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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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conglomerate Conglomerate or conglomeration may refer to: * Conglomerate (company) * Conglomerate (geology) * Conglomerate (mathematics) In popular culture: * The Conglomerate (American group), a production crew and musical group founded by Busta Rhymes ** Co ...

Sony Group Corporation , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

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Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group

Sony Semiconductor Solutions , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

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TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semicon ...

and Denso) ** Sony Semiconductor Israel (formerly Altair Semiconductor) ** Sony Depthsensing Solutions (formerly SoftKinetic) ** Sony Advanced Visual Sensing

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, ac ...

* Sony Pictures Studios * Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities * Worldwide Product Fulfillment * Madison Gate Records * Sony Pictures Consumer Products * Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc. ** AK Holdings *** Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (joint venture with Bandai Namco,

Toei Animation () is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ' ...

TMS Entertainment , formerly known as the , also known as or , is a Japanese animation studio established on October 22, 1946. TMS is one of the oldest and most famous anime studios in Japan, best known for numerous anime franchises such as ''Lupin the Third'', ...

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Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (commonly known as Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013, and abbreviated as SPMPG) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainme ...

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

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Screen Gems Screen Gems is an American brand name used by Sony Pictures' Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation. It has served several different purposes for its parent ...

** Sony Pictures Animation ** Sony Pictures Classics **

Sony Pictures Releasing Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (commonly known as Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013, and abbreviated as SPMPG) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainme ...

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Sony Pictures Releasing International Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (commonly known as Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013, and abbreviated as SPMPG) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainme ...

*** Sony Pictures Releasing de México ** Sony Pictures Imageworks **

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (abbreviated as SPHE) is the home video distribution division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. Background SPHE is responsible for the distribution of the Sony Pictures lib ...

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Genius Brands Genius Brands International (GBI) is an entertainment company headed by Andy Heyward. The company was formed from the merger of Genius Brands International and A Squared Entertainment. History 2014–2015 Genius Brands International (GBI) was f ...

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Stan Lee Comics Stan Lee's Mighty 7 (SLAM 7) is a media franchise of a fictional superhero team originally published as a Stan Lee Comics line comic book title. History ''Stan Lee's Secret Super Six'' property of Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment was signed with And ...

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Mainframe Studios Mainframe Studios is a Canadian computer animation company owned by Wow Unlimited Media and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 1993 as Mainframe Entertainment Inc. by Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell, Gavin Blair and ...

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Frederator Networks Frederator Networks, Inc. is a media company founded by Fred Seibert. It makes and distributes cartoons, often on Channel Frederator, and through its in-house animation studio Frederator Studios. It is the largest distributor of independent animati ...

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Frederator Films Frederator Studios is an American animation television production studio which is a division of Frederator Networks, Inc. It was founded by Fred Seibert in 1997 with its first series launching in 1998. (Seibert resigned from Frederator in Augus ...

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Cartoon Hangover Cartoon Hangover is a Frederator internet television channel and adult animation division, part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative, launched in February 2012. Frederator produced two animated series exclusively for the Internet: ''Bravest ...

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA Videodisc and MCA Videocassette, Inc.) is the home video distribution division of Am ...

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Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) is a specialty film division of Sony Pictures. The company specializes in acquiring and producing films for a wide variety of distribution platforms. History The group became a stand-alone division of ...

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Destination Films Destination Films is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment currently specializing in action, thriller, niche sci-fi and low-end to medium-end horror films. History The original Destination Films was founded by Brent Baum and Steve Stabler ...

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Affirm Films Affirm Films is an American Christian film studio and label of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, which produces, markets, and acquires faith-based films. The studio's highest-grossing faith-based dramas are '' Heaven is for Real'', '' Mir ...

**** Affirm Television **** Pure Flix ** TriStar Pictures ***

TriStar Productions TriStar Productions (TSP) is an American film and television production company, a division of TriStar Pictures and a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and former 20th Century Fox chairman Tom Rothman. The new company shares ...

Crunchyroll, LLC Crunchyroll, LLC, previously known as Funimation from 1994 to 2022, is an American Entertainment#Industry, entertainment company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's A ...

(shared ownership with Aniplex) ** Crunchyroll UK and Ireland ** Madman Anime **

Crunchyroll EMEA Crunchyroll EMEA, formerly known as Viz Media Europe, is a European anime distributor. Established as Viz Media Europe, it was Viz Media's European sister company until 2019. It holds partnerships with TV channels, DVD distributors, and manga pub ...

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Right Stuf Right Stuf Inc. (formerly known as The Right Stuf International Inc.) is an American video publisher and distributor of video programming that specializes in Asian entertainment (anime and live action films). The company since 2022 is owned by ...

