List of assets owned by Sony

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This is a list of assets owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

Subsidiaries and affiliates by business segment[]

Electronics[]

  • Sony Corporation[1]
    • Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation[]

  • Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
  • Sony LSI Design Inc.
  • Altair Semiconductor
  • Sony Depthsensing Solutions
  • Sony Advanced Visual Sensing

Sony Pictures Entertainment[]

  • 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 Sunrise, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems)
    • Kids Station
    • Mystery Channel
    • MADHOUSE Inc.
  • Sony Pictures Europe
  • Sony Pictures Interactive
  • Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
    • Columbia Pictures
    • 3000 Pictures
    • Screen Gems
    • Sony Pictures Animation
    • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Sony Pictures Releasing
      • Sony Pictures Releasing International
      • Sony Pictures Releasing de México
    • Sony Pictures Imageworks
    • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
      • Sony Wonder
      • Genius Brands (Minority stake)
      • Big Picture Productions
      • Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
    • Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
      • Destination Films
      • Stage 6 Films
      • Affirm Films
        • Affirm Television
        • Pure Flix
    • TriStar Pictures
  • Sony Pictures Television

Music[]

Sony Interactive Entertainment[]

Sony Financial Holdings Inc.[]

  • Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
  • Sony Bank Inc.
  • Sony Lifecare Inc.

Foundations and schools[]

  • Shohoku College

Subsidiaries and affiliates by location[]

Japan[]

  • Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
    • 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
    • AXN Japan Inc.
  • Sony Energy Devices Corporation[4]
  • Sony Network Communications Inc.
    • Sony Biz Networks Corporation
    • So-net Media Networks Co.,Ltd
    • MotionPortrait, Inc.
  • Sony PCL Inc.
  • Sony Global Solutions Inc.
  • Sony Business Solutions Corporation
  • P5, Inc.
  • FeliCa Networks, Inc. (57%)
  • (60.9%)
  • (60%)
  • (56.3%)
  • (joint venture with ZMP Inc., Sumitomo Corporation)[5]
  • M3 Inc. (34%)
  • Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (51%)[6]
  • Sony People Solutions Inc.

Canada[]

  • Sony Canada

United States[]

Latin America[]

  • (Brazil)
  • (Brazil)
  • (Brazil)
  • (Chile)
  • (Mexico)
  • (Mexico)
  • (Mexico)
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment de México S.A. de C.V.[7]

Europe[]

  • (Borovsk, Russia)
  • (Brussels, Belgium)
  • (Switzerland)
  • (Germany)
  • (Köln, Germany)
  • (Germany)
  • (Denmark)[8]
  • (Spain)
  • (UK)
  • (UK)
  • (Hungary)
  • (Italy)
  • (Netherlands)
  • (Netherlands)
  • (Netherlands)
  • (Poland)
  • (Portugal)
  • (Slovakia)
  • (Turkey)

China[]

South Korea[]

India[]

  • Sony India Private Limited
  • [9]
  • Sony Pictures Networks India

Southeast Asia and Oceania[]

Middle East[]

  • (UAE)

Non-affiliate holdings[]

Japan[]

  • Japan Display (1.2%)
  • JOLED (approx. 5%)[10]
  • Kadokawa Corporation (1.93%)
  • Madhouse (5%)
  • MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%)
  • Toei Animation (1.86%)
  • VAIO Corporation (5%)

United States[]

Mainland China[]

  • Bilibili Inc. (~5%)

Europe[]

  • Spotify Technology S.A. (2.35%)[13]

Former holdings and subsidiaries[]

Sold or spun off[]

  • Avex Group[14]
  • Chart Show TV - Sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Hits)
  • Chart Show Hits - Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020)
  • Crackle - Sold to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
  • FEARnet HD (jointly owned by Comcast and Lionsgate) - Sold to Comcast and folded into Syfy and Chiller
  • Film1 - closed, then relaunched by SPI International in 2019
  • Gracenote - Sold to Tribune Media (later sold to Nielsen)
  • Loews Cineplex Entertainment - Sold to Onex Corporation in 2002
  • Movielink (jointly owned by Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Warner Bros.) - Sold to Blockbuster LLC
  • The Orchard Film Group - divested and renamed 1091 Media
  • Sony Chemicals Corporation - Sold off and became Dexerials.
  • Sony Online Entertainment - Sold to Columbus Nova and became Daybreak Game Company
  • Sony Pictures Television's Southeast Asian channels - Sold to KC Global Media[15]
  • Sony Pictures Television's UK channels - Sold to Narrative Capital[16]
  • Viasat 3 - Sold to ANT1 Group
  • Viasat 6 - Sold to ANT1 Group
  • Sunbow Entertainment - Sold to German TV-Loonland in November 2000.
  • Starz TV - Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020)
  • The Vault - Sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Vault)
  • Syco Entertainment (excl. Syco Music)[17] - 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 Pictures Entertainment

Sony Music

Sony Pictures Networks India

Game & Network Services

  • 989 Studios/989 Sports
  • Bigbig Studios
  • Contrail
  • Evolution Studios
  • Japan Studio
    • Project Siren
  • Guerrilla Cambridge
  • Incognito Entertainment
  • Studio Liverpool
  • Team Ico
  • Team Soho
  • Zipper Interactive

See also[]

  • List of acquisitions by Sony Corporation

References[]

  1. ^ "Sony will merge its phone, camera and home entertainment businesses". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. ^ Spangler, Todd (2017-07-31). "Sony Pictures TV Networks to Acquire Funimation, Valuing Anime Distributor at $150 Million". Variety. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  3. ^ "Sony Pictures Television Revamps Entertainment Portfolio And Launches UK's First Free-To-Air Movie Network". Sky Media. 24 July 2019. Sony-owned entertainment channel True Entertainment will be relaunched as Sony Channel.
  4. ^ "Murata Manufacturing and Sony Sign Definitive Agreement for the Transfer of Battery Business". Sony Global - Sony Global Headquarters. Retrieved 2020-07-14. Business operations related to consumer sales of Sony-branded USB batteries, ... as well as certain other products, will not be part of the Transfer.
  5. ^ "English". エアロセンス株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  6. ^ "Establishment of Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc". Sony Global - Sony Global Headquarters. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  7. ^ "Clarification on Disney/Fox transaction" (PDF). Cofece. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  8. ^ "Sony Mobile's division in Sweden will be merged in Sony Nordic". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  9. ^ Bailay, Rasul (18 February 2012). "Sony India separates sales, software units". Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  10. ^ "Japan's Denso considering $440 million investment in JOLED: Kyodo". Reuters. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  11. ^ "Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games". VentureBeat. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  12. ^ "Sony invests in new manga service Mangamo as it expands to Android". Gamesradar. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  13. ^ Ingham, Tim (2020-02-23). "Who Really Owns Spotify?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-07-14. Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group ... own ... (Sony around 2.35 percent and Universal around 3.5)
  14. ^ "Billboard". 110 (9). February 28, 1998: 85. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 31, 2012. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (11 May 2020). "KC Global Media Entertainment Completes Sony Asia Networks Acquisition". Variety. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Sony Pictures Television U.K. Channels Sold to U.S. Investment Firm Narrative Capital". Variety. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  17. ^ White, Peter (2020-07-15). "Simon Cowell To Take Full Control Of 'Got Talent' Producer Syco Entertainment, Buys Out Sony Music's Stake". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-07-15. Sony Music will retain the JV’s music assets, including its roster of current artists and back catalog.

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