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History

Corporate structure

Senior management team

• Michael Lynton
  Michael Lynton
  
  Micheal Lynton is a Netherlands businessman who has lead several media related companies including Time Warner, The Walt Disney Company's Hollywood Pictures and Pearson PLC Penguin Group....
  
• Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Amy Pascal
  Amy Pascal
  
  Amy Pascal is Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chairman of SPE's Columbia Pictures. She oversees all development, production and marketing activities at Columbia Pictures....
  
• Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Chairman, Motion Picture Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment
• 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

List of holdings

Motion Pictures/Home Entertainment

• Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group With a library of more than 4,000 films (including 12 Academy Award for Best Picture
  Academy Award for Best Picture
  
  The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to artists working in the film industry....
   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
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  , Hong Kong
  Hong Kong
  
  Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
  , Madrid
  Madrid
  
  Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
  , Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
  , the United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  , Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
   and Japan. In addition to the below company-owned brands, Columbia TriStar also has a contract to distribute films for independent Revolution Studios
  Revolution Studios
  
  Revolution Studios was a film production company founded in 2000 by Joe Roth, a former chairman of The Walt Disney Company#Studio Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox....
   and select films by MGM and United Artists.
• Columbia Pictures
  Columbia Pictures
  
  Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an United States film production company and distribution company. It was one of the so-called studio system among the eight major film studios of Hollywood Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood....
  : Founded in 1924 by Harry Cohn
  Harry Cohn
  
  Harry Cohn was the American president and production director of Columbia Pictures....
  , Sony acquired the studio in 1989 from The Coca-Cola Company
  The Coca-Cola Company
  
  The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world and is one of the largest corporations in the United States....
   for $3.4 billion.
• TriStar Pictures
  TriStar Pictures
  
  TriStar Pictures, Inc. is a Film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, which is owned by Sony Pictures....
   Formed in 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS
  CBS
  
  CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
  . Became part Columbia Pictures Entertainment in December 1987 and the Sony ownership in 1989.
• Sony Pictures India, production house established by Sony to release Indian movies and distribute hollywood movies, released under Columbia Pictures.
• Sony Pictures Classics
  Sony Pictures Classics
  
  Sony Pictures Classics is one of two specialty film divisions of Sony Pictures Entertainment, the other being Screen Gems . Founded in December 1991, Sony Pictures Classics produces, acquires, finances and distributes independent films from America and around the world....
   (SPC): Specializes in acquiring distribution rights to independent
  Independent film
  
  An independent film, or indie film, is a film that is produced outside of the Hollywood studio system, a series of oligopolistic practices by several major film studios which controlled the production, distribution, and exhibition of films in the United States from the early 1920s through 1950s....
   and art film
  Art film
  
  An art film is typically a serious, noncommercial, independent film film or a foreign language film that may have these qualities, but may have been made by a major company in its home territory and achieved popular success....
  s as well as producing lower-budget productions geared to limited audiences.
• Sony Pictures Releasing
• Sony Pictures Releasing International
• Screen Gems
  Screen Gems
  
  Screen Gems is an United States subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
  : Originally Columbia's animation division and later a television production company best known for TV's Bewitched
  Bewitched
  
  Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company from 1964 in television to 1972 in television....
   and The Partridge Family
  The Partridge Family
  
  The Partridge Family is an United States television Situation comedy about a widowed mother and her five children who embarked on a music career....
  , as well as bringing The Three Stooges short subject
  Short subject
  
  Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of Film. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short film....
  s to TV in 1958. Sony revived the Screen Gems brand to develop mid-priced movies (production budget of between $20 million and $50 million) in specific genres such as science fiction
  Science fiction
  
  Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
  , horror
  Horror film
  
  Horror films are movies that strive to elicit responses of fear, horror and terror from viewers. Their plots frequently involve themes of the supernatural....
  , black cinema and franchise films.
• Triumph Films
  Triumph Films
  
  Triumph Films is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment geared towards theatre and direct-to-video film production and distribution.It was originally founded in 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures and the French company Gaumont Film Company to distribute foreign films in the US....
  : The label Sony uses for its low-budget or direct to video films. Originally a joint venture between Columbia Pictures and Gaumont
  Gaumont Film Company
  
  Gaumont is a France film production company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, L?on Gaumont . It is the oldest running film company in the world....
   in 1982.
• Destination Films
  Destination Films
  
  Destination Films is Sony Pictures' "niche" film distribution company founded by Brent Baum and Steve Stabler established in 1998 and launched in 1999....
  : A "niche" motion picture company purchased by Sony in 2001.
• FEARnet
  FEARnet
  
  FEARnet is a multi-platform horror network created by Lions Gate Entertainment, Comcast, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. The network was launched on October 31 2006, and consists of a digital cable video-on-demand service, website where horror fans in the USA can watch free full length films, red carpet and convention coverage, trailers, s...
   A joint venture between SPE, Lions Gate Entertainment, and Comcast for horror, suspense, and thriller movies online.
• Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
• Stage 6 Films
  Stage 6 Films
  
  Stage 6 Films is a label created by Sony Pictures Entertainment in fall 2007 that acquires, produces and distributes 10-15 low budget films and direct-to-DVD releases per year....
  
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  
  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was established in 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment....
  : Manufactures and distributes the Sony film library on Blu-ray Disc
  Blu-ray Disc
  
  Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc data storage device medium. Its main uses are high-definition video and data storage. The disc has the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs....
  , DVD
  DVD
  
  DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
  , video cassette, and UMD
  Universal Media Disc
  
  The Universal Media Disc is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable. It can hold up to 1.8 gigabytes of data....
   forms to global markets.
• Sony Wonder
  Sony Wonder
  
  Sony Wonder is a children and family's music and home video arm of Sony BMG . The division distributed material from Sesame Workshop and Classic Media ....
  : The former kids and family label of Sony BMG Music Entertainment that was moved to SPHE on June 21, 2007.

Television Production/Distribution

• Sony Pictures Television
  Sony Pictures Television
  
  Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an United States television production company/distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment....
   Group: (formerly Columbia TriStar Television Group) The successor-in-interest to Columbia's television division (first Screen Gems, later Columbia Pictures Television
  Columbia Pictures Television
  
  Columbia Pictures Television was the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems . The studio changed its name on September 4, 1974....
  , Coca-Cola
  Coca-Cola
  
  Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
   Television, TriStar Television
  TriStar Television
  
  TriStar Television was an American television production company that was launched on April 2, 1987 by TriStar Pictures . In December 1987, TriStar Television was bought by Columbia Pictures Television, and merged to create the new CPT , although Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures were sold in 1989 to Sony Corporation of Japan....
   (A division of Columbia Pictures Television), and Columbia TriStar Television
  Columbia TriStar Television
  
  Columbia TriStar Television was the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, adopted with the Sony Pictures Entertainment merger of 1991 and last used in 2002....
  ), 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
  Embassy Pictures
  
  Embassy Pictures Corporation was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as The Graduate, The Lion in Winter and Escape from New York....
   library (including The Graduate
  The Graduate
  
  The Graduate is a Cinema of United States comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote the piece shortly after graduating from Williams College....
   and The Lion in Winter
  The Lion in Winter (1968 film)
  
  The Lion in Winter is a 1968 in film historical film costume drama made by Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway theatre play by James Goldman....
  ) and also the owner of the television brand "Embassy Television
  Embassy Television
  
  ELP Communications is an United States television production company that began in 1982. The company was folded into Columbia TriStar Television in 1998....
  "--among most recent notable shows in this library are Seinfeld
  Seinfeld
  
  Seinfeld is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning Television in the United States Situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in Broadcast syndication....
  , King of Queens, Days of our Lives
  Days of our Lives
  
  Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
   and The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera, first broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1973. It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, who set their show in a Genoa City of Genoa City, Wisconsin, a town near their annual vacation home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin....
  .
• Culver Entertainment
  Culver Entertainment
  
  Culver Entertainment is a direct-to-video label of Sony Pictures Entertainment.SPE established Culver Entertainment to focus on developing and producing drama, comedy and animated series exclusively for DVD and international distribution....
  
• The Minisode Network
  The Minisode Network
  
  The Minisode Network is a Sony Pictures Television internet television Television network launched in June 2007. The term minisode is a portmanteau of ?mini? and ?episode.? Unlike webisodes, which are initially broadcast on the internet, minisodes are condensed versions of previously broadcast, full length, television shows....
  
• Crackle C-Spot:C-Spot is a production company of Sony Pictures. It hosts videos on Youtube
  YouTube
  
  YouTube is a Video hosting service website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005....
  , Crackle
  Crackle
  
  Crackle is a multi-platform web television network and studio, administrated by Sony Pictures Entertainment and formerly known as Grouper....
  , and Hulu
  Hulu
  
  Hulu is a website that offers commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company and many other networks and studios....
  . The serials and shorts are produced for the channel or taken from other producers. One episode airs each day of the week and the budget for each episode is $10k.
• Merv Griffin Enterprises
  Merv Griffin Enterprises
  
  Merv Griffin Enterprises was a television production company founded by Merv Griffin in 1964. Its productions included the shows Jeopardy! The Merv Griffin Show and Wheel of Fortune ....
  : Founded in 1964 by Merv Griffin
  Merv Griffin
  
  Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an United States television host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway theatre....
   as Merv Griffin Productions. He sold his company to The Coca-Cola
  Coca-Cola
  
  Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
   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
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
  .
• Barry & Enright Productions
  Barry & Enright Productions
  
  Barry & Enright Productions , was a United States television producer company that was formed in 1947 by Jack Barry and Dan Enright....
   (post-scandal), including Jack Barry Productions: Formed in 1947 by Jack Barry
  Jack Barry (television)
  
  Jack Barry was an United States television game show host and producer via Barry & Enright Productions, his production company with Dan Enright....
   and Dan Enright
  Dan Enright
  
  Daniel "Dan" Enright was one of the most successful game show producers in American television. Enright worked with Jack Barry from the 1940s until Barry's death in 1984....
  , shut down in 1959, and reformed in 1975
• Bob Stewart Productions: Formed in 1964 by Bob Stewart
  Bob Stewart (television)
  
  Bob Stewart is a former United States television game show producer and was one of the most notable producers in that field. He was active in the TV industry from 1956 until his retirement in 1992....
  
• Barris Industries
  Chuck Barris Productions
  
  Chuck Barris Productions was an United States television production company that was started in 1965 by Chuck Barris. The company was known for producing such hit game shows such as The Newlywed Game, The Dating Game, and The Gong Show....
  : Formed in 1965 by Chuck Barris
  Chuck Barris
  
  Charles Hirsch "Chuck" Barris is an American game show producer and presenter who was responsible for many of the best known game shows of the 1960s and 1970s....
  . Renamed to Barris Industries in 1986.
• ELP Communications
  Embassy Television
  
  ELP Communications is an United States television production company that began in 1982. The company was folded into Columbia TriStar Television in 1998....
   (ELPC) and Tandem Licensing Corporation
  Tandem Productions
  
  Tandem Productions, Inc. was a film and television production company that started in 1963 by Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear....
   (TLC): The two in-name only units of Sony Pictures Television own the productions' copyrights presented by Norman Lear
  Norman Lear
  
  Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and Television producer who produced such popular sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude ....
  's companies: Tandem Productions
  Tandem Productions
  
  Tandem Productions, Inc. was a film and television production company that started in 1963 by Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear....
   and ELP Communications (series from TAT to ELP Communications). The companies were formed by Bud Yorkin