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Entertainment One - Groundwork laid for sustained growth

February 2010

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Entertainment One (ETO; 60p) is involved in the creation, development and exploitation of entertainment based intellectual property rights, with particular emphasis on films, music and children's television programming. It is a strange beast, not so much for its business activities but because it has had a very fast moving corporate history. The company was originally set up in March 2007 by a group of investors, including Marwyn, with the intention of consolidating the film distribution industry. Contemporaneously, with the AIM listing, which raised Â£80m at 100p, it bought its first business E1 Group, a film distribution house listed on the Toronto Exchange for Â£86m. Roll on just a few months and further acquisitio ...

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