*** Nozomi Entertainment *** 5 Points Pictures *** RightStufAnime.com * Sony Pictures Television ** Sony Pictures Television Studios *** Adelaide Productions *** CPT Holdings, Inc. *** Gemstone Studios *** TriStar Television **

2waytraffic 2waytraffic is a television production company based in Hilversum, Netherlands. It was established in 2004 by former Endemol executives Kees Abrahams, Unico Glorie, Taco Ketelaar, and Henk Keilman. It currently has offices in London, New York, ...

*** 2waytraffic Mobile *** 2waytraffic International ** Bad Wolf ** Blueprint Television (joint venture with

Blueprint Pictures Blueprint Pictures is an independent production company founded in 2005 by producers Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin. Sony Pictures Television has owned a small stake in Blueprint Television since 2016. In 2008, Blueprint Pictures produced Ma ...

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Culver Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio Conglomerate (company), conglom ...

** Electric Ray ** Eleventh Hour Films **

Eleven Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *'' ...

Embassy Row Embassy Row is the informal name for a section of Northwest Washington, D.C. with a high concentration of embassies, diplomatic missions, and diplomatic residences. It spans Massachusetts Avenue N.W. between 18th and 35th street, bounded by ...

** Fable Pictures ** Floresta ** Huaso ** Human Media ** Jeopardy Productions, Inc. ** Lean-M **

Left Bank Pictures Left Bank Pictures (stylized as LEFT BANK Pictures) is a British film and television production company. It was formed in 2007 and was the first British media company to receive investment from BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. Lef ...

** Palladium Fiction ** Curio Pictures ** Satisfy (joint venture with Satisfaction Group; 20%) **

Silvergate Media Silvergate Media Holdings Limited, doing business as Sony Pictures Television - Kids, is a television production and brand licensing company based in New York City and London. The company was founded in 2011 by Waheed Alli and was acquired by Son ...

Stellify Media Stellify Media is a Northern Irish television production company. Stellify was formed by Kieran Doherty and Matthew Worthy as a joint venture with Sony Pictures Television.

Stolen Picture Stolen Picture is a British film production company founded by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in 2016, with Miles Ketley joining in July 2017. Overview On 16 May 2017, it was announced that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost had launched a film and televisio ...

Teleset Teleset is a television production company based in Bogotá, Colombia. It produced '' Metástasis'', the Spanish-language remake of ''Breaking Bad''. Teleset's portfolio contains popular telenovelas such as La Baby Sister, The Useless One, Love i ...

*** Teleset Mexico ** Toro Media ** The Whisper Group ** Sony Pictures Television Networks *** Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited ****

Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's You ...

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Sony Max Sony Max (known popularly as Set Max) is an Indian pay television entertainment channel which is a sister channel to Sony Entertainment Television, operated by Culver Max Entertainment. The channel started broadcasting on 20 July 1999 and is a ...

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Sony Max 2 Sony Max 2 is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment and launched in 2014. It is the second Indian channel launched by Sony which is focused solely on old Hindi-language movie broadcasts, being the sister channel ...

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Sony SAB Sony SAB (formerly SAB TV) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment. History Sony SAB was launched as SAB TV by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari under their company Sri Adhikari Brothers (thus the acronym) on ...

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Sony Six Sony Sports Ten 5 (formerly Sony Six) is an Indian English-language pay television sports channel operated by Culver Max Entertainment. It is part of the Sony Sports Network. History Sony SIX was launched in April 2012 by Sony Pictures Networ ...

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BBC Studios BBC Studios is a British content company. It is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC that was formed in April 2018 through the merger of the BBC's commercial production arm and the BBC's commercial international distribution arm, BBC Worldwide. ...

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Sony YAY! Sony YAY! is an Indian pay television channel aimed at children, operated by Culver Max Entertainment. The channel created for age groups between 6 and 14. The channel primarily airs foreign animated series and some animes in native languages. ...

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AXN Black AXN Black is a television channel, channel operated by Sony Pictures Television International, Sony Pictures Television International Networks Europe. Its programming is basically focused on action and crime television series and movies. The chan ...

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AXN Spin AXN Spin is a television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television International. When was launched was aimed primarily at a younger audience, which broadcasts reality shows, cartoons, anime and television series, but now shows reruns of other AXN ...

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AXN White AXN White is a channel operated by Sony Pictures Television International Networks Europe. Its programming is focused on comedy and romantic television series and movies. The channel was launched in Portugal on 14 April 2012 and in Spain on 7 May ...

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Ole Distribution Ole Distribution is a company which owns several pay television networks in the region of Latin America. Is founded as a joint venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and Ole Communications. Distributed channels Warner Bros. Discovery distribu ...

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Sony Channel Sony Channel is a brand of general entertainment television channels, owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was previously known as Sony Entertainment Television (SET), but many of the channels, except the Indian television channel, were rebrand ...

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Game Show Network Game Show Network (GSN) is an American basic cable channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. The channel's programming is primarily dedicated to game shows, including reruns of acquired game shows, along with new, first-run original and revive ...

