Entertainment One Television
Entertainment One Television has offices in Toronto and LA and is a leading independent production company. Renowned for its dramatic and documentary production, the company has garnered numerous national and international awards over the years.
The company’s development focus builds on the strengths of Entertainment One Television’s expertise, while expanding its horizons; producing series, mini-series, television movies and documentaries in association with all of Canada’s major broadcasters, many of the specialty networks and international partners. The company’s outstanding reputation for quality programming continuously attracts internationally recognized creative talent and strong business partners.
Some of the shows produced by Entertainment One Television for US and Canadian networks include: Comedy Central and Showcase - the hit show “Kenny vs. Spenny, "Testees" for FX and Showcase, HBO - the highly anticipated “Hung”, The N - “The Best Years”, Tru TV - “’Til Death Do Us Part”, Hallmark Channel - “Mail Order Bride”, Lifetime - “Absolution”, AMC - “The Wrong Coast”, Vh1 - “Hey Joel”, UPN - “Two Kings”, ABC Family - “Greek”, Oxygen Channel - “Good Girl Bad Girl.”
Previously acquired companies, now part of Entertainment One Television, include: Blueprint Entertainment; Barna Alpa; Oasis International; Rubber Duck; Blue Print Kids; and Contender Licensing.
Entertainment One Television International
Entertainment One Television International is a respected global film and television distribution company. Launched in 1991, and then called Oasis International, Entertainment One Television International has established a prominent position in International film and TV licensing. With offices in Toronto and Los Angeles, the company has built strong ties to the international film and television community ensuring continuous access to high quality programming. With an impressive track record of selling an eclectic mix of programming from scripted series to kids’ programming, animation, reality, factual and movies. With over 2500 hours of programming, Entertainment One Television International is one of the largest independent distributors. A consistent high profile presence at all International Licensing events such as MIPTV, MIPCOM, NATPE, AFM ensures that recent top-notch titles like Testees, The Dating Guy and Would Be Kings receive maximum exposure.
Entertainment One Kids
Initially established in 2001 to create pre-school children’s animation content, Entertainment One Kids, once called Rubber Duck and Blueprint Kids, produces and distributes children’s animation content. It generates revenue from TV broadcast sales, home video and merchandising licenses. Current titles include: Tractor Tom and Peppa Pig and current broadcasters include Nickelodeon Junior and Channel Five as well as international sales territories including Scandinavia, France and Germany.
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Entertainment One Films
Entertainment One Films acquires and exploits filmed entertainment rights across all media – cinema, DVD, TV and digital – and also produces TV content in Canada and the UK.
It operates in the UK, Holland, Belguim, Canada and USA.
Entertainment One Films is comprised of several previously acquired companies: Seville Pictures/Maximum Films; Les Films Seville; Contender Entertainment; RCV Entertainment; Koch Vision; Maximum International; and Seville International.
Entertainment One Canada
Entertainment One Canada is an integrated producer, distributor
and international sales agent of feature films and television
programming.
Founded in 1999 and then called Seville Pictures/Maximum Films,
Entertainment One Canada is one of Canada’s leading domestic
film distributors specialising in domestic, US independent and
foreign films, as well as feature length documentaries.
In 2008, the company released several very successful films, such as Never Back Down, Le Dernier continent (The Last Continent), Philippe Falardeau’s C’est pas moi je le jure, and the hit teen movie Twilight.
The year 2009 will also bring a number of hotly anticipated films to Entertainment One Canada, with the release of Waltz with Bashir, Ari Folman’s celebrated animated feature; Che by Steven Soderbergh, with Benicio Del Toro; The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus by Terry Gilliam with Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Johnny Deep, Jude Law and Colin Farrell; Splice, Vincenzo Natali’s sci-fi thriller with Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley; Mr. Nobody, Jaco van Dormel’s new masterpiece with Jared Leto, Sarah Polley and Diane Kruger; and Astro Boy, based on the famous animated character, with the voices of Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Bill Nighy and Nathan Lane.
Entertainment One Canada’s catalogue of Canadian rights to
over 800 quality independent feature films and world rights to 100
features and docs is one of the largest in Canada.
The announcement of the Summit output deal cements Entertainment
One Canada’s position as one of the leading film distribution
companies in Canada.
http://www.sevillepictures.com/
Entertainment One UK
Entertainment One UK, once known as Contender Group, is a rights
ownership and exploitation business and one of the largest
independent distributors of content on DVD in the UK. Its expertise
lies in theatrical and home video distribution, and licensing and
merchandising. The company operates across a number of genres,
including film and general/factual entertainment. It has a film
library in excess of 500 titles and is one of the leading film
distribution companies in the UK.
Entertainment One Benelux
Entertainment One Benelux is a leading independent feature film
distributor and content owner in the Benelux. Founded in 1979, it
owns the long term rights to over 1,900 titles across all media
(Theatrical, Home Entertainment and TV). Based in Hilversum in the
Netherlands, the business was once known as RCV Entertainment and
currently employs 45 people. It is focussed on acquiring and
exploiting independently produced theatrical motion pictures from
the US. Recent releases include Rendition, Untraceable, The
Strangers, Bangkok Dangerous and My Best Friend’s Girl. RCV
has established relationships with all the major US independent
producers including Mandate, Essential, Focus Features, New Line
and Summit.
Entertainment One U.S.
Entertainment One U.S., then called Koch Vision, was founded in 1999 to spearhead entry into the U.S. home video market. Currently a leading independent supplier of a broad range of product genres including independent films, TV on DVD, children’s programs, special interest, music and more. It is the home of such notable properties as Wire in the Blood, Faerie Tale Theatre, McLeod’s Daughters, Ballet Shoes, Sounder, Popular Mechanics for Kids, Soundstage, SELF Fitness, Yoga Zone and the prestigious “Archive of American Television Presents” series. Entertainment One U.S. partners with and represents properties from BBC, Beta, CBS, Condé Nast, Hearst, ITV Global, NBC Universal, PBS, Ragdoll, RDF Media, Southern Star and other major international producers and content owners.
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Entertainment One Music
Entertainment One Music, formerly KOCH Records, has quickly
grown to become North America's largest independently distributed
record company and is one of the fastest growing independent record
labels in the US. Entertainment One Music’s record labels
cover all musical genres from adult-contemporary to rock, urban to
country, children's to classical. Its bestselling franchises have
been successfully complemented by a growing roster of both
established artists and developing talent. The company, once
known as Koch Records, recently concluded a long-term exclusive
license agreement with Death Row Records and thereby secured a
pre-eminent rap catalogue. Entertainment One Music’s rapid
expansion is reflected in its growing number of Billboard Top 200
albums.
Entertainment One Music is the leading aggregator of digital
music and video content for worldwide distribution, serving all
major and niche digital service providers, including iTunes, Joost,
Hulu, YouTube, eMusic, Rhapsody, Amazon and many others.
http://www.kochentertainment.com
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