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Subsidiary of Sony Corporation
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CBC Film Sales (1919) by , 1984 founding of Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), Inc in Tokyo, Japan Sony Pictures Online SPEJ - Company Profile , Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), Inc official website
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Culver City, California , USA <br> Tokyo , Japan (Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), Inc)
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Howard Stringer , Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO Amy Pascal , Co-Chairman Jeff Blake, Vice Chairman Yair Landau , Vice Chairman
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Motion Picture s, Television
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('''SPE''') is the
Television and
Film production/distribution unit of
Japan -based
Media Conglomerate Sony . Its group sales in 2005 has been reported to be of $6.6 billion.
Sony Pictures - Corporate Factsheet , sonypictures.com
In and
Peter Guber Took Sony for a Ride in Hollywood.'' (
Simon & Schuster , ISBN 0-684-83266-6) The company was renamed Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1991.
Sony has since created numerous other film production and distribution units, such as creating '',
September 14 2004 .
Headquartered in
Culver City, California ,
USA , SPE comprises various studios and entertainment brands, including
Columbia Pictures and
GSN .
- Michael Lynton
- --- Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Amy Pascal
- --- Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- --- Chairman, Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Jeff Blake
- --- Vice Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- --- Chairman, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
- Yair Landau
- --- Vice Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
- --- President, Sony Pictures Digital
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- ''' winners), as of 2004 this unit of Sony distributes about 22 films a year under its various studio brands in 67 countries. 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.
- --- by Harry Cohn , Sony acquired the studio in 1989 from The Coca-Cola Company for $3.4 billion.
- --- TriStar Pictures
- --- Sony Pictures India, production house established by Sony to release Indian movies and distribute hollywood movies, released under Columbia Pictures.
- --- and Art Film s as well as producing lower-budget productions geared to limited audiences.
- --- Sony Pictures Releasing
- --- Sony Pictures Releasing International
- --- '' and '' The Partridge Family '', 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 Film s.
- --- films.
- --- Destination Films : A "niche" motion picture company purchased by Sony in 2001.
- , Video Cassette , and UMD forms to global markets.
- ''', 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 brand " 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 ''.
- --- The Minisode Network ''
- --- as Merv Griffin Productions. He sold his company to The Coca-Cola Company in 1986 as Merv Griffin Enterprises. It is now a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment since 1991. MGE is located in Los Angeles, California .
- --- by Jack Barry and Dan Enright , shut down in 1959 , and reformed in 1975
- --- by Chuck Barris . Formed Barris Industries in 1968 .
- --- by Bob Stewart
- --- and ELP Communications (series from TAT to ELP Communications). The companies were formed by Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear in 1963 as Tandem Productions. Yorkin sold his shares to Lear in 1975. Lear 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.
- --- from 1995-2002.
-- SPE Networks
- Sony Entertainment Television
- '', June 27 2005., with respective networks operating across Japan, East Asia , Southeast Asia , South Asia , South America and other regions '' Animax Asia - Corporate Profile '' - ''Animax-Asia official website''..
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- Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
- Sony Online Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Animation
- --- Adelaide Productions
- Sony Pictures Consumer Products
- Sony Pictures Digital
- --- Sony Pictures Imageworks
-- Sony Station
- --- Sony Pictures Network
- --- Sony Pictures Mobile
- --- Sony Pictures Digital Networks
-- SPiN
-- SoapCity
-- Screenblast
-- Advanced Platform Group APG
- --- Grouper Networks, Inc. (renamed Crackle, Inc.)
- Sony 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 m&2)
- --- Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
- --- Worldwide Product Fulfillment
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- , Paramount Pictures , Universal Studios , and Warner Bros. )''
- 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 Sony Pictures Online SPEJ - Company Profile , Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), Inc. official website., 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. History of Columbia Pictures Part 3 , Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (in Japanese) Based in Tokyo, Japan.
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- ''' (29%), TPG Capital, L.P. (formerly Texas Pacific Group) (21%), Sony Corporation Of America (20%), Comcast (20%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (7%) and Quadrangle Group (3%). Officially, unlike Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is not a part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony Annual Report (SEC Form 20-F) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006 Sony 2006 Annual Report Sony owns 20% of the total equity (which includes 45% of the total outstanding common stock) of MGM Holdings. MGM has operating agreements with SPE in regard to the distribution of MGM's library and co-production of new films.
- --- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.: it is a television and motion picture holding company. MGM Studios is located in Century City, California .
--Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc.: The company produces MGM films. The studio also was acquired by the Comcast/Sony partnership.
-- MGM Distribution Company
-- under a partnership between producer/actor Tom Cruise , his production partner, Paula Wagner , and MGM Studios. Cruise and Wagner own a small stake in the studio. The "new" UA is the latest incarnation of United Artists Corp. (originally formed in 1919), MGM's sister specialty studio also acquired by the Comcast/Sony partnership.
-- , American International Pictures , Heatter-Quigley Productions and Streamline Pictures .
-- The Samuel Goldwyn Company : Founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. in 1979. It is also part of the Comcast/Sony partnership. Also known as Samuel Goldwyn Films, Goldwyn Films, G2 Films and Goldwyn Entertainment Company.
-- Motion Picture Corporation Of America
-- , Orion Television, Filmways Television, American International Television, Samuel Goldwyn Television , Heatter-Quigley Productions, and post-1986 shows by MGM/UA.
- MGM Worldwide Television : MGM's global television arm of MGM Television established in 1996.
-- MGM Networks
-- and Video Cassette .
- Soul Cinema
-- MGM Interactive
-- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
-- MGM On Stage
-- MGM Theatrical Distribution
-- , 2007 under a partnership between Salma Hayek, her partner Jose Tamez and MGM.
- --- MGM Consumer Products
- --- MGM Location Based Entertainment
- --- MGM Worldwide Digital Media
: Note:
MGM Mirage , a
Las Vegas -based
Megaresort company listed on the NYSE under the symbol "
MGM ," is affiliated with neither MGM nor SPE.
