eOne, ole in Music Publishing Deal

TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a worldwide music publishing rights management deal with ole.

The eOne catalog includes 40,000 music tracks as well as an extensive library of music from its 100,000 hours of film and TV content. Under the terms of the deal, ole will manage and administer these music publishing rights globally.

Chris Taylor, president of eOne Music Global, noted, “ole has built a state of the art technology platform that will offer our production partners, writers and composers a best-in-class solution. We are excited about the momentum of our music publishing business and we look forward to working with Robert [Ott, ole’s CEO and chairman] and his talented team as it continues to grow and brings music publishing for film, television programming and commercial music production worldwide across eOne under a single unit.”

“We look forward to adding value to eOne’s impressive properties,” Ott said.

ole’s A/V music and secondary rights slate includes catalogs from Sony Pictures Entertainment, MGM, Miramax, Nelvana and Nu Image/Millennium.