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Pixomondo Pixomondo (PXO) is an Academy and Emmy award-winning international visual effects and virtual production company with studios in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and London. The company provides virtual production ...

Sony Music Group

Sony Music Publishing Sony Music Publishing (formerly Sony/ATV Music Publishing) is the largest music publisher in the world, with over five million songs owned or administered as of end March 2021. US-based, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is itself owned ...

4 Star Records 4 Star Records was a record label that recorded many well-known country music acts in the 1950s. The label, founded after World War II, was home to singers such as Hank Locklin, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Rose Maddox, Webb Pierce, Cousin Ford Le ...

APM Music Associated Production Music, LLC (commonly known as APM Music) is an American production music company headquartered in Hollywood, California, initially as a joint venture between Zomba/Jive Production Music and EMI Production Music. APM Music' ...

Sonoton Sonoton Music claims to be the world's largest independently owned Production Music Library. Formed 1965 by Rotheide and Gerhard Narholz in Munich (Germany), the company owns the copyrights of over 130,000 compositions and musical recordings of al ...

** Bruton Music ** Cezame Music ** Hard and Kosinus **

Bleeding Fingers Music Bleeding Fingers Music is a collective of composers that create film and television scores for The Simpsons. A joint venture between composer Hans Zimmer, his business partner Steve Kofsky, and Extreme Music, the production arm of Sony Music Publis ...

** Challenge Records **

EMI Music Publishing EMI Music Publishing Ltd. is a British multinational music publishing company headquartered in London, owned by parent company Sony Corporation of America. In May 2018, Sony Music Publishing agreed to increase its stake in EMI to 90%, pending ...

EMI Production Music KPM Music is a company that creates and provides library music that was originally known as KPM Musichouse. It was formed by the merger of KPM (the initials of Keith-Prowse-Maurice, which was then a division of EMI) and Musichouse (a company that ...

Extreme Music Extreme Music is a production music arm of Sony Music Publishing. The company creates and licenses music for use in television, film, advertising, and online media. Their library includes music from artists and composers such as Quincy Jones, H ...

** Hickory Records ** KPM Music ** Remote Control Productions * Sony Music Entertainment Inc. **

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

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Startime International Startime International is a record label founded in 2000 by Isaac Green, owned by Sony Music Entertainment, based in New York City, and distributed by Columbia Records. Its roster includes Foster the People, Coin, Natalie Prass, Bully, Made Viole ...

Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...

** Bad Boy Records ***

Freebandz Freebandz is an American record label founded by American rapper Future (rapper), Future. The label's releases are distributed through Epic Records. History 2011–2012: We Global Freebandz was founded by Future. Future signed a major label deal ...

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So So Def Recordings So So Def Recordings is an American record label based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and owned by producer Jermaine Dupri, specializing in Southern hip hop, R&B and bass music. So So Def has managed artists such as Bow Wow, Kris Kross, TL ...

*** Volcano Entertainment ** Kemosabe Records **

Legacy Recordings Legacy Recordings is an American record label that is a division of Sony Music. Formed in 1990 after Sony's acquisition of CBS Records, Legacy originally handled the archives of Sony Music-owned labels Columbia Records and Epic Records. In 20 ...

The Orchard The Orchard may refer to: * The Orchard (company), American music and entertainment company * The Orchard (band), Canadian country music duo * ''The Orchard'' (Lizz Wright album), 2008 * ''The Orchard'' (Ra Ra Riot album), 2010 * The Orchard (t ...

*** Blind Pig Records *** Frenchkiss Records ***

RED Music RED Music, stylized RED MUSIC, formerly RED Distribution, LLC (Relativity Entertainment Distribution) was a Sony-owned sales and marketing division that merged under The Orchard in 2017. RED previously handled releases for more than sixty i ...

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Shrapnel Records Shrapnel Records is an American record label founded in 1980 by record producer Mike Varney. History Guitarist Marty Friedman (formerly of Megadeth and Cacophony), one of the label's most successful artists, first appeared on the album ''Unsu ...

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...

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Verity Records Verity Records is an American gospel music-focused record label, founded in 1994. The Gospel group operated by Provident Label Group, which in turn is owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Artists * 21:03 * Crystal Aikin * Deitrick Haddon * DeWay ...

Ultra Records Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...

** Sony Masterworks ***

Masterworks Broadway Masterworks Broadway is a record label created by the consolidation of Sony Music Entertainment's Broadway theatre music divisions, Columbia Broadway Masterworks and RCA Victor Records' Broadway series. Masterworks Broadway's recent releases incl ...

*** Milan Records ***

Okeh Records Okeh Records () is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918. The name was spelled "OkeH" from the initials of Ott ...

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Portrait Records Portrait Records was a sister label of Epic Records and later of Columbia Records. Notable artists Cyndi Lauper and Sade signed with Portrait, but their contracts were absorbed by Epic after that incarnation of the label was shuttered. History ...

