TORONTO, ON (February 11, 2016) – ole, the world's fastest growing independent rights management company, has renewed its worldwide administration deal with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), an agency of the Government of Canada that produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas.

Under the new deal, ole will continue to administer the music publishing for the compositions in the NFB's entire film catalog, which features 12 Academy Award winners including The Danish Poet, Ryan, and Bob's Birthday, which all won for Best Animated Short Film, and Flamenco at 5:15 and If You Love This Planet, which both won for Best Documentary Short Subject, plus many more. The NFB has been an ole client since 2006.

"ole is pleased that NFB has chosen to extend our long relationship," said Robert Ott, Chairman and CEO of ole. "We will continue to support NFB's internationally successful Creative with ole's leading-edge rights management platform."

Formed in 1939, the NFB is a public producer and distributor that creates groundbreaking interactive works, social-issue documentaries and auteur animation. Its catalog includes more than 13,000 productions that have collectively won over 5,000 awards, including 12 Academy Awards, 14 Canadian Screen Awards, 11 Webbys, and more than 90 Genies.