List of assets owned by Sony
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.
- AK Holdings
- 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)
- Genius Brands Music
- Kartoon Channel
- Baby Genius
- Stan Lee Universe
- A Squared Entertainment LLC
- Stan Lee Comics LLC (60%)
- Wow Unlimited Media
- Mainframe Studios
- Frederator Networks
- Frederator Studios
- Frederator Films
- Channel Frederator Network
- StashRiot
- Cartoon Hangover
- Frederator Flux
- The Leaderboard Network
- Cinematica
- MicDrop
- Atomo Network (Joint venture with Ánima)
- Frederator Books
- Thirty Labs
- Frederator Studios
- Ezrin Hirsh Entertainment (EHE)
- 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
- Sony Pictures Television Studios
- Adelaide Productions
- CPT Holdings, Inc.
- Gemstone Studios
- Tristar Television
- 2waytraffic
- 2waytraffic Mobile
- 2waytraffic International
- Bad Wolf (pending)
- Blueprint Television (joint venture with Blueprint Pictures)
- Califon Productions, Inc.
- Culver Entertainment
- Electric Ray
- Eleventh Hour Films
- Eleven
- Embassy Row
- Fable Pictures
- Floresta
- Huaso
- Human Media
- Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
- Lean-M
- Left Bank Pictures
- Palladium Fiction
- Playmaker Media
- Satisfy (joint venture with Satisfaction Group; 20%)
- Silvergate Media
- Stellify Media
- Stolen Picture
- Teleset
- Teleset Mexico
- Toro Media
- The Whisper Group
- Sony Pictures Television Networks
- Funimation Global Group, LLC.[2] (shared ownership with Aniplex)
- Madman Anime Group Pty. Ltd.
- Funimation Films
- FunimationNow
- Funimation UK
- Wakanim SAS
- Crunchyroll
- Crunchyroll EMEA
- AV Visionen
- Kazé
- Anime Digital Network
- Eye See Movies
- Crunchyroll Games, LLC
- Crunchyroll Studios
- VRV
- Crunchyroll EMEA
- Sony Pictures Networks India
- Sony Entertainment Television
- Sony TEN
- Sony Max
- Sony Max 2
- Sony SAB
- Sony Liv
- Sony Six
- Sony Aath
- Sony BBC Earth (joint venture with BBC Studios)
- Sony Yay
- Sony Pix
- Sony Wah
- Sony Pal
- Sony Marathi
- Studio NEXT
- Sony Pictures Networks Productions
- AXN
- Sony Cine
- Sony AXN
- GetTV
- Lifetime Latin America (joint venture with A+E Networks Latin America, distributed by Ole Distribution)
- Sony Channel[3]
- Sony Movies (United States)
- Sony Pictures Cable Ventures I Inc.
- Game Show Network, LLC
- Funimation Global Group, LLC.[2] (shared ownership with Aniplex)
- Sony Pictures Television Studios
Music[]
- Sony Music Group
- Sony Music Publishing
- 4 Star Records
- APM Music
- Sonoton
- Bruton Music
- Cezame Music
- Hard and Kosinus
- Bleeding Fingers Music
- Challenge Records
- EMI Music Publishing
- EMI Production Music
- Extreme Music
- Hickory Records
- KPM Music
- Remote Control Productions
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Columbia Records
- Startime International
- Epic Records
- Bad Boy Records
- Freebandz
- Ariola Records
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
- So So Def Recordings
- Volcano Entertainment
- Kemosabe Records
- Legacy Recordings
- The Orchard
- Blind Pig Records
- Frenchkiss Records
- RED Distribution
- Shrapnel Records
- RCA Records
- RCA Inspiration
- Fo Yo Soul
- GospoCentric Records
- B'Rite Music
- Quiet Water Entertainment
- Verity Records
- RCA Inspiration
- Ultra Music
- Sony Masterworks
- Masterworks Broadway
- Milan Records
- Okeh Records
- Portrait Records
- Sony Classical Records
- Sony Music Australia
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- Amigo Records
- Phonomotor Records
- Som Livre
- Sony Music Canada
- Ratas Music Group
- Sony Music China
- Sony Music France
- Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong
- Sony Music Entertainment Poland
- Sony Music India
- Zee Music Company
- Sony Music Indonesia
- Sony Music Latin
- Sony Music Mexico
- Sony Music Nashville
- Arista Nashville
- Columbia Nashville
- RCA Records Nashville
- Provident Label Group
- Essential Records
- Flicker Records
- Provident Films
- Reunion Records
- Sony Music Philippines
- Sony Music Taiwan
- Sony Music Thailand
- Bakery Music
- Sony BEC-TERO Music
- Sony Music UK
- Black Butter Records (49%)
- Columbia Records UK
- Dream Life Records
- Insanity Records (joint venture with Insanity Group)
- Magic Star
- Ministry of Sound
- Music for Nations
- RCA Label Group UK
- Relentless Records
- Since '93
- Sony Commercial Group
- Sony Music Legacy - UK
- Sony Music Nashville UK
- Columbia Records
- Sony Music Publishing
- Sony Music Entertainment Japan
- Aniplex
- A-1 Pictures Inc.
- Aniplex of America Inc.
- Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. (51%)
- Boundary Inc.
- CloverWorks Inc.
- Funimation Global Group, LLC. and its subsidiaries (shared ownership with Sony Pictures Television)
- Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH)
- Quatro A Inc.
- Rialto Entertainment Inc.
- Ariola Japan
- Epic Records Japan
- Ki/oon Music
- Fitz Beat
- Haunted Records
- Ki/oon Records2
- NeOSITE
- Siren Song
- Trefort
- M-On Entertainment, Inc.
- Music On! TV
- mora
- Peanuts Worldwide (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
- gr8! Records
- Mastersix Foundation
- N46Div
- Niagara Records
- VVV Records
- Unties
- Aniplex
Sony Interactive Entertainment[]
- PlayStation
- PlayStation Productions
- Audiokinetic
- Gaikai
- PlayStation Studios
- Bluepoint Games
- Dimps (joint venture with Bandai Namco)
- Dimps Food Entertainment
- Dimps, Inc.
- Safari Games
- Firesprite
- Fabrik Games
- ForwardWorks
- Guerrilla Games
- Housemarque
- Insomniac Games
- Insomniac North Carolina
- Media Molecule
- Naughty Dog
- ICE Team
- Nixxes Software
- Polyphony Digital
- Bend Studio
- Team Asobi
- London Studio
- San Diego Studio
- San Mateo Studio
- Santa Monica Studio
- Sucker Punch Productions
- Visual Arts
- XDev
- Valkyrie Entertainment
- SN Systems
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
- Animax Broadcast Japan Inc.
- Kids Station Inc.
- AXN Japan Inc.
- AK Holdings Corporation
- 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[]
- Sony Corporation of America
- Sony Entertainment Inc.
- Sony Music Group
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
- Sony Creative Software
- Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
- Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America
- Sony Latin America
- Sony Entertainment Inc.
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]
- Sony Channel - became Great! TV
- Sony Movies - became Great! Movies
- Sony Movies Action - became Great! Movies Action
- Sony Movies Classic - became Great! Movies Classic
- Pop
- Pop Max
- Tiny Pop
- 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
- HOOQ
- 3D NetCo LLC (3net, jointly owned with Discovery Communications and IMAX)
- Animax Europe
- Animax (Germany)
- Anime on Demand
- Bliss
- Bolder Media
- CSC Media Group - Folded into Sony Pictures Television in 2019
- Flava*
- Movies4Men 2
- Pop Girl
- Scarlet Media - Closed down after Simon Andrae went to FOX
- Scuzz
- Sony Channel Southeast Asia
- Sony Crime Channel
- Sony Le Plex HD
- Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
- Sony Pictures Mobile
- Sony Rox HD
- True Crime
- True Drama
- True Movies 2
- TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (jointly owned by SPT, CBS Studios International and NBCUniversal)
- TV1
- 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 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
- C2 Records
- Colpix Records/Colgems Records
- Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
- 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 Gold Seal
- RCA Italiana
- RCA Victrola
- Ruthless Records
- S2 Records
- Windham Hill Records
- Living Music
- Vinyl Solution
- Windswept Pacific Music - catalog acquired by EMI Music Publishing
- Work Group
- Zomba Group of Companies
- Benson Records
- Capricorn Records
- Internal Affairs
- Jive Records
- Scotti Brothers Records
- Silvertone Records
- Sub•Lime Records
- Zoo Entertainment
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[]
- ^ "Sony will merge its phone, camera and home entertainment businesses". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (2017-07-31). "Sony Pictures TV Networks to Acquire Funimation, Valuing Anime Distributor at $150 Million". Variety. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "English". エアロセンス株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "Establishment of Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc". Sony Global - Sony Global Headquarters. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "Clarification on Disney/Fox transaction" (PDF). Cofece. February 6, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
- ^ "Sony Mobile's division in Sweden will be merged in Sony Nordic". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ Bailay, Rasul (18 February 2012). "Sony India separates sales, software units". Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ^ "Japan's Denso considering $440 million investment in JOLED: Kyodo". Reuters. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- ^ "Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games". VentureBeat. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "Sony invests in new manga service Mangamo as it expands to Android". Gamesradar. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Billboard". 110 (9). February 28, 1998: 85. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved December 31, 2012. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ Littleton, Cynthia (11 May 2020). "KC Global Media Entertainment Completes Sony Asia Networks Acquisition". Variety. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Sony Pictures Television U.K. Channels Sold to U.S. Investment Firm Narrative Capital". Variety. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ 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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