{{Short description|Defunct British multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox company | name = Entertainment Rights PLC | logo = Entertainment Rights.webp | logo_size = 150px | former_name = {{ubl|Sleepy Kids PLC (1989–1998)<ref name="find-and-update_company-information_service_gov_uk">{{cite web | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02402919 | title=ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS PLC overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK }}</ref>|SKD Media PLC (1998–1999)<ref name="find-and-update_company-information_service_gov_uk" />}} | type = Public | genre = Entertainment<br />Children's programming | successor = DreamWorks Classics<br>(DreamWorks Animation) | foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1989|07|11}} | founder = Martin Powell<br>Vivien Schrager-Powell | defunct = {{end date and age|df=yes|2009|05|08}}<br>{{end date and age|df=yes|2010|12|30}} (company dissolved)<ref name="find-and-update_company-information_service_gov_uk" /> | fate = Administration<br>Acquired by Boomerang Media and folded into Classic Media | location_city = London, United Kingdom | area_served = Worldwide | industry = Television production<br>Global media company | products = {{ubl|Children's television series|Children's films}} | services = {{ubl|Distribution|Licensing}} | num_employees = 188+ | divisions = {{ubl|Right Entertainment|Right Records|Tell-Tale Productions}} | subsid = {{ubl|Classic Media}} | website = }} '''Entertainment Rights PLC''' (formerly known as '''Sleepy Kids PLC''' and '''SKD Media PLC''') was a British multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that specialised in television shows and cartoons, children's media, films, and distribution. In May 2009, the company was acquired by Boomerang Media and merged into its own subsidiary Classic Media.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entertainment Rights Plc: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=645700|website=Bloomberg|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>
==History== ===Early history=== "Sleepy Kids" was founded by Martin and Vivien Schrager-Powell in 1989. It was created in order to produce ''Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone'' (''Potsworth and Co.'' in the United Kingdom), a children's animated series. Schrager-Powell's business partner was U.S. animation studio Hanna-Barbera. Within months of its founding, Sleepy Kids became a public company. It produced ''Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop''<ref>{{cite web|title=UK: Making it Tough for Tots - Sleepy Kids.|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/uk-making-tough-tots-sleepy-kids/article/409470|website=Management Today|access-date=2011-11-15|date=1992-06-01}}</ref> and ''Budgie the Little Helicopter''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}}
In December 1998, the company merged with The Richard Digance Card Company, Clipper Films and Ridgeway Films, and after these mergers, the company was renamed SKD Media PLC.
In 1999, the company acquired Cardiff-based animation studio Siriol Productions, best known for producing ''SuperTed''. In July, SKD purchased the Southampton-based Boom! Boom!, the property owners of the ''Basil Brush'' character.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/408021.stm | title=BBC News {{pipe}} the Company File {{pipe}} Brush flush after £1.7m deal }}</ref>
===Rebranding and expansion as Entertainment Rights=== In October 1999, SKD Media announced that they would acquire fellow independent business Carrington Productions International.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/skd-media-to-buy-out-carrington-productions/1223882.article |title=Skd Media To Buy Out Carrington Productions |publisher=Broadcast |date=1999-10-29 |access-date=2011-11-15}}{{subscription required}}</ref> One month later in November of that same year following SKD Media's acquisition of Carrington Productions International, SKD announced to change their name to Entertainment Rights.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/skd-media-plc--ert-/rns/proposed-acquisition-of-carrington---open-offer/199911220709581885B/ | title=Investegate {{pipe}}SKD Media PLC Announcements {{pipe}} SKD Media PLC: Proposed Acquisition of Carrington & Open Offer | access-date=6 December 2022 | archive-date=6 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206191322/https://www.investegate.co.uk/skd-media-plc--ert-/rns/proposed-acquisition-of-carrington---open-offer/199911220709581885B/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/multi-platform/news/skd-boosts-overseas-sales-profile/1225306.article |title=SKD boosts overseas sales profile |publisher=Broadcast |date=1999-11-26 |access-date=2011-11-15}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
Under their new name, Entertainment Rights continued their expansion. Their first acquisition after the name change came in April, with the worldwide pre-sale rights to the then-upcoming GMTV series ''Cubeez''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2000/04/01/28569-20000401/ | title=Entertainment Rights bows a Fawlty Towers for kids |website=Kidscreen|date=April 1, 2000}}</ref> In August, the company signed a co-production deal with Disney-owned Buena Vista Home Entertainment for their ''Magical Mystical Merlin'' series, later renamed ''Merlin the Magical Puppy'', where BVHE would distribute the series on home media worldwide except in the U.S. and Japan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2000/08/01/29618-20000801/ | title=Up Next |website=Kidscreen|date=August 1, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.entertainmentrights.com/prog/01_11.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050209070651/http://www.entertainmentrights.com/prog/01_11.html | archive-date=9 February 2005 | title=Entertainment Rights: Programming |website=Entertainment Rights}}</ref>
In February 2001, the company acquired all international TV and home video rights to ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'' from the American toy company Mattel, which was set for a Winter 2001 release.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/barbie-tv-rights-won/1170828.article | title=Barbie Tv Rights Won |website=Broadcast Now}}</ref> In March 2001, Entertainment Rights announced it had purchased United Kingdom-based children's distribution company Link Entertainment, which also included its licensing subsidiary Link Licensing (who previously partnered with American toy company Mattel on the ''Barbie'' licence for the UK) with Link Entertainment co-founder and managing director Claire Derry will join Entertainment Rights's board of directors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Debra |title=Entertainment Rights buys Link Licensing |url=https://www.c21media.net/entertainment-rights-buys-link-licensing/ |access-date=21 April 2020 |website=C21media |date=28 March 2001 |language=en-us}}</ref> Another purchase came in November of that year, when Entertainment Rights acquired privately held stop-motion animation studio Woodland Animations, best known for producing ''Postman Pat'', along with ''Gran'', ''Bertha'' and ''Charlie Chalk''. The acquisition of stop-motion animation studio Woodland Animations gained Entertainment Rights the distribution rights to Woodland's productions worldwide alongside the production of an upcoming revival of ''Postman Pat''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Waller|first1=Ed|title=Entertainment Rights buys Postman Pat creator|url=http://www.c21media.net/entertainment-rights-buys-postman-pat-creator/|website=C21Media|access-date=1 November 2017|date=7 November 2001}}</ref>
Following the success of ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'', Entertainment Rights had expanded its partnership with American toy company Mattel when the two agreed to a worldwide deal to distribute the second movie - ''Barbie as Rapunzel'', in April 2002, excluding the U.S.<ref name="standard_co_uk">{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/barbie-lets-down-her-hair-6323795.html | title=Barbie lets down her hair | website=Standard | date=12 April 2012 }}</ref>
In March 2004 after Entertainment Rights failed to acquire Chorion, Entertainment Rights expanded its programming library by announcing it had brought the in-house programming library of American animation studio Filmation from Hallmark Entertainment. The acquisition of the library of American animation studio Filmation had gained Entertainment Rights worldwide distribution to all of Filmation's productions such as ''He-Man'' and ''The Lone Ranger''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Entertainment Rights buys Filmation|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/entertainment-rights-buys-filmation/|website=C21Media|date=March 25, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rick DeMott |first1=Rick |title=Entertainment Rights Acquires Filmation |url=https://www.awn.com/news/entertainment-rights-acquires-filmation |access-date=29 January 2020 |work=Animation World Network |date=26 March 2004 |language=en}}</ref>
On 13 September 2004, Entertainment Rights announced they had acquired independent live-action & animation company Tell-Tale Productions. The acquisition had expanded Entertainment Rights' programming catalogue and boosted its home entertainment & distribution operations, distributing Tell-Tale's productions internationally such as ''BB3B'' with Tell-Tale Productions' co-founders Iain Lachlan and Will Brenton alongside Tell-Tale managing directors Karl Woolley and Helen Cadwallader joining Entertainment Rights to head it's in-house creative division.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3650828.stm |title=Tweenies maker bought for £3.1m |work=BBC News |date=2004-09-13 |access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Postman Pat buys Tweenies prodco|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/postman-pat-buys-tweenies-prodco/|website=C21Media|first=Ed|last=Waller|date=September 13, 2004}}</ref>
By the end of 2004, Entertainment Rights employed 95 people.{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} In the 2005 financial year, Entertainment Rights' revenue was £12.4 million. The company bid for Chorion but the offer was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://technologyweekly.mad.co.uk/Main/Home/Articles/0a3172d4201c47efbda8d9c815916ac1/Chorion-rejects-Entertainment-Rights-offer.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707044420/http://technologyweekly.mad.co.uk/Main/Home/Articles/0a3172d4201c47efbda8d9c815916ac1/Chorion-rejects-Entertainment-Rights-offer.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-07 |title=Welcome to the new mad.co.uk |publisher=Technologyweekly.mad.co.uk |access-date=2013-05-31 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2017}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3453967.stm |title=Noddy owner rejects bid approach |work=BBC News |date=2004-02-03 |access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref>
In 2005, Siriol Productions came under new management. The company was renamed "Calon". Most of the rights to completed productions were kept by Entertainment Rights.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lianne Stewart |url=http://kidscreen.com/2005/08/01/siriol-20050801/#ixzz1Yj6FYh00 |title=Siriol heads south, and Lyons moves on |publisher=Kidscreen |date=2005-08-01 |access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref> In October 2005, the company expanded their ''Barbie'' licensed deal with Mattel to include three more movies.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/business-consumer/barbie-deal-for-movies-931603 | title=Barbie Deal for Movies | website=Daily Record | date=17 October 2005 }}</ref> It was further extended again in September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-12-14 |title=ER - ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS AND MATTEL FORM MULTI-PICTURE, MULTI-YEAR DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE FOR BARBI MOVIES |url=http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/article_138.asp |access-date=2023-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214112057/http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/article_138.asp |archive-date=14 December 2006 |website=Entertainment Rights}}</ref> On 31 October 2005, they purchased a majority interest in the Rupert Bear character from the ''Daily Express''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4393038.stm |title=Rupert the Bear moves to new home |publisher=BBC News |access-date=3 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204163017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4393038.stm |archive-date=4 February 2016}}</ref>
===Purchase of Classic Media and Losses (2007-2009)===
{{see also|DreamWorks Classics}} On 14 December 2006, Entertainment Rights announced that they would purchase the U.S.-based licensing company Classic Media for {{USD|210 million}} (£106.9 million).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/article_602.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128170250/http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/article_602.asp | archive-date=28 January 2007 | title=Entertainment Rights - ER TO ACQUIRE CLASSIC MEDIA HOLDINGS }}</ref> The deal would bring Classic Media's own IPs, including the Bullwinkle Studios joint-venture with Jay Ward Productions (''Rocky & Bullwinkle'', ''George of the Jungle''), the Harvey Comics library (''Casper the Friendly Ghost''), ''Lassie'', the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass Productions library (including ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' and ''Frosty the Snowman'') and Big Idea Productions' (''VeggieTales'') to the Entertainment Rights portfolio. The deal also included a stake in the joint-venture children's block/network Qubo. The deal was closed on 11 January 2007 and Classic Media became a wholly owned subsidiary.
Before the deal was completed, both companies announced North American home video distribution and production agreements with Genius Products.<ref>{{cite web|title=Genius Products announces long-term co-production and distribution agreements with Entertainment Rights PLC and Classic Media|url=http://www.geniusproducts.com/PressRelease.aspx?releaseid=207|website=Genius Products|publisher=Wayback Machine|access-date=18 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928101213/http://www.geniusproducts.com/PressRelease.aspx?releaseid=207|archive-date=28 September 2007|date=8 January 2007}}</ref>
On 22 January 2007, the company purchased the ''Where's Wally?'' franchise.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/article_622.asp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206174940/http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/article_622.asp | archive-date=6 February 2007 | title=Entertainment Rights - ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS ACQUIRES WHEre's WALLY? }}</ref>
In December 2008, the company appointed Deborah Dugan, former president of Disney Publishing Worldwide, as its CEO in North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/dugan-new-head-entertainment-rights-north-america|title = Dugan New Head of Entertainment Rights North America|website=Animation World Network|first=Rick|last=DeMott|date=May 16, 2007}}</ref> There had been financial instability within the company.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Roberts|first1=Katie|title=ER announces new CEO|url=http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/er-announces-new-ceo/035902|website=Licensing.biz|access-date=2011-11-15|date=2008-12-08|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802083919/http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/er-announces-new-ceo/035902|url-status=dead}}</ref>
By January 2009, the company had dismissed one third of its employees. The company's market value decreased from £267 million in March 2007 to £5.5 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/4163292/Three-companies-in-talks-to-buy-Entertainment-Rights.html |title=Three companies in talks to buy Entertainment Rights |work=The Telegraph|date=2009-01-07|access-date=2011-11-15 |location=London |first1=Amanda |last1=Andrews |first2=Ben |last2=Harrington}}</ref> By February 2009, six companies had requested to purchase Entertainment Rights.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loveday |first1=Samantha |url=http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/six-bid-for-entertainment-rights/035716 |title=Six bid for Entertainment Rights |publisher=Licensing.biz |date=2009-01-26 |access-date=2011-11-15 |archive-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802052331/http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/six-bid-for-entertainment-rights/035716 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Also in February 2009, Entertainment Rights was fined £245,000 by the Financial Services Authority for failing to inform shareholders of "a potential $14 million earnings hit in a timely manner".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Loveday |first1=Samantha |url=http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/now-entertainment-rights-is-hit-with-fsa-fine/035717 |title=Now Entertainment Rights is hit with FSA fine |publisher=Licensing.biz |date=2009-01-23 |access-date=2011-11-15 |archive-date=2 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802042357/http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/now-entertainment-rights-is-hit-with-fsa-fine/035717 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Administration, new ownership and later history (2009)=== On 1 April 2009, Entertainment Rights went into voluntary administration.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chas Tang |url=http://entertainmentrightsplc.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/entertainment-rights-plc-four-months-on.html |title=Entertainment Rights Plc - four months on|publisher=Entertainment Rights Shareholders Action |date=2009-08-10 |access-date=2013-05-31}}</ref> That same day, Boomerang Media announced it had acquired all of Entertainment Rights' subsidiaries including Entertainment Rights itself, Big Idea and Classic Media.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Loveday|first1=Samantha|title=Boomerang Media acquires Entertainment Rights' subsidiaries|url=http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/boomerang-media-acquires-entertainment-rights-subsidiaries/035328|website=Licensing.biz|access-date=2011-11-15|date=2009-01-23|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802205654/http://www.licensing.biz/news/read/boomerang-media-acquires-entertainment-rights-subsidiaries/035328|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 11 May 2009, Boomerang Media announced that the former British and U.S. subsidiaries of Entertainment Rights would operate as a unified business under the name "Classic Media", while Big Idea would operate under its own name.<ref name="Tribbey">{{cite news|last1=Tribbey|first1=Chris|title=Classic Media Absorbs Subsidiaries|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/studios/classic-media-absorbs-subsidiaries-15704|access-date=12 May 2009|work=Home Media Magazine|date=11 May 2009|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331044316/http://www.homemediamagazine.com/studios/classic-media-absorbs-subsidiaries-15704|archive-date=31 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Boomerang Media was created by former owners of Classic Media until it was sold to Entertainment Rights in 2006.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
The Entertainment Rights PLC company was dissolved on 30 December 2010.<ref name="find-and-update_company-information_service_gov_uk" />
In 2012, Classic Media was acquired by DreamWorks Animation.<ref name=LATDWA>{{cite news|last=Verrier|first=Richard|title=DreamWorks Animation buys 'Casper,' 'Lassie' parent Classic Media|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-jul-23-la-et-ct-dreamworks-animation-20120722-story.html|access-date=30 November 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=23 July 2012}}</ref> DreamWorks Animation was then acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016, thus Universal Pictures gaining the rights to most of Entertainment Rights' catalogue of works.
==Programme library== {{More citations needed section|date=November 2017}}
===Original programmes=== * ''Potsworth & Co.'' (1989-1990, as Sleepy Kids, co-produced with Hanna-Barbera and BBC) * ''Dr. Zitbag's Transylvania Pet Shop'' (as Sleepy Kids, co-produced with Fairwater Films, PMMP Productions and Watch It!) * ''Budgie the Little Helicopter'' (as Sleepy Kids, co-produced with HTV and Fred Wolf Films) * ''Meeow!'' (as SKD Media PLC, co-produced with STV, Comataidh Craolaidh Gaidhlig and Siriol Productions) * ''Cubeez'' (2000-2001, co-produced with Cubeez Ltd. and Optical Image Broadcast for GMTV) * ''Merlin the Magical Puppy'' (2002, produced by The Little Entertainment Company) * ''The Basil Brush Show'' (2002–2007; produced by The Foundation) * ''Postman Pat'' (Revival series and Special Delivery Service, 2003–2008, produced by Cosgrove Hall Films) ** ''Postman Pat and the Greendale Rocket'' ** ''Postman Pat's Magic Christmas'' ** ''Postman Pat Clowns Around'' ** ''Postman Pat and the Pirate Treasure'' ** ''Postman Pat's Great Big Party'' * ''Little Red Tractor'' (2004-2005, Series 1-2 only, produced by The Little Entertainment Company) * ''Fun Song Factory'' (Revival series, 2004, produced by Tell-Tale Productions) * ''Boo!'' (2005-2006, Series 2 only, produced by Tell-Tale Productions, co-funded and distributed by Universal Pictures) * ''BB3B'' (2005, produced by Tell-Tale Productions) * ''Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic...'' (2006-2008, produced by Cosgrove Hall Films)
===Archive programmes=== ====Banksia Productions==== * ''The Curiosity Show'' * ''Hot Science'' * ''Kids Down Under'' * ''The Music Shop''
====Carrington Productions International==== * ''Discworld'' (co-produced with Channel 4, Cosgrove Hall Films, Egmont Imagination and ITEL) * ''Lavender Castle'' (1999-2000, co-produced with Cosgrove Hall Films)
====Filmation==== * ''For a full list of shows, films, shorts and specials, see List of works produced by Filmation.''
====Hibbert Ralph Entertainment==== * ''The First Snow of Winter'' (co-produced with Link Entertainment and BBC) * ''The Forgotten Toys'' (both the TV series and the special; co-produced with United Productions, Meridian Broadcasting and Link Entertainment) * ''The Second Star to the Left: A Christmas Tale'' (co-produced with BBC)
====Link Entertainment==== * ''Animal Antics'' * ''Barney'' (co-produced with Barney Entertainments Ltd) * ''Bill the Minder'' (produced by Bevanfield Films) * ''Bug Alert'' * ''Chatterhappy Ponies'' * ''Christopher Crocodile'' (co-produced with Mixpix and BBC) * ''Deep Sea Dick'' * ''Fairy Tales'' (produced by Bevanfield Films) * ''Ethelbert the Tiger'' (co-produced with Millimages) * ''Eye of the Storm'' (produced by Childsplay Productions and Meridian Broadcasting) * ''Grabbit the Rabbit'' * ''Hamilton Mattress'' * ''Jack and Marcel'' * ''Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories'' (produced by Bevanfield Films) * ''Monster TV'' (co-produced with BBC) * ''The Morph Files'' (co-produced with Aardman Animations) * ''Orm and Cheep'' * ''Pirates'' (produced by Childsplay Productions and BBC) * ''Preston Pig'' (co-produced with Varga London) * ''Siyabonga'' * ''Tales of a Wise King'' * ''The Slow Norris'' (co-produced with HTV) * ''The Spooks of Bottle Bay'' (co-produced with Fugitive/Playboard Puppets and Carlton Television) * ''The Treacle People'' (co-produced with Fire Mountain Productions) * ''Teddybears'' (co-produced with United Productions) * ''There's A Viking in My Bed'' (co-produced with BBC) * ''Tiny'' (co-produced with Martin Gates Productions) * ''Jane Speakman's Tiny Tales''
====Martin Gates Productions==== * ''Molly's Gang''
====Maddocks Animation==== * ''Caribou Kitchen'' * ''The Family-Ness'' * ''Jimbo and the Jet Set'' * ''Penny Crayon''
====Siriol Productions Ltd.==== *''The Blobs'' *''Hilltop Hospital'' *''Romuald the Reindeer''
====Queensgate Productions==== * ''Stoppit and Tidyup'' (co-produced with CMTB Animation) * ''The Trap Door'' (co-produced with CMTB Animation)
====Carrington Productions International==== * ''The Snow Queen'' * ''The Snow Queen's Revenge'' * ''Friendly Monsters'' * ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' * ''The Ugly Duckling''
====Trumptonshire==== * ''Camberwick Green'' (co-produced with BBC) * ''Chigley'' (co-produced with BBC) * ''Trumpton'' (co-produced with BBC)
==== Tube Studios ==== * ''Inuk'' (co-produced with Canadian Television Fund, CBC, Shaw Broadcast Television Fund, Télé-Québec and APTN)
====Woodland Animations==== * ''For a full list of shows and details, see Woodland Animations.''<ref>{{cite news|title=Life post Pat|url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,593494,00.html|access-date=18 September 2017|work=The Guardian|date=15 January 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004404/http://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,593494,00.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1644976.stm |title=Postman Pat sold for Ł5m |work=BBC News |date=2001-11-08 |access-date=2017-04-24}}</ref>
===Distribution rights=== ====Transformers==== * ''Transformers: Armada'' (co-produced with Hasbro, Takara Tomy, Æon, Dangun Pictures, Hangzhou Feilong Animation Ltd, M.S.J. Musashino-Seisakujo, Paramount Domestic Television and SD Entertainment) * ''Transformers: Energon'' (co-produced with Hasbro, Takara Tomy, We've Inc, ACTAS, Inc., A-CAT, Studio Galapagos and TV Tokyo) * ''Transformers: Cybertron'' (co-produced with Hasbro, Takara Tomy, We've Inc, TV Aichi, GONZO, Sun Woo Entertainment and Voice Box Productions) * ''Transformers: Animated'' (co-produced with Hasbro, Takara Tomy, The Answer Studio, MOOK DLE, Studio 4 °C and Cartoon Network Studios)
====Miscellaneous==== * ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' (2002–2005; produced by the BBC) * ''Short Cuts'' (2002-2003; produced by Burberry Productions) * ''Custer's Last Stand-up'' (produced by BBC and RTÉ) * ''Dr Otter'' (produced by Red Balloon Productions) * ''My Parents Are Aliens'' (1999-2006; produced by Yorkshire Television and ITV) * ''Finley the Fire Engine'' (produced by RHI Entertainment and Kickstart Productions) * ''Inuk'' (produced by Tube Studios) * ''Katie and Orbie'' (2001-2002; produced with Amberwood Entertainment) * ''Finger Tips'' (2001-2004; produced with The Foundation) * ''The New Adventures of He-Man'' (produced with Jetlag Productions) * ''Titch'' (1998-1999, 2005, produced by Hutchins Film Company and Yorkshire Television)
==Right Entertainment<!--'Right Entertainment' redirects here-->== {{Infobox company | name = Right Entertainment | logo = Right Entertainment 2001 Print Logo.svg | logo_size = 150px | image = | type = Division | industry = Home video | founded = {{Start date and age|2001|07}} | defunct = {{End date and age|2009|05}} | fate = Folded and rebranded under the Classic Media name | successor = Classic Media | parent = Entertainment Rights | products = Home video | divisions = }}
'''Right Entertainment'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> was a home video company that released Entertainment Rights' properties on VHS and DVD in the United Kingdom, alongside some acquisitions from third-party companies.
Entertainment Rights formed Right Entertainment at the beginning of July 2001 and signed a $500,000 advance UK/Ireland distribution deal with Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd to distribute their releases.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/universal-scoops-entertainment-rights-video-deal | title=Universal scoops Entertainment Rights video deal |website=C21Media|date=July 4, 2001}}</ref> Right's release schedule would start off with VHS releases of ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'' and existing ER property ''Cubeez'' in 2001, followed up with ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' and ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'' releases, and DVD release of ''Barbie'' following up in 2002. The company also announced an international home video expansion for their properties, beginning with Universal obtaining non-UK/Ireland home video rights to ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'', but ruled out if Universal would distribute other properties outside the UK as well.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2001/08/01/30955-20010801/ | title=Entertainment Rights launches new vid label |website=Kidscreen|first=Simon|last=Ashdown|date=August 1, 2001}}</ref>
Right Entertainment's first title - ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'', was released on VHS on 29 October 2001 to a huge commercial success, which went on to sell 100,000 units within its first week of release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodway |first=Nick |date=2012-04-12 |title=Postman Pat delivered to Barbie |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/postman-pat-delivered-to-barbie-6315993.html |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Entertainment Rights - a dream date with Barbie |url=https://citywire.com/funds-insider/news/article/a230785 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=citywire.com}}</ref> By April 2002, after which the movie was released on DVD as well, 700,000 copies were sold across both formats. This deal later led to home video and TV rights being secured for the sequel - ''Barbie as Rapunzel''.<ref name="standard_co_uk" />
Another secured success with Right was the release of the first ''Merlin the Magical Puppy'' video in March 2002, which entered into the top ten children's video charts.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/newsitem.asp?art=128 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021225183634/http://www.entertainmentrights.com/news/newsitem.asp?art=128 | archive-date=25 December 2002 | title=Entertainment Rights: News Room }}</ref> Right secured home video and DVD rights to the CITV arts and crafts series ''Finger Tips'' in June 2002 after ER acquired worldwide distribution rights.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2002/06/01/lmbriefs-20020601/ | title=News in Brief }}</ref> This was followed up with UK home video rights to ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'' the following month as ER already held consumer product rights to the franchise itself.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/cbbc-picks-up-second-series-of-clifford/ | title=CBBC picks up second series of Clifford }}</ref>
Around the same time, Right would take over releasing ''Postman Pat'' titles (as a result of Entertainment Rights purchasing Woodland Animations a year prior).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Waller|first1=Ed|title=Entertainment Rights buys Postman Pat creator|url=http://www.c21media.net/entertainment-rights-buys-postman-pat-creator/|website=C21Media|access-date=1 November 2017|date=7 November 2001}}</ref>
In April 2004, Right secured UK home video and DVD rights to ''Clifford's Puppy Days''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.awn.com/news/entertainment-rights-gets-paws-cliffords-puppy-days-rights | title=Entertainment Rights Gets Paws on Clifford's Puppy Days Rights }}</ref>
In September 2008, Right secured the UK DVD rights to ''Frankenstein's Cat''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.awn.com/news/entertainment-rights-gets-home-video-rights-frankensteins-cat-uk | title=Entertainment Rights Gets Home Video Rights to Frankenstein's Cat in U.K. }}</ref>
Right Entertainment's last two titles - ''Barbie: Thumbelina'' and ''Postman Pat Special Delivery Service: To the Rescue!'', were released on DVD on 16 March 2009.
Following the folding of Entertainment Rights into Classic Media, Right Entertainment was also folded under the de-facto Classic Media name, although the copyright was now changed to read "Classic Media Distribution Ltd." on DVD cases. The company continued with its UK home video deal with Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd.
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