Entertainment One Regulatory News (ETO)

16 Dec 2009 12:46



SEVEN GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS FOR E1 ENTERTAINMENT

Entertainment One Ltd., a leading international content ownership and distribution business, is pleased to announce seven Golden Globe™ nominations across its television production and film distribution businesses. 

Nominations include Best Actor (Thomas Jane) and Best Supporting Actress (Jane Adams)  for the E1 production, Hung broadcast by HBO in the US. The nominations mark the first Golden Globe™ recognition for an E1-produced television show.

Another E1 TV production The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (produced in conjunction with Hallmark Hall of Fame), received a Best Actress Nomination (Anna Paquin). The production is distributed world-wide by E1. 

Films receiving nominations and distributed internationally by E1 included Baaria nominated for Best Foreign Language film, The Last Station nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Helen Mirren) and Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Plummer) and An Education nominated for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Carey Mulligan). 

Darren Throop, CEO, said "These nominations highlight the quality of product produced and distributed internationally by E1 and further underline the strength of the group's television and film businesses". 

The winners of the Golden Globes will be announced on Sunday, January 17th, 2010. 

About Entertainment One Ltd. 

Entertainment One Ltd. (AIM: ETO) is a leading independent entertainment content owner that acquires film, television and music rights and exploits these rights in all media in more than 190 countries. The company currently operates in Canada, the U.S., the UK,  Holland and Belgium through its four primary businesses units: E1 Television, E1 Films, E1 Music and E1 Distribution. These businesses collectively represent E1's extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production/distribution, Kids content, Licensing and Distribution. E1's content library includes more than 4,000 feature films, 2,800 hours of original television programming and 15,000 music tracks.

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