Overview
Entertainment One's strategy is based on attractive long-term dynamics in the entertainment content and distribution markets:
- strong market growth is expected with external research forecasting global revenues increasing in all the group’s key markets and territories
- the distribution channels to market are evolving from physical to digital which supports the group’s strategy to put content ownership at the heart of its investment plans
- the Group currently operates in Canada, the UK, Holland, Belgium and the United States, and plans to expand into new territories in the future as it develops it’s multi-territory strategy.
Entertainment
The Entertainment division market consists of the following consumers
- box office spending for theatrical motion pictures
- spending on rental, both in stores and online
- buying home video products on DVD, both in retail stores and online
- purchasing video products digitally via download
- producing and selling filmed entertainment content to TV broadcasters
The global filmed entertainment market is forecast to grow over the next five years. The key growth drivers include
- the improvement in the theatre going experience through the advent of digital
- the growth of the high-definition DVD market with improved picture and sound quality, through the increase in sales of digital and HD ready TVs and DVD players
- the expansion of demand for TV content from TV broadcasters, as premium subscription models expand and more channels are added
- VOD and digital sales of product as these channels in the market expand
Distribution
The Distribution division market incudes more than 4,000 bricks and mortar and digital retail partners in Canada and the U.S. The division provides distribution services to a wide range of content producers, including the major Hollywood studios.
The division will drive future growth through expanding its long standing relationships with the industry’s largest producers and retailers which have been built over the past 25 years.