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About Us

Founded in 2024 by Marc Allen, Chris Helm and Markku Lonnqvist and backed by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Easttree is an investment platform acquiring income rights in some of the world's most iconic film and TV properties, owned and distributed by major studios, with a focus on passive profit participations.

Our portfolio includes award-winning, culture-defining comedies, leading premium dramas, and globally dominant family franchises that have achieved exceptional scale and longevity. These iconic films and television shows have been recognised with Emmy, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Academy Award honours, while consistently leading streaming performance. Each title is defined by critical acclaim, commercial success and enduring audience connection.

Through its investments, Easttree enables owners of film and television profit participations to monetise all or part of their income rights, providing capital injections to actors, writers, directors, producers and other rights holders, including production companies, studios and financiers.

Easttree's legal expertise and relationships, robust investment infrastructure, and data-driven underwriting and asset management processes enable the efficient and rapid evaluation and execution of transactions.

Easttree's investment platform is structured to accommodate transactions of any size, from single participations to very large libraries, positioning Easttree as the ideal partner for the needs of talent, studios, producers and distributors alike.

News

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Posted 12/11/2025

Easttree Media, BlackRock-Backed Investment Platform for TV, Film Income Rights, Launches at AFM

A new investment company plans to take a leaf from the recent spate of musicians selling the rights to their own back catalogs and shift it into the film and TV space.

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Posted 09/12/2025

Former Vue & Disney Exec Alison Cornwell Joins BlackRock-Backed Film & TV Income Rights Platform Easttree

Industry vet Alison Cornwell, who most recently served a decade as CFO of leading international cinema chain Vue, has joined emerging UK media company Easttree Media in the same role.

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Posted 17/02/2026

Hipgnosis Team Looks to Stars of TV & Cinema

The team behind Hipgnosis Songs Fund has joined forces with a British media executive to emulate the lucrative music rights market by moving into film and television, with a venture they claim could eventually be worth more than £1 billion.

Our Team

Chris Helm

Founding Partner

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Marc Allen

Founding Partner

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Markku Lonnqvist

Founding Partner

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Alison Cornwell

Chief Financial Officer

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Emily Barrington

Head of Finance, Tax and Compliance

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Oscar Shepherd

Vice President, Investment Team

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Daniele Del Sal

Senior Associate, Investment Team

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Claudia Taylor

Associate, Business Development

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Contact Us

For general inquiries please reach out to: info@easttreemedia.com

For press inquiries please reach out to: pr@easttreemedia.com


Address: 4 Golden Square, London W1F 9HT, United Kingdom