E1 Television is a Canadian television

Television

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 production company

Production company

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, based in Toronto, Ontario.

History

E1 Television was founded in 1980 as Barna-Alper Productions Inc. The company was headed by President

President

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 and Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

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 Laszlo Barna

Laszlo Barna

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 and Laura Alper, Barna's wife. E1 also distributed

Distributor

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 through Barna-Alper Releasing Inc. Tom Perlmutter

Tom Perlmutter

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 was the company's founding head of documentaries.

E1 also owns a 1% interest in the Canadian digital cable channel, documentary.

E1 Television

In January 2009, after being acquired by Entertainment One, Barna-Alper Productions Inc. was folded into E1 Television along with Blueprint Entertainment, Oasis, Rubber Duck and Contender production companies also owned by Entertainment One.

External links

• Barna-Alper Productions website
• Barna-Alper Productions at the Internet Movie Database
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