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Entertainment One UK

Logo: Lionsgate Studios, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

British entertainment company

Entertainment One UK Limited, trading as eOne UK (formerly Contender Limited and E1 Entertainment UK Limited), is a British entertainment company and a subsidiary of Lionsgate Canada. The company was formed as the Contender Entertainment Group in 1994, initially functioning as a home video distributor before expanding to produce television shows and theatrical films before being acquired by the Canadian-based Entertainment One (now Lionsgate Canada) in 2007.2 It is part of ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK HOLDINGS LIMITED.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom1
  • Legal formPrivate Limited Company3
  • LEI549300LOLS62WKJJ7U543
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address45 WARREN STREET, W1T 6AG London, United Kingdom3
  • Registered withCompanies House, 029896023

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Entertainment One UK Limited, trading as eOne UK (formerly Contender Limited and E1 Entertainment UK Limited), is a British entertainment company and a subsidiary of Lionsgate Canada. The company was formed as the Contender Entertainment Group in 1994, initially functioning as a home video distributor before expanding to produce television shows and theatrical films before being acquired by the Canadian-based Entertainment One (now Lionsgate Canada) in 2007.2

Corporate structure

Entertainment One UK is part of a group headed by Hasbro. 79 entities, 26 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Entertainment One UK reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Medusa Communications & Marketing Ltd

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK HOLDINGS LIMITED

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • Medusa Communications & Marketing Ltd since 2004

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. 2015Acquired Astley Baker Davies1
  2. 2009Acquired eOne Family & Brands1
  3. 2004Acquired Medusa Communications & Marketing Ltd1

Timeline

  1. Jul 18, 2018Parent Directly consolidated by ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK HOLDINGS LIMITED3
  2. 2009Renamed Name changed to E1 Entertainment UK Limited1
  3. 2004Acquisition Acquired Medusa Communications & Marketing Ltd1
  4. Nov 14, 1994Founded Entertainment One UK is founded3

Sources

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