Entertainment One Distribution Canada
Entertainment One Distribution Canada is the largest wholesaler
of DVDs, CDs and video games in Canada. The business has
established relationships with the industry’s largest
producers developed over 25 years and it currently serves more than
3,000 customers.
Entertainment One Distribution Canada has the largest DVD
library and CD catalogue in Canada, with more than 30,000 DVD
titles and 12,000 CD titles. The distribution arm focuses on
non-traditional home entertainment retailers (i.e. grocery and drug
stores) which are stocking an increasingly diversified product
offering including home entertainment. It is also the largest
Internet fulfillment wholesaler of home entertainment products in
the Canadian market.
With approximately 400 employees in Canada, Entertainment One
Distribution Canada’s main distribution centre in Canada is a
113,000 square foot warehouse and its head office is located in
Brampton, Ontario. It has three other facilities located in
Calgary, Montreal and Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
The company is driving change in the Canadian wholesale market
and has introduced VMI services to selected customers. Under the
VMI model, the management of the retailer’s inventory plan
and day-to-day inventory replenishment is taken over by the
distributor. The distributor receives sales and inventory data
electronically from point of sale terminals at the retailer. The
distributor is then responsible for creating and maintaining the
inventory plan on behalf of the retailer and is also responsible
for selecting product lines and for the size and timing of
inventory orders. The expansion of VMI services across
Entertainment One Distribution Canada’s customer base
provides ongoing business opportunities.
In addition the Group owns a small, retail chain of 69 stores branded CDplus. The stores are based in secondary markets within Canada.
Entertainment One Distribution U.S.
Headquartered in New York and now celebrating twenty years of
growth and innovation, Entertainment One Distribution U.S.
continues to lead the independent sector as the largest independent
music and video distributor in North America and holds the highest
market share of any independent.
In 1991 this team, then known as KOCH Entertainment,
revolutionized independent music distribution by becoming the first
national independent distributor of domestic labels in the U.S.,
offering an alternative to the traditional system of regional
independent distribution or national major label distribution. We
have since set the pace for independent music and video
distribution in North America and now boast an unparalleled roster
of strong independent labels covering a wide spectrum of genres in
both music and video.
The company’s owned and affiliated labels are complemented
by other leading independents such as Shanachie Entertainment,
Suburban Noize Records, Putumayo World Music, DPTV Media, Righteous
Babe, Snapper Music, Sheridan Square Entertainment, 404 Music
Group, Silva Screen, Cleopatra, Cooking Vinyl USA, Acoustic Disc,
Red House, Brunswick Records, Cosmos Studios, AnimEigo, Cloud Ten
Pictures, Critical Mass Releasing, Sullivan Entertainment, Cinema
Epoch, Coming Home Media, Lifesize Entertainment, and Passport
Video. This family of key labels, combined with the U.S.
distribution team’s proven sales and marketing expertise, and
advanced systems and technology infrastructure, makes for the best
independent distribution network available in North America
today.
The U.S. distribution operation employs the largest marketing
and sales departments of any independent, with regional sales
offices in New York City and Nashville. Our highly experienced
marketing and sales staff number over 40 music and video
professionals and our state-of-the-art 90,000 sq.ft. distribution
center in Port Washington, New York houses America’s most
technologically-advanced independent music and video distribution
facility.
Entertainment One Distribution U.S., once Koch Distribution, is
the leading aggregator of digital music and video content for
worldwide distribution and services all major and niche digital
service providers, including iTunes, Joost, Hulu, YouTube, eMusic,
Rhapsody, Amazon and many others