Entertainment One

Entertainment One Holdings USA Inc.
Trade name	Entertainment One
Formerly	Records On Wheels Limited (1970–1980); ROW Entertainment (1980–2005); Entertainment One Income Fund (2005–2009); E1 Entertainment (2009–2010);
Company type	Subsidiary
Traded as	LSE: ETO
Industry	Entertainment
Predecessors	Koch Entertainment; Contender Entertainment Group; Medusa Communications & Marketing; Alliance Films; Phase 4 Films;
Founded	1970
Founder	Vito Ierullo; Don Ierullo; Darren Throop;
Successors	Lionsgate Alternative Television (television series); Lionsgate Canada (films and television series within Canada)
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Darren Throop (CEO);
Products	Film; Television; Virtual reality; Live entertainment; ;
Revenue	£941.2 million (2019)
Parent	Hasbro (2019–2023); Lionsgate (2023–2024); Lionsgate Studios (2024–present);
Subsidiaries	Amblin Partners (minority stake); Makeready (co-backing with Universal Pictures); Sierra/Affinity;
Website	www.entertainmentone.com

Entertainment One (commonly abbreviated as eOne) is a Canadian entertainment company and a subsidiary of Lionsgate Studios Corp.. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the company is 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 was acquired by U.S. toy and entertainment company Hasbro for US$4 billion. The company saw 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. These cutbacks were part 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 eOne's assets to Lionsgate (another Canadian-founded buisness) for $500 million; The deal closed on December 27, 2023.^[3]^[4]

Since the acquisition, eOne was spun-off with Lionsgate's other film and TV business into Lionsgate Studios, and split into three entities: Lionsgate Canada (formally eOne Canada^[5]) for producing films and television series within Canada; Lionsgate Alternative Television,^[6] for shows outside Canada; and eOne Films for films outside Canada.

^ "Annual Report 2019". Entertainment One. Retrieved September 17, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Cite error: The named reference makereadydeal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Goldbart, Max (August 3, 2023). "Hasbro Confirms Sale Of eOne To Lionsgate For $500M". Deadline Hollywood.
^ Spangler, Todd (December 22, 2023). "Lionsgate Studios Deal to Spin Off From Starz Values Business at $4.6 Billion". Variety. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
^ Townsend, Kelly (June 7, 2024). "Entertainment One rebrands to Lionsgate Canada". Playback. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference Lionsgate Alternative was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[results-1] "Annual Report 2019". Entertainment One. Retrieved September 17, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[makereadydeal-2] Cite error: The named reference makereadydeal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Goldbart, Max (August 3, 2023). "Hasbro Confirms Sale Of eOne To Lionsgate For $500M". Deadline Hollywood.

[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.

[5] Townsend, Kelly (June 7, 2024). "Entertainment One rebrands to Lionsgate Canada". Playback. Retrieved June 8, 2024.

[Lionsgate_Alternative-6] Cite error: The named reference Lionsgate Alternative was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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