*** Sony Classical Records ** Sony Music Australia **

Sony Music Brazil Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...

*** Amigo Records *** Phonomotor Records *** Som Livre **

Sony Music Canada Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...

*** Ratas Music Group ** Sony Music China ** Sony Music France ** Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong **

Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sp. z o.o. (SMEP) is a Polish subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. It was founded in 1995 in Warsaw. The label's CEO is Kazimierz Pułaski. The label was founded after Sony Music Entertainment took over the cat ...

Sony Music India Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd. is the record label operated by Sony in Chennai, India. The company began operation in 1997, and it was the first record company in India to be 100% foreign-owned, with Sony being a Japanese corporatio ...

*** Zee Music Company ** Sony Music Indonesia **

Sony Music Latin Sony Music Entertainment US Latin LLC (often referred to as Sony Music Latin) is a record label owned by Sony Music. The label focuses on artists of Latin music. History In 1979, CBS Records (now Columbia Records) ended its partnership with C ...

** Sony Music Mexico **

Sony Music Nashville Sony Music Nashville is the country music branch of the Sony Music Group. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Sony Music Nashville includes its three country recording labels Arista Nashville, Columbia Nashville, and RCA Nashville, as well as Ch ...

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Provident Films Provident Entertainment is a division of Sony Music headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee and focused primarily on Christian music. The group handles its own physical distribution through its Provident-Integrity service. Provident Label Group ...

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Reunion Records Reunion Records is a contemporary Christian record label based in Brentwood, Tennessee, that operates under the Provident Label Group. The label was founded in 1982, by Dan Harrell and Mike Blanton. History The label was formed by Amy Grant's m ...

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Sony Music Philippines Sony Music Philippines, Inc. is a record label based in the Philippines, which was founded in 1995 as an imprint of the international music label Sony Music Entertainment and a part of its Asia-Pacific chain. After the closure of the local labe ...

Sony Music Taiwan Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment ...

** Sony Music Thailand ***

Bakery Music Bakery Music is a Thai record label founded in 1994. It pioneered the independent music industry in the 1990s, being the most successful of its time, and inspiring the creation of many other indie labels. The company is now a subsidiary of Sony Mu ...

*** Sony BEC-TERO Music ** Sony Music UK ***

Black Butter Records Black Butter Records is a British record label based in London, England. It was founded in 2010 by Olly Wood, Henry Village and Joe Gossa, with an investment of £5,000, and was named after a brand of condiments that had the same name. It was ...

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Columbia Records UK Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1917 as an offshoot of the American Columbia Phonograph Company, it became an independent British-owned company in 1922 in a manageme ...

*** Dream Life Records *** Insanity Records (joint venture with Insanity Group) *** Magic Star ***

Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publishing business and fitness studio. James ...

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Music For Nations Music For Nations (MFN) is a British independent record label focusing mainly on rock and metal. It was a subsidiary of the larger label distributor Zomba Records, which was a division of BMG and later Sony Music Entertainment. Launched in 1 ...

*** RCA Label Group UK *** Relentless Records *** Since '93 *** Sony Commercial Group *** Sony Music Legacy - UK *** Sony Music Nashville UK *

Sony Music Entertainment Japan , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is opera ...

** Aniplex *** A-1 Pictures Inc. *** Aniplex of America Inc. *** Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. (51%) *** Boundary Inc. *** CloverWorks Inc. ***

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Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio Conglomerate (company), conglom ...

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***** Nozomi Entertainment ***** 5 Points Pictures ***** RightStufAnime.com *** Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH) *** Quatro A Inc. *** Rialto Entertainment Inc. ** Ariola Japan **

Epic Records Japan Epic Records Japan is a Japanese record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Its founder was Shigeo Maruyama. Between 1978 and 1988 the label operated as a wholly owned subsidiary: Epic/Sony Inc. () was established in August 1978

Kioon Music is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Artists Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Supercar, Pushim, Chatmonchy, Denki Groove, Tomoe S ...

*** Fitz Beat *** Haunted Records *** Ki/oon Records2 *** NeOSITE *** Siren Song *** Trefort ** M-On Entertainment, Inc. ***

Music On! TV , also known as , is a Japanese music cable television network operated by , a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Inc. (SMEJ). Its motto is We Believe in Music.

mora Mora may refer to: People * Mora (surname) Places Sweden * Mora, Säter, Sweden * Mora, Sweden, the seat of Mora Municipality * Mora Municipality, Sweden United States * Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Mora, Minnesota, a city * M ...

Peanuts Worldwide ''Peanuts'' is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ' ...

(39%; with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%)) ** Sacra Music ** Sony Creative Products Inc. ** Sony DADC Japan Inc. ** Sony Music Artists Inc. ** Sony Music Communications Inc. ** Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. ** Sony Music Labels Inc. ** Sony Music Marketing Inc. ** Sony Music Associated Records ** Sony Music Publishing **

Sony Music Records , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony Group Corporation and is opera ...

