Sony has a $hitload of content for NTEK
List of holdings[edit]
Sony Pictures Plaza in Culver City, California
Motion Pictures and Home Entertainment[edit]
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group: With a library of more than 4,000 films (including 12 Academy Award for Best Picture winners), as of 2004 this unit of Sony distributes about 22 films a year under its various studio brands in 67 countries.[4] The group owns studio facilities in the United States, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Japan. In addition to the below company-owned brands, Columbia TriStar also has a contract to distribute films for independent Revolution Studios and select films by MGM and United Artists. Columbia Pictures: Founded in 1924 by Harry Cohn, Sony acquired the studio in 1989 from The Coca-Cola Company for $3.4 billion.[14][15]
TriStar Pictures Formed in 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS. Became part Columbia Pictures Entertainment in December 1987 and the Sony ownership in 1989. Was relaunched in 2004 as a marketing and acquisitions unit that specializes in genre and independent films.
Screen Gems: Originally Columbia's animation division and later a television production company best known for TV's Bewitched and The Partridge Family, as well as bringing The Three Stooges short subjects to TV in 1958. Sony revived the Screen Gems brand to develop mid-priced movies (production budget of between $20 million and $50 million) in specific genres such as science fiction, horror, black cinema and franchise films.
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC): Specializes in acquiring distribution rights to independent and art films as well as producing lower-budget productions geared to limited audiences.[4]
Sony Pictures Releasing: Founded in 1994.[28]
Sony Pictures Releasing International (formerly Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International) Sony Pictures India, production house established by Sony to release Indian movies and distribute Hollywood movies, released under Columbia Pictures.
Monumental Pictures: A Russian motion picture studio formed on February 2, 2006 as a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Russia-based Patton Media Group producing and releasing Russian language films in Russia, the CIS, and Mongolia.
TriStar Productions: A joint-venture between Thomas Rothman and SPE.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: Manufactures and distributes the Sony film library on Blu-ray Disc, DVD, video cassette, and UMD forms to global markets. Sony Wonder: The former kids and family label of Sony Music Entertainment that was moved to SPHE on June 21, 2007.
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA): A Sony division which acquires and produces about 60 films per year for a wide variety of distribution platforms, especially for non-theatrical markets. It had been called Worldwide SPE Acquisitions, Inc. until September 2010. Destination Films: A "niche" motion picture company purchased by Sony in 2001.
Stage 6 Films: A direct to video label created in 2007. Also releases some films theatrically.
Affirm Films: A motion picture label launched in 2008 to release gospel and Christian films.
Television[edit]
Production and Distribution[edit]
Sony Pictures Television Group: (formerly Columbia TriStar Television Group) The successor-in-interest to Columbia's television division (first Screen Gems, later Columbia Pictures Television, Coca-Cola Television, TriStar Television (A division of Columbia Pictures Television), and Columbia TriStar Television), as of 2004 the unit was producing 60 titles for various television outlets globally. Contains a library that includes more than 35,000 episodes of more than 270 television series and 22,000 game show episodes under the Columbia TriStar Television brand, and the television rights to the Embassy Pictures library (including The Graduate and The Lion in Winter) and also the owner of the television division "Embassy Television"—among most recent notable shows in this library are Seinfeld, King of Queens, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless. Their former international distribution division Sony Pictures Television International was responsible for global distribution for the Sony film and television properties worldwide. Formerly known as Columbia TriStar International Television from 1995 to 2002. 2waytraffic: Acquired by Sony in 2008, this television production company owns a number of formats, most notably including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Adelaide Productions
Barris Industries: Formed in 1965 by Chuck Barris as Chuck Barris Productions. Renamed to Barris Industries in 1981. Merged with the Guber-Peters Company in 1988 and renamed as Guber-Peters Entertainment Company in 1989.
Barry & Enright Productions (post-scandal), including Jack Barry Productions: Formed in 1947 by Jack Barry and Dan Enright, shut down in 1959, and reformed in 1975. Later renamed Stafford-Enright Productions in 1991. Sony acquired the library in 1992.
