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Entertainment One

Entertainment One
Entertainment One
Formerly
  • Records On Wheels Limited (1970–1980)
  • ROW Entertainment (1980–2005)
  • Entertainment One Income Fund (2005–2009)
  • E1 Entertainment (2009–2010)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
Predecessors
Founded1970 (1970)
Founder
FateReorganized,[1] acquisition by Lionsgate
SuccessoreOne Canada (films and television series within Canada)
eOne Films (films)
Lionsgate Alternative Television (television series)
Headquarters,
Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
    • Film
    • Television
    • Virtual reality
    • Live entertainment
Revenue£941.2 million (2019)[2]
Parent
Divisions
  • eOne Films
  • eOne Canada
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.entertainmentone.com

Entertainment One (commonly abbreviated as eOne) is a Canadian multinational entertainment company. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company was primarily involved in the acquisition and production of films and television series.

The company originated as the Canadian music distributor Records on Wheels Limited; after it was acquired by music retailer CD Plus, the company became ROW Entertainment, with its vice president of operations Darren Throop becoming president and CEO. It later acquired U.S. music and home entertainment distributor Koch Entertainment.

By 2007, the company—now known as Entertainment One—had begun to acquire other production companies and film distributors, including Canadian distributors Les Films Séville and Alliance Films. By 2015, eOne had begun to expand its U.S. operations, including investing in Amblin Partners, and acquiring a stake in The Mark Gordon Company. In 2019, eOne announced its sale to U.S. toy and entertainment company Hasbro for US$4 billion.

The company began to face cutbacks under Hasbro, which sold eOne's original music distribution business (now MNRK Music Group) to Blackstone in 2021, and closed its theatrical distribution operations in Australia, Canada, Spain, and the United Kingdom in 2022 and 2023, ahead of a planned sale of entertainment assets not strongly tied to eOne's children's entertainment brands (such as Peppa Pig, which would be folded into Hasbro's intellectual property and merchandising business following the acquisition). In August 2023, Hasbro announced that it would sell the assets to Lionsgate for $500 million. The deal closed on December 27, 2023 with eOne being split into three companies, eOne Canada for producing films and television series within Canada, Lionsgate Alternative Television for shows outside Canada, and eOne Films for films outside Canada.[4]

  1. ^ Goldbart, Max (August 3, 2023). "Hasbro Confirms Sale Of eOne To Lionsgate For $500M". Deadline Hollywood.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2019". Entertainment One. Retrieved September 17, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference makereadydeal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Spangler, Todd (December 22, 2023). "Lionsgate Studios Deal to Spin Off From Starz Values Business at $4.6 Billion". Variety. Retrieved December 27, 2023.

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