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gr8! Records , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...

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Mastersix Foundation , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...

*** N46Div *** Niagara Records *** VVV Records **

Unties , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), is a multinational video game industry, video game and digital entertainment company wholly owned by multinational conglomerate Sony. The SIE Group is ma ...

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PlayStation is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a divisi ...

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PlayStation Studios PlayStation Studios (formerly SCE Worldwide Studios and SIE Worldwide Studios) is a Division (business), division of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) that oversees the video game development at the studios owned by SIE. The division was est ...

** Bluepoint Games **

Firesprite Firesprite is a British video game developer formed in 2012 by former members of the Studio Liverpool based in Liverpool. History Firesprite was founded in 2012 by Graeme Ankers as Managing Director, Lee Carus as Art Director, Chris Roberts as ...

*** Fabrik Games ** Guerrilla Games ** Haven Studios ** Housemarque ** Insomniac Games *** Insomniac North Carolina ** Media Molecule ** Naughty Dog *** ICE Team **

Nixxes Software Nixxes Software B.V. is a Dutch video game developer based at the World Trade Center in Utrecht. It was founded by former demoscene developer Jurjen Katsman in 1999 to port the game '' Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' to the Dreamcast. In July 20 ...

** Polyphony Digital ** Bend Studio ** Team Asobi **

London Studio London Studio is a British video game developer based in London. Founded in 2002, it is a first-party studio for PlayStation Studios. The studio was most known for developing the '' SingStar'' series, as well as games for PlayStation's extern ...

** Malaysia Studio **

San Diego Studio San Diego Studio is an American video game developer based in Sorrento Valley, San Diego. A first-party studio for Sony Interactive Entertainment, it is responsible for '' MLB: The Show'' games. The studio also developed the '' NBA'' series, ' ...

** San Mateo Studio ** Santa Monica Studio ** Savage Game Studios ** Sucker Punch Productions ** Valkyrie Entertainment ** Visual Arts ** XDev * Repeat.gg *

SN Systems SN Systems is a provider of Windows based development tools for games consoles, including the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, PlayStation Vita, and PSP. The company had provided tools for the Atari ST, Am ...

Sony Financial Holdings Inc.

* Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd. * Sony Assurance Inc. * Sony Bank Inc. * Sony Lifecare Inc.

Foundations and schools

Sony Foundation for Education , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's la ...

* Sony Music Foundation *

Sony USA Foundation Inc. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Foundation Australia Trustee Ltd. *

Sony of Canada Science Scholarship Foundation Inc. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Europe Foundation *

Shohoku College is a private junior college in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1974 by Sony Corporation next to its Atsugi Technical Center. Initially, the school offered course work in electronic engineering and in housekeeping. Cour ...

Subsidiaries and affiliates by location

Japan

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. , often abbreviated as SMEJ or simply SME, and also known as Sony Music Japan for short (stylized as ''SonyMusic''), is a Japanese music arm for Sony. Founded in 1968 as CBS/Sony, SMEJ is directly owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation and is ...

** Sony Music Labels Inc. ** Sony Music Marketing Inc. ** Sony Music Communications Inc. ** Sony Music Artists Inc. ** Sony Creative Products Inc. ** Sony DADC Japan Inc. * Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc. ** AK Holdings Corporation *** Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. *** Kids Station Inc. ** AXN Japan Inc. **

Mystery Channel, Inc. Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters *Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strange'' Films * ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film * ''Mystery'' ( ...

Sony Energy Devices Corporation , is a Japanese multinational company specializing in a variety of areas in the energy industry, and is a wholly owned subsidiary and part of the Devices Group of Sony. The company was established on February, 1975 in Fukushima, Japan. Sony Ener ...

* Sony Network Communications Inc. ** Sony Biz Networks Corporation ** SMN Corporation (formerly So-net Media Networks Co., Ltd.) (58.7%) ** MotionPortrait, Inc. * Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. * Sony PCL Inc. * Sony Marketing Inc. * Sony Global Solutions Inc. *

Sony Global Education, Inc. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* P5, Inc. * FeliCa Networks, Inc. (51%; joint venture with NTT Docomo and

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are ...

) *

AII Inc. AII may refer to: * Agence de l'innovation industrielle (est. 2005) a French governmental agency which supports technological projects * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (ISO 639-3 language code: aii) * Ali-Sabieh Airport (IATA airport code: AII; ICAO airport ...

