Entertainment One


Content crunch – the fight for rights

As the pace of consolidation quickens, competition for rights is fiercer than ever. Stewart Clarke talks to distributors about the changing face of the business and how, in the hyper competitive world of TV, they are gaining access to content. First-look deals, overall deals, development deals, output deals, umbrella deals and pod deals: all are […]

News brief: Nick Jr. France sprinkles Peppa on schedule

Nick Jr. in France has acquired preschool toon Peppa Pig from distributor Entertainment One. This comes after the popular show launched free-to-air in the territory on France 5 last month. Nick Jr. will launch the programme on March 31. Furthermore, eOne Licensing has appointed France TV Distribution to assemble a local consumer products programme. Italian […]

MIPTV 2014: eOne brings its factual buckets to Cannes

Entertainment One has forged a reputation as a distributor of US and Canadian drama, but this MIPTV is making a concerted push into factual. Prentiss Fraser, senior VP, worldwide sales and acquisitions says that the initiative has seen it stock up on content and reorganise the way in which it is presented to buyers. The […]

Netflix resurrects Trailer Park Boys

Netflix has ordered two new seasons of Canada-originated comedy series Trailer Park Boys. Seasons eight and nine of the show will debut on Netflix in North America and around the world and Netflix has also acquired the first seven runs of the show from its distributor Entertainment One. The deal means the show will be […]

Pier 21 sales deal a stroll for eOne

North American studio Entertainment One has signed a first-look deal with veteran producer Laszlo Barna’s Canadian company Pier 21 Films. The deal covers Pier 21’s entire slate of scripted and unscripted programmes and lasts for two years. Toronto- and LA-based eOne has recently scored similar agreements with Canadian firms such as Amaze Film and Television, […]

Multi-studio deal brings back Blinkbox programme trial

Blinkbox has signed deals with nine distributors as it brings back its ‘Try TV on Us’ trial programme. The UK VOD service last year launched the free sample by offering single episodes of programmes for free in a bid to hook in new customers. It has now scored deals with All3Media, BBC Worldwide, Entertainment One, […]

eOne bags El Rey scripted series deal

Entertainment One will represent scripted programming from US cable net El Rey on the international market. The deal hands eOne Television exclusive international distribution rights to El Rey’s original shows, which includes upcoming soccer/spy series Matador. The hour-long drama follows the unlikely rise of Antonio “Matador” Bravo, a soccer player known for his playboy antics […]

Bell chimes with Opposite Worlds, Haggis drama

Canadian broadcaster Bell Media has unveiled a wide ranging slate of new shows, including a remake of Banijay International-distributed Opposite Worlds and a drama from Crash screenwriter Paul Haggis. Bell’s conventional and speciality channels are working with producers such as Entertainment One, Shaftesbury Films and NBCUniversal-backed LARK Productions on its drama projects. Screenwriter Haggis is […]

Entertainment One seeking trio of senior EMEA hires

Canada-based producer-distributor Entertainment One will significantly bolster its Europe-based international division with a trio of senior hires next year, TBI has learned. eOne Television’s international president Peter Emerson is currently based in London putting together an EMEA unit but told TBI he is planning to return to North America once a new team is in […]

Sundance Channel, eOne develop Israeli scripted show

Sundance Channel and Entertainment One are co-developing an Israeli scripted format that explores what happens to a family when one parent suddenly becomes religious. Reaching for Heaven will be based on a Keshet drama that ran for two seasons and totalled 14 episodes, and comes from Assaf Amir’s Norma Productions. The US version will be […]

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