIVID ENTERTAINMENT LLC, Los Angeles CA; $244.6K forgiven Jul 6, 2021

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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WikidataVivid Entertainment on Wikidata
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WikipediaVivid Entertainment on Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsVivid Entertainment logo by Vivid Entertainment, Public domain
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WikipediaVivid Entertainment on Wikipedia (revision used)
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SBASBA Paycheck Protection Program loan data (FOIA), loans of $150,000 and up