(60.9%) * Frontage Inc. (60%) * SRE Holdings (formerly Sony Real Estate Corporation) (36.9%) * Aerosense Inc. (joint venture with

ZMP Inc. ZMP Inc. is a Japanese robotics company. The company was established in January 2001, based on the research results encouraged the Kitano Symbiotic System Project, under the jurisdiction of Japan's MEXT. Their first product released was the human ...

and

Sumitomo Corporation is one of the largest worldwide ''sogo shosha'' general trading companies, and is a diversified corporation. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is a member company of the Sumitomo Group. It is listed on three Japanese stock exchanges ( ...

) * M3, Inc. (34%) * Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (51%; joint venture with

Olympus Olympus or Olympos ( grc, Ὄλυμπος, link=no) may refer to: Mountains In antiquity Greece * Mount Olympus in Thessaly, northern Greece, the home of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greek mythology * Mount Olympus (Lesvos), located in Les ...

) * Sony Enterprise Co.,Ltd. ** Ginza Sony Park * Sony People Solutions Inc. * Sony Honda Mobility (50%; joint venture with

Honda is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...

)

Canada

Sony Canada Sony Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, of Tokyo, Japan. Sony provides products that include Blu-ray players, BRAVIA televisions, Cyl digital cameras, Handycam Camcorders, VAIO computers, broadcast cameras, IPELA securit ...

United States

* Sony Corporation of America ** Sony Entertainment Inc. *** Sony Music Group ***

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, ac ...

** Sony Creative Software ** Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation **Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America ** Sony Latin America

Latin America

* Sony Argentina S.A. * Sony Comércio e Indústria Ltda. (Brazil) * Sony Componentes Ltda. (Brazil) *

Sony da Amazônia Ltda. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(Brazil) * Sony Chile Ltda. (Chile) *

Sony de México S.A. de C.V. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Sony de Mexicali, S.A. de C.V. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(Mexico) * Sony Nuevo Laredo, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) * Sony de Tijuana Oeste, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico) *

Sony Corporation of Panama, S. A. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Sony Puerto Rico, Inc. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment de México S.A. de C.V.

Europe

* Sony Austria GmbH. * Sony DACD Austria A.G. * Sony DADC Europe Limited * Sony DADC, OOO (Borovsk, Russia) *

Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(Brussels, Belgium) * Sony Overseas S.A. (Switzerland) *

Sony Czech, spol. s.r.o. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Berlin G.m.b.H. (Germany) * Sony Deutschland G.m.b.H. (Köln, Germany) *

Sony Europe GmbH , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(Germany) * Sony Nordic A/S (Denmark) * Sony España S.A. (Spain) * Sony France S.A. *

Sony United Kingdom Ltd. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Global Treasury Service Plc (UK) *

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(UK) * Sony Hungaria Kft. (Hungary) * Sony Italia S.p.A. (Italy) * Sony Benelux B.V. (Netherlands) * Sony Europa B.V. (Netherlands) *

Sony Logistics Europe B.V. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(Netherlands) *

Sony Poland Sp.z.o.o. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(Poland) *

Sony Portugal Ltda. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

(Portugal) * Sony Slovakia s r. o. (Slovakia) * Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)

China

* Sony (China) Ltd. * Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd. * Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd. *

Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd. * Sony International (Hong Kong) Ltd.

South Korea

Sony Electronics of Korea Corporation , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Korea Corporation

India

* Sony India Private Limited *

Sony India Software Services Pvt. Ltd , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Culver Max Entertainment

Southeast Asia and Oceania

* PT Sony Indonesia *

Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Technology (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. * Sony Philippines, Inc. * Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. LTD. * Sony Magnetic Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd. *

Sony Mobile Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's la ...

Sony Device Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

Sony Siam Industries Co., Ltd. , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

* Sony Australia Limited * Sony Computer Entertainment Australia Pty. Ltd * Sony New Zealand Ltd. * Sony Vietnam Ltd.

Middle East

* Sony Middle East and Africa FZE (

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

)

Non-affiliate holdings

Japan

Japan Display , commonly called by its abbreviated name, JDI, is the Japanese Display device, display technology joint venture formed by the merger of the small and medium-sized Liquid-crystal display, liquid crystal display businesses of Sony, Toshiba, and Hi ...

(1.2%) *

JOLED is a Japanese display technology company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, incorporated in 2015 as the result of a consolidation of the OLED business units of Panasonic and Sony. Notable for pioneering an inkjet printing process for coating emissi ...

(approx. 5%) *

Kadokawa Corporation , formerly is a Japanese media conglomerate that was created as a result of the merger of the original Kadokawa Corporation and Dwango Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2014. History The holding company known today as Kadokawa Corporation was origi ...

(1.93%) * Madhouse (5%) * MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%) *

(1.86%) * VAIO Corporation (5%)

United States

Epic Games Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, M ...

(1.4%) * Mangamo

Mainland China

Bilibili Bilibili (stylized bilibili), nicknamed B Site, is a video sharing website based in Shanghai where users can submit, view and add overlaid commentary on videos. Since the mid-2010s, Bilibili began to expand to a broader audience from its origi ...

