Entertainment One

Background
Entertainment One (also spelled as "eOne" and formerly Koch Entertainment and E1 Entertainment) began operations in 1973 as the music distributor ROW (Records on Wheels) in Canada. It was renamed to Entertainment One Fund in 2005. That June, it acquired Koch Entertainment, thus expanding their distribution network in Canada and the United States.

Throughout the years, eOne built regional home entertainment divisions in the United Kingdom (based on Contender Entertainment and Maximum Entertainment), Benelux (based on RCV Entertainment) and Canada (formerly Seville Pictures). In 2008, eOne also purchased the minor television companies Oasis International, Blueprint Entertainment and Barna-Alper Productions. Since 2007, eOne has been distributing films for cinemas. They later acquired Hopscotch Films and Alliance Films in 2013, and Phase 4 Films and Force Four in 2014.

From 2014 until 2016, eOne has distributed and released additional kids content made under the Kaboom! Entertainment label in Canada and the United States. In 2019, after the United States toy company Hasbro acquired Entertainment One, their future properties began using the eOne name, absorbing the Allspark name with it a year later.

1st Logo (2009-2010)
Nickname: "E1 Globe"

Logo: On a dark space background with a blue color scheme, we see the planet Earth, which is tinted in blue as it rotates slowly. As we zoom in and the planet brightens up, we see a large "E1" structure on it as the planet rotates more and the letters shine by dots of light. Several beams of light shine behind the planet as it becomes solid, and as the logo gets to a comfortable position, it is compressed into a box as "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below. The light lines continue to shine and move across the planet.

Variants:
 * There is a still version that can be found on TV shows and some trailers for E1-released movies. It is bigger and resembles the print version.
 * A short version exists.
 * An in-credit version exists.
 * On series 3 of Peppa Pig, there is an in-credit version where the word "KIDS" replaces "ENTERTAINMENT".

FX/SFX: The planet rotating and revealing "E1". Nice CGI.

Music/Sounds: An ascending triumphant fanfare. Sometimes, it's the opening/closing theme of the movie or series.

Availability: Rare. Seen on DVD releases and films from the company during the era. It also appears on some TV series (sometimes in-credit), such as Humf and The Dating Guy. Also appears on Peppa Pig Fun & Games for the Nintendo DS.

Editor's Note: A nice logo for the time. It's a shame that this was short-lived, as it lasted just two years. However, the Family version fares worse as it only appeared on the aforementioned title.

2nd Logo (2010-2016)
Nicknames: "The Box", "eOne Box" "Revealing Box"

Logo: On a black background, we see a dark sphere surrounded by a blue light. An "e" then rises up from the sphere as it starts to zoom out and shift to the left, while "ne" slides in from behind the sphere to the right. As it continues zooming out, the sphere becomes an "o", the letters become boxed as it turns blue, and the word "entertainmentone" wipes in to the right below the box.

Variants:
 * A warp-speed version exists on TV shows.
 * On series 4 of Peppa Pig, there is an in-credit version where the word "family" is seen sticking out of a green square.
 * There is a shortened version where it has the last part after the text wipes in. Sometimes, it can be much shorter.
 * A still version exists.

FX/SFX: The box forming and the wiping of the name.

Music/Sounds:
 * 2010-2015: Same as the previous logo, but re-arranged to be a bit more majestic. Despite the next theme being used on movies, this theme was still used on TV shows until 2015.
 * 2013-2015: The 2004 Alliance Atlantis fanfare.
 * On some shows, it uses the end theme or none.
 * Strangely, on Netflix and Hulu prints of Waste Land (despite that film being distributed there through Arthouse Films and eOne distributing in Canada), the logo's audio is much louder than the rest of the film.

Availability: Common.
 * During the early use of the logo, it was originally uncommon and could be seen on trailers for eOne shows/movies such as Rookie Blue and The Firm, and various DVDs distributed in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands and the US. Since the company gained more distribution forces however, the logo became much more widespread.
 * The logo also shows up on Crackle's print of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, preceding the Warner Bros. Pictures logo.
 * The still and short versions can be seen on some shows from the era.

Editor's Note: The animation is great to look at, with the usage of this logo also becoming a step-up from the previous. Again, as with the previous logo, the Family version was sadly wasted.

3rd Logo (2015-)
Nicknames: "The Box II", "eOne Box II", "Zooming Squares", "Box of Annoyance", "Box of Plastering"

Logo: It starts in a similar fashion to the previous logo. Some rings zoom out and place themselves near the top of the O. The rings and the O turn and reveal the front of the square the O is in, the letters "ne" to the right of the O, and a background of zooming squares. The letters in "entertainment" zoom out and place themselves by the square the O is in. After a few seconds, a giant square turns, revealing a black background and one singular "e" and encasing the "One" in it. The final result reads "eOne".

