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3[[https://www.entertainmentone.com Entertainment One Ltd.]], also known as eOne, is a Canadian multinational entertainment company that is currently owned by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the company is primarily involved in the acquisition, distribution, and production of films, music, and television series. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by Hasbro in December 2019.
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5The company was originally founded in the early 1970s as Records on Wheels Ltd, which eventually became a major wholesaler of [=CDs=], [=DVDs=] and other multimedia. The company's CEO Darren Throop joined ROW in 2001 and oversaw its transformation into the eOne of today. The first major acquisition was a home video distributor and record label called Koch Entertainment in 2005. Two years later in 2007, it purchased Canadian film distributor Seville Pictures (formerly known as Malofilm and Behaviour) and British company Contender Entertainment Group (best known for ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'').
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7In 2008, It acquired two Canadian television studios: Barna-Alper Productions (producer of ''Series/DaVincisInquest'') and Blueprint Entertainment (of ''Series/KennyVsSpenny'' and ''Series/TheBestYears'' fame), which were merged together to form eOne Television. As well as an international distributor called Oasis International. It also expanded into the Australian market with the purchase of local distributor Hopscotch.
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9The first most notable acquisition was acquiring the remains of Alliance Atlantis (or more specifically their film distribution division, Alliance Films, known for being the Canadian distributors of Creator/{{Miramax}} and Creator/NewLineCinema) from Goldman Sachs in 2013 (who had purchased the entire company in 2007 along with the now-bankrupt Canwest (then owners of the Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork). Goldman already sold Alliance's non-Canadian international assets to budget DVD distributor Echo Bridge and the rights of the Series/CSIVerse to Creator/{{CBS}}). As a result of this acquisition, eOne started using Alliance's 2004 fanfare for their own {{Vanity Plate}}.
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11In 2014, eOne acquired Phase 4 Films, a company that produced low budget films and mock busters and was perhaps best known for its children's division Kaboom Entertainment (which distributed content from Creator/{{Nelvana}}). In 2015, they acquired Mark Gordon's production company (best known for ''Series/CriminalMinds'' and ''Series/GreysAnatomy'') and increased their affiliation with the ''Peppa Pig'' franchise by purchasing the cartoon's creator Astley Baker Davies. It also formed a relationship with Creator/StevenSpielberg in December 2015 to form Amblin Partners and serves as an investor.
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13In 2019, Creator/{{Hasbro}} acquired the company, resulting in Hasbro folding its existing content assets into eOne. The music division (including the Creator/DeathRowRecords catalog) was sold to a consortium led by Blackstone in 2021.
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15In 2022, Throop announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of eOne. The company also shuttered its Canadian and Spanish film distribution business to focus primarily on its British film branch. Hasbro later announced a sale process for [=eOne=] that will sell their [=non-Hasbro=] library and related assets. Hasbro will retain their library of animated shows and Hasbro-branded live-action content. In 2023, [=eOne=] shuttered their British theatrical branch. That same year, Hasbro confirmed the sale of [=eOne=] to Lionsgate which was completed on December of that year.
16!!List of Entertainment One subsidiaries
17[[index]]
18* Amblin Partners (2%)
19** Creator/AmblinEntertainment
20** Creator/AmblinTelevision
21** Creator/DreamWorksSKG
22* Christal Films
23* The Mark Gordon Company (51% joint venture)
24* Momentum Pictures (relaunch)
25* Force Four Entertainment
26* Paperny Entertainment
27[[/index]]
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29!!Partial Filmography:
30!!!Film
31[[index]]
32* ''Film/InsidiousChapter2'' (2013)
33* ''Film/InsidiousChapter3'' (2015)
34* ''Film/EyeInTheSky'' (2015)
35* ''Film/MollysGame'' (2017)
36* ''Film/StanAndOllie'' (2018)
37* ''Film/{{WildRose|2018}}'' (2018)
38* ''Film/OfficialSecrets'' (2019)
39* ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark2019''
40* ''Film/{{Midway|2019}}'' (2019)
41* ''Film/BlindedByTheLight'' (2019, UK distribution)
42* ''Film/{{Jexi}}'' (2019)
43* ''Film/QueenAndSlim'' (2019)
44* ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'' (2019)
45* ''Film/LoveAndMonsters'' (2020)
46* ''Film/HappiestSeason'' (2020, distributed by eOne in the UK and Canada)
47* ''Film/SnakeEyesGIJoeOrigins'' (2021)
48* ''Film/Stillwater2021'' (2021)
49* ''Film/BlueBayou'' (2021)
50* ''Theatre/ComeFromAway'' (2021, filmed version)
51* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyANewGeneration'' (2021, released theatrically in Asian countries and Russia)
52* ''Film/CliffordTheBigRedDog'' (2021, distributed by eOne in the UK and Canada)
53* ''Film/OrphanFirstKill'' (2022)
54* ''Film/TheWomanKing'' (2022, distributed by eOne in the UK)
55* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'' (2023, distributed by eOne in the UK)
56* ''Film/TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts'' (2023)
57* ''Film/{{The Creator|2023}}'' (2023)
58* ''Film/ArthurTheKing'' (2024)
59[[/index]]
60!!!Television
61[[index]]
62* ''WesternAnimation/BenAndHollysLittleKingdom''
63* ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'' (Season 3-present)
64* ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' (Season 14-present)
65* ''Series/CriminalMinds''
66* ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010''
67** ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead''
68** ''Series/TheWalkingDeadWorldBeyond''
69* ''Series/IntoTheBadlands''
70* ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks''
71* ''Series/HaltAndCatchFire''
72* ''{{WesternAnimation/Humf}}''
73* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''
74** ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersCyberverse Transformers: Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures]]'' (Season 4)
75** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersWarForCybertronTrilogy''
76** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBotBots''
77** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersEarthspark''
78* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''
79** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife''
80** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark''
81* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (2021-present)
82** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury''
83** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury''
84* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}''
85* ''Series/SharpObjects''

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