Inc. (4.98%)

Europe

* Spotify Technology S.A. (2.35%)

Former holdings and subsidiaries

Sold or spun off

* Avex Group * Chart Show TV - Sold to TRACE Group (currently

Trace Hits Trace Hits (formerly Chart Show TV and Trace Urban) is a British free-to-air music channel owned by Trace Group. History Chart Show TV launched on 16 September 2002 and initially consisted of several different charts, mimicking the format of ...

) *

Chart Show Hits Trace Latina is a music channel specialising mostly in urban Latin music. It broadcasts in the United Kingdom via the Channelbox streaming platform on Freeview UK channel 271 and in France History On 17 March 2010, Dance Nation TV replaced ...

- Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020) *

Crackle Crackle or crackling may refer to: Foods * Cracklings, the tissue remaining after lard and tallow have been extracted from animal fats ** Pork rinds in American English, pork scratchings in British English when served in small pieces as a snack ...

- Sold to

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment is an American self-help, consumer goods and media company based in Cos Cob, Connecticut. It is known for the ''Chicken Soup for the Soul'' book series. The first book, like most subsequent titles in the ...

* FEARnet HD (jointly owned by

Comcast Comcast Corporation (formerly known as American Cable Systems and Comcast Holdings),Before the AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corpora ...

and Lionsgate) - Sold to Comcast and folded into

Syfy Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Lau ...

and Chiller *

Film1 ''Film1'' is a Dutch premium television and video on demand service that replaced Canal+ and is owned by SPI International (previously owned by Liberty Global and Sony Pictures Television). Background The service launched with three channels an ...

- closed, then relaunched by SPI International in 2019 * Gracenote - Sold to

Tribune Media Tribune Media Company, also known as Tribune Company, was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Through Tribune Broadcasting, Tribune Media was one of the largest television broadcasting companies, owning 39 ...

(later sold to Nielsen) * Loews Cineplex Entertainment - Sold to

Onex Corporation Onex Corporation is an investment manager founded in 1984. The firm manages capital on behalf of Onex shareholders, institutional investors and high net worth clients around the world. As of September 30, 2022, Onex had approximately US$47.2 ...

in 2002 *

Movielink Movielink was a web-based video on demand (VOD) and electronic sell-through (EST) service offering movies, television shows, and other videos for rental or purchase. Movielink drew its content offerings from the libraries of Paramount Pictures, P ...

(jointly owned by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by amazon (company), Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded o ...

, and

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Di ...

) - Sold to Blockbuster LLC * The Orchard Film Group - divested and renamed

1091 Media 1091 Pictures is an American film studio based in New York City and Los Angeles. The company was founded as the film and television division subsidiary of The Orchard in 2015. The company is best known for the Oscar-nominated films ''Life, Anim ...

* Sony Chemicals Corporation - Sold off and became Dexerials. * Sony Online Entertainment - Sold to Columbus Nova and became

Daybreak Game Company Daybreak Game Company LLC is an American video game developer based in San Diego. The company was founded in December 1997 as Sony Online Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment, but was spun off to an independent investor in ...

* Sony Pictures Television's Southeast Asian channels - Sold to KC Global Media ** Animax ** AXN **

Gem A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, a ...

One 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

* Sony Pictures Television's UK channels - Sold to Narrative Capital ** Sony Channel - became Great! TV ** Sony Movies - became

Great! Movies Great! Movies (stylised as ''GREAT! movies'') is a British free-to-air television channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited that broadcasts across the UK and Ireland showing films and related content. The channel is transmitted on ...

** Sony Movies Action - became

Great! Movies Action Great! Movies Action (stylized as GREAT! movies action) is a British free-to-air TV channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited which launched as Sony Movies Action on 10 September 2019 on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin. Sony Movies Ac ...

** Sony Movies Classic - became

Great! Movies Classic Great! Romance (stylized as GREAT! romance) is a British free-to-air TV channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited that launched 10 September 2019 as Sony Movies Classic, replacing True Movies. The launch began with a temporary seasonal ...

Pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * ''Pop'' (G ...

** Pop Max ** Tiny Pop *

Viasat 3 Viasat 3 is a Hungarian TV channel. It began broadcasting on October 23, 2000. Viasat 3 aired Hungary's first reality show in 2001 called ''A Bár'' ( The Bar). In 2015, the Sony Pictures Television acquired the Hungarian Viasat channels from ...

- Sold to

ANT1 Group Antenna Group, formerly known as ANT1 Group, is a media company in Greece and currently the largest Greek media company. It was established on 2 August 1989 by Minos Kyriakou. Today, his son, Theodore Kyriakou, heads up a media empire whose opera ...

Viasat 6 Viasat 6 (formerly known as TV6 until February 11, 2011) is one of the thematic television channels of Antenna Group. History The channel launched on January 28, 2008. On April 1, 2013, the aspect ratio was changed to 16:9 and the channel got a ...