Culver Entertainment
Electric Ray: Founded by Karl Warner with SPT in January 2014.[29]
ELP Communications (ELPC) and Tandem Licensing Corporation (TLC): The two in-name only units of Sony Pictures Television own the productions' copyrights presented by Norman Lear's companies: Tandem Productions and ELP Communications (series from T.A.T. to ELP Communications). The companies were formed by Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear in 1958 as Tandem Productions. Yorkin ended his partnership with Lear in 1975, but remained with Tandem. Lear and his partner Jerry Perenchio sold Tandem/Embassy Television to The Coca-Cola Company in 1985 and later became Embassy Communications in 1986 (later became ELP Communications in 1988). ELPC and TLC are part of Sony Pictures Entertainment since 1991.
Embassy Row: A television and digital production company by Michael Davies. SPT acquired the company on January 14, 2009.
Floresta
Four D Productions: Independent production house founded by Danny Arnold in 1974. Acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in 1986.[30]
Gogglebox Entertainment
Lean-M Producers Center: A Russian production company founded in 2000 by Timur Weinstein, Vyacheslav Murugov and Oleg Osipov. In 2007, SPTI acquired a majority stake in Lean-M, with an additional 16% on April 13, 2009 [31] and the remainder in 2010.
Left Bank Pictures: A UK production company founded by Andy Harries, Francis Hopkinson, and Marigo Kehoe in 2007. Majority stake acquired by SPT in 2012.
Merv Griffin Enterprises: Founded in 1964 by Merv Griffin as Merv Griffin Productions. He sold his company to The Coca-Cola Company in 1986 as Merv Griffin Enterprises and was a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Entertainment from 1988 to 1991 and Sony Pictures Entertainment from 1991 to 1994.
Silver River Productions
Stellify Media: A joint venture between SPT, Kieran Doherty, and Matt Worthy launched in 2014 for Northern Ireland.[5]
Stewart Tele Enterprises: Formed in 1964 by Bob Stewart. Merged with SPE in 1994.
Teleset
Victory Television: A UK television production company that was founded in 2011; a joint-venture with Victoria Ashbourne.
Television Networks[edit]
Sony Pictures Television Networks Animax: Instituted in Japan by Sony in 1998, Animax is the world's largest anime television network,[32] with respective networks operating across Japan, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, South America and other regions.[33] However, Animax was cut off from Vietnam cable network in 2010 without any reason
AXN: Formed in 1997, AXN is Sony's entertainment television network, which airs across Japan, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Cine Sony Television
Crackle (formerly known as Grouper Networks): Crackle is a digital platform of Sony Pictures. It hosts videos on YouTube, Hulu, Dailymotion, and its own site, etc. Crackle is operated by SPT. The Minisode Network
CSC Media Group: Acquired by SPT in August 2014.[34] True Drama
True Entertainment
The Vault
Bliss
Chart Show Dance
Chart Show TV
Flava
Scuzz
Starz TV
Kix
Pop
Pop Girl
Tiny Pop
True Movies 1
True Movies 2
GSN: (joint venture with DirecTV)
GetTV (was slated to launch in Fall 2013, now moved to February 2014)[35]
Sony Movie Channel
Sony Entertainment Television More Than Movies
Movies4Men
Sony Spin
Sony Aath
Other Sony Pictures operations[edit]
Sony Pictures Music Group
Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
Sony Pictures Consumer Products
Sony Pictures Interactive Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc.[4][36] Sony Pictures Imageworks
Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Station
Sony Pictures Network
Sony Pictures Mobile
Sony Pictures Digital Networks SPiN
SoapCity
Screenblast
Advanced Platform Group APG
Entrance to SPE main lot in Culver CitySony Pictures Cable Ventures, Inc.
Sony Pictures Studios: The actual physical buildings, land and movie-making equipment properties in Culver City, California. Includes 22 sound stages, ranging in size from 7,600 to 43,000 square feet (700 to 4,000 m²)
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ): The company plans, produces, manufactures, sells, imports, exports, leases, broadcasts and distributes movies, TV programs, videos and audio-visual software in Japan. The company web site says it was established on February 10, 1984,[37] predating Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures Entertainment by 5 years. SPEJ was formed in 1991 through the merger of Columbia TriStar Japan, RCA-Columbia Pictures Video Japan, and Japan International Enterprises.[38] Based in Tokyo, Japan.
Sony Pictures Europe: Offices located at 25 Golden Square, London, England
Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
Worldwide Product Fulfillment