Variants:
 * TV shows have the logo shortened.
 * In Happiest Season, the logo is shortened and it starts when the letters are nearly placed.
 * Two in-credit versions exist. One is the "eOne" logo in white, and the other is the full "entertainment one" logo with its original colors.
 * A still version exists.
 * An open-matte version exists.
 * There is a variant where the logo is redone to fit the 4:3 format, used for reprints of older films or TV shows originally made in said format. It also showed up on Nickelodeon airings of both Ricky Zoom and a few episodes of Peppa Pig, using the network's infamous last scene of the credits within the show.

FX/SFX: Amazing CGI!

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2004 Alliance Atlantis fanfare, but the drumroll is louder, and whooshes are added with the zoom outs, or the opening theme of the movie. It's shortened on television shows. In Happiest Season, it's shortened to the first 4 notes and the last 5 notes.

Music/Sounds Variant: On some prints of the movie Foolproof (2003), this logo was heard with the music for the 1999 Alliance Atlantis alternate logo due to poor editing.

Availability: Current.
 * It was first seen before trailers of movies made by them or, outside of the United States.
 * The first TV show on which this logo appeared was PJ Masks on Disney Junior in the US and Kids' CBC in Canada. Also seen on the third season of Bitten.
 * The white in-credit version appears on Peppa Pig starting from series 5, while the full name version can be found on Alien TV and Ninja Express.
 * The still version of the logo began appearing on Grey's Anatomy since season 15 after Mark Gordon became the president of the company, as well as on episodes of Ransom on CBS.
 * On Hasbro shows, this can be currently seen on My Little Pony: Pony Life on Discovery Family in the US and Treehouse in Canada.
 * It also appears on some streaming prints of some movies; such as the first four Laika films, preceding their own logo, in addition to a Netflix print as well as a UK/Canadian print of Gnomeo and Juliet, preceding the Touchstone Pictures logo. It also appears at the start of Netflix prints as well as UK/Australian/Spanish/Dutch prints of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, plastering the custom Universal Pictures variant.
 * This logo is also used as a de-facto home video logo and appears on various DVDs and Blu-rays in the UK, Canada, Australia, Spain and the US.
 * As with the previous logo, since eOne gained more distribution forces, this logo became much more widespread.
 * With the next logo being recently introduced, this logo's days are numbered.
 * This may have also appeared on UK/Australian/Spain prints of 1917 in a blue tint, which was released just prior to the Hasbro acquisition.

Editor's Note: Again, this is a well-liked logo, although it can be annoying to some such as plastering over the custom Universal Pictures variant on the aforementioned film above, hence the nicknames.

4th Logo (2020-)
Nicknames: "The Box III", "eOne Box III", "Zooming Squares II", "Hasbro Box"

Logo: It starts like the previous logo, but with a square that zooms out with other squares on a starry blue/black background. As the pillars zoom out into their positions, another square moves into the center of the screen and the eOne text, piece by piece, zooms into their usual position as the background fades to black. The logo shines while the Hasbro byline fades in below.

Variants:
 * An in-credit version exists, sometimes with Hasbro's own logo next to it.
 * Shortened and bylineless versions exist. The bylineless version is used on eOne's more adult-oriented non-Hasbro shows and movies.
 * On the TV adaptation of Candy Land, the in-credit logo is seen on top, with the Hasbro and Candy Land logos seen below it. The byline is intact here. This is seen with the other logos on the bottom left of the screen. like the rest of the credits.

FX/SFX: Some more nice CGI for the animated version, none for the in-credit variants.

Music/Sounds: A short version of the same music from the previous logo. The short version uses the same shortened theme from the previous logo. Sometimes the opening/closing theme plays over it or silence.

Music/Sounds Variant: On international Amazon prints of the first episode of Cruel Summer, the theme sounds a little distorted.

Availability: Brand new. The logo first appeared in-credit on the TV adaptation of Candy Land, and would later be used on select shows like Power Rangers: Dino Fury (along with the previous logo). The animated version first appeared on Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, and is also seen on the 4K UHD Blu-Ray release of Transformers: The Movie (the 1986 animated film). The bylineless version appears on international Amazon prints of Cruel Summer.

Editor's Note: A nice, well executed update that welcomes in a new era of Entertainment One.