- Sold to

Sunbow Entertainment Sunbow Entertainment (known as Sunbow Productions until 1995) was an American animation studio and distributor, founded on June 23, 1980, and owned until May 4, 1998, by Griffin-Bacal Advertising in New York City and in the United States. Griffin ...

- Sold to TV-Loonland AG in November 2000. * Starz TV - Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020) * The Vault - Sold to TRACE Group (currently

Trace Vault Trace Vault (formerly Video Vault and The Vault) is a British free-to-air music channel owned by Trace Group. On 1 November 2019, the channel rebranded as Trace Vault following TRACE's takeover of Sony's music channels. The first song on the ne ...

) *

Syco Entertainment Syco Entertainment is a British media entertainment company, headquartered in London, founded and owned by British entrepreneur and record executive Simon Cowell. The company focuses on TV production. The company was formed in 2005 through So ...

(excl. Syco Music) - Stake held by Sony sold back to Simon Cowell

Defunct

Electronics All of these companies below were merged into Sony Electronics Corporation in April 2021, with the surviving entity changed its name to Sony Corporation. * Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc. * Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc. * Sony Mobile Communications Inc. Sony Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, merged the following company in April 2021. * Sony Business Solutions Corporation Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation * Sony LSI Design Inc. - merged into Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation in April 2022. Sony Pictures Entertainment *

Hooq Hooq (stylised in all caps, pronounced like ''hook'') was a Singaporean video on demand streaming service. It was a joint-venture of Singtel, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros., with presence in the Philippines, Thailand, India, Indonesia, and S ...

* 3D NetCo LLC (3net, jointly owned with

Discovery Communications Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1985, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesake Discovery Chann ...

and IMAX Corporation, IMAX) * Animax Europe ** Animax Germany * Anime on Demand * Bliss (TV channel), Bliss * Bolder Media * CSC Media Group - Folded into Sony Pictures Television in 2019 * First Independent Films * Flava (TV channel), Flava* * Movies4Men 2 * Pop Girl * Scarlet Media - Closed down after Simon Andrae went to Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX * Scuzz * Sony Channel (Southeast Asian TV channel), Sony Channel Southeast Asia * Sony Crime Channel * Sony Le Plex HD * Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group * Sony Pictures Mobile * Sony Rox HD * True Crime (TV channel), True Crime * True Drama * True Movies 2 * TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (jointly owned by SPT, Paramount Global Distribution Group, CBS Studios International and NBCUniversal) ** TV1 (Australian TV channel), TV1 ** SF (Australian TV channel), SF * Silver River Productions * Victory Television - Shut down after Victoria Ashbourne stepped down Sony Music *550 Music * Abril Music - bought from Editora Abril in 2003 by BMG and absorbed by Ariola, Ariola Records * Anime on Demand *Battery Records (hip hop) *Bertelsmann Music Group **Beyond Records **Bluebird Records **BMG Heritage Records ***Buddah Records **BMG Kidz * BNA Records *Burgundy Records *Chaos Recordings * Columbia Records, C2 Records * Colpix Records/Colgems Records * Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. * Frenchkiss Records#Frenchkiss Label Group, Frenchkiss Label Group * Indolent Records * J Records *GUN Records *Kinetic Records *LaFace Records *Logic Records * MTM Music Group ** MTM Records ** BriarPatch Music ** CottonPatch Music ** DebDave Music, Inc. ** Mallven Music * Multitone Records * Novus Records * Odd Future Records *Ode Records * Odyssey Records * Philles Records * Playbill Records *Private Music *Profile Records *RCA Camden *RCA Records, RCA Gold Seal *RCA Italiana *RCA Victrola *Ruthless Records *S2 Records *Windham Hill Records **:Living Music albums, Living Music *Vinyl Solution * Windswept Pacific Music - catalog acquired by

*Work Group *Zomba Group of Companies **Benson Records **Capricorn Records **Internal Affairs **Jive Records ***Battery Records (dance) ***Jive Electro ***Mojo Records **Scotti Brothers Records **Silvertone Records (1980), Silvertone Records **Sub•Lime Records **Zoo Entertainment (record label), Zoo Entertainment Sony Pictures Networks India * AXN (Indian TV channel), AXN * Sony Le Plex HD, Sony Le Plex * Sony Rox HD, Sony ROX * Sony Mix * Sony ESPN Game & Network Services * 989 Studios/989 Sports * Bigbig Studios * Contrail (company), Contrail * Evolution Studios * Japan Studio **Project Siren * Guerrilla Cambridge * Incognito Entertainment * Psygnosis, Studio Liverpool * Team Ico * Team Soho * Zipper Interactive

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Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, ac ...

Sony Music Group

Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE), is a multinational video game industry, video game and digital entertainment company wholly owned by multinational conglomerate Sony. The SIE Group is ma ...

Sony Financial Holdings Inc.

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