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WW Entertainment

{{Short description|Dutch film distributor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox company

| name = WW Entertainment

| logo = WW Entertainment Logo.svg

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2019.

| logo_upright =

| logo_alt =

| type = Besloten vennootschap

| industry = Film

| former_names = {{Plainlist|

  • RCV Entertainment (1979–2009)
  • Entertainment One Benelux (2009–2019)

}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|1979}}

| founder = Otger Merckelbach

| fate =

| hq_location_city = Amsterdam

| hq_location_country = Netherlands

| area_served = Benelux

| key_people =

| products = Motion pictures

| owner = {{Plainlist|

  • Independent (1976–1997)
  • VNU (1997–2001)
  • Sanoma (2001–2009)
  • Entertainment One (2009–2019)
  • Independent (2019–2024)
  • Vuelta Group (2024–present)

}}

| num_employees =

| num_employees_year =

| parent =

| website = {{URL|wwentertainment.nl}}

}}

WW Entertainment B.V. (formely known as RCV Entertainment and Entertainment One Benelux) is a Dutch film distributor.

History

WW Entertainment was founded in 1979 by Otger Merckelbach as RCV Entertainment. The company focused mainly on distributing films on the home media market. In 1989, the company expanded into theatrical and television distribution, releasing titles from American film studios such as New Line Cinema and Miramax Films.

In 1997, RCV was acquired by VNU.{{cite news|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/vnu-koopt-helft-van-onafhankelijke-filmdistributeur-rcv-entertainment~b2937f7b/|title=VNU koopt helft van onafhankelijke filmdistributeur RCV Entertainment|work=de Volkskrant|language=nl|date=2 May 1997|access-date=12 March 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250312211016/https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/vnu-koopt-helft-van-onafhankelijke-filmdistributeur-rcv-entertainment~b2937f7b/#selection-1383.0-1383.69|archive-date=12 March 2025}} It was later sold to Finnish media group Sanoma in 2001.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/news/finnish-media-co-buys-dutch-distrib-1117851586/|last=Edmunds|first=Marlene|title=Finnish media co. buys Dutch distrib|work=Variety|date=22 August 2001|access-date=10 April 2025}}

In 2007, Sanoma was looking to sell RCV.{{cite news|url=https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/muziek/sanoma-magazines-overweegt-rcv-entertainment-te-verkopen/|title=Sanoma Magazines overweegt RCV Entertainment te verkopen|last=Beerda|first=Jurriën|work=Entertainment Business|language=nl|date=12 October 2007|access-date=17 March 2025}} In 2008, Canadian entertainment company Entertainment One acquired the company,{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/biz/news/entertainment-one-gobbles-up-rcv-1117978714/|last=Kelly|first=Brendan|title=Entertainment One gobbles up RCV|work=Variety|date=8 January 2008|access-date=8 March 2025}} rebranding it to Entertainment One Benelux the following year.{{cite news|url=https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/muziek/rcv-vanaf-nu-officieel-e1-entertainment-benelux/|title=RCV vanaf nu officieel E1 Entertainment Benelux|work=Entertainment Business|language=nl|date=21 September 2009|access-date=16 March 2025}} In 2019, Wilco Wolfers rebranded the company to WW Entertainment and acquired Entertainment One's remaining stake{{cite news|url=https://www.hollandfilmnieuws.nl/nieuwscategorieen/cast/exclusief-wilco-wolfers-begint-ww-entertainment-en-neemt-films-eone-over/|last=Huijsdens|first=Jeroen|title=Exclusief: Wilco Wolfers begint WW Entertainment en neemt films eOne over|work=Holland Film Nieuws|date=6 March 2019|language=nl|access-date=13 March 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.entertainmentbusiness.nl/film/ww-entertainment-gaat-verder-waar-eone-ophield/|title=WW Entertainment gaat verder waar eOne ophield|work=Entertainment Business|language=nl|date=7 August 2019|access-date=11 March 2025}} The company was later sold to Vuelta Group in 2024.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/vuelta-ww-entertainment-benelux-distribution-1236171054/|last=Keslassy|first=Elsa|title=Vuelta Acquires WW Entertainment, One of Benelux's Largest Distributors (EXCLUSIVE)|work=Variety|date=8 October 2024|access-date=8 March 2025}}

Filmography

= Dutch films =

== As RCV Film Distribution/RCV Entertainment ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
Release Date

! Title

! Notes

colspan="6" style="background-color:#white;" | 1990s
style="text-align:right;"| 12 February 1998Tate's Voyageproduced by Motel Films and VPRO
style="text-align:right;"| 26 March 1998The Polish Brideproduced by Motel Films, Ijswater Films and VPRO
style="text-align:right;"| 2 July 1998Temmink: The Ultimate Fightproduced by Motel Films and VPRO
style="text-align:right;"| 8 October 1998FL 19,99produced by Motel Films, Isabella Films and VPRO
style="text-align:right;"| 12 May 1999Based on the Novelproduced by DKP/Amsterdam
colspan="6" style="background-color:#white;" | 2000s
style="text-align:right;"| 14 December 2000The Black Meteor
style="text-align:right;"| 9 November 2000De Omweg
style="text-align:right;"| 15 February 2001I Love You Too
style="text-align:right;"| 12 December 2002Twin Sisters
style="text-align:right;"| 24 April 2003Godforsaken
style="text-align:right;"| 3 August 2006DoodeindTheatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only;
style="text-align:right;"| 5 October 2006Keep OffTheatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only;
style="text-align:right;"| 14 December 2006'n Beetje Verliefd
style="text-align:right;"| 15 March 2007Dennis P.
style="text-align:right;"| 4 October 2007TimboektoeTheatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only;
style="text-align:right;"| 29 October 2009The Dark Houseproduced by Column Film, KeyFilm and AVRO
style="text-align:right;"| 13 December 2009The Hell of '63Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only;

== As Entertainment One Benelux ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
Release Date

! Title

! Notes

colspan="6" style="background-color:#white;" | 2010s
style="text-align:right;"| 21 September 2011The Gang of Oss
style="text-align:right;"| 10 December 2015Bon Bini Holland
style="text-align:right;"| 24 November 2016De Zevende Hemel
style="text-align:right;"| 1 June 2017Kill Switch
style="text-align:right;"| 13 December 2018Bon Bini Holland 2produced by Kaap Holland Film
style="text-align:right;"| 14 February 2019Cuban Love

== As WW Entertainment ==

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
Release Date

! Title

! Notes

colspan="6" style="background-color:#white;" | 2020s
style="text-align:right;"| 10 December 2020Bon Bini: Judeska in da House
style="text-align:right;"| 30 June 2022Bon Bini Holland 3
style="text-align:right;"| 7 November 2022Casa Coco
style="text-align:right;"| 21 December 2022Het Feest van Tante Rita
style="text-align:right;"| 16 March 2023All Inclusive
style="text-align:right;"| 20 December 2023Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights

= Non-Dutch films =

==1990s==

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==2000s==

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==2010s==

==2020s==

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|url=wwentertainment.nl}} (in Dutch)

{{Entertainment One}}

Category:Film distributors of the Netherlands

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