Entertainment One

Entertainment One Ltd., also known as eOne, is an international media corporation operating in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

Entertainment One specialises in the acquisition, production, and distribution of film and television content. Its business divisions encompass film distribution, television and music production, family programming, merchandising and licensing, and digital content. Its current rights library includes more than 40,000 film and television titles, 4,500 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.

History

eOne began operations in 1973 in Ontario, Canada, as Records on Wheels (ROW) Limited, founded and operated by Vito Ierullo and Don Ierullo, focusing on retail sales of recorded music. In the late 1970s, ROW, Ltd. began to distribute recorded music for third-party retailers in Canada. For more than 20 years, entertainment content distribution became the company’s primary focus as the company expanded into video, purchasing one of Canada’s largest home entertainment distributors, Video One Canada, Ltd., from its then-parent, Standard Broadcasting Corporation Ltd. In November 2003, the company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as ROW Entertainment Income Fund. It changed its name to Entertainment One Income Fund. The role of Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment One Income Fund was given to the current CEO of eOne by Vito Ierullo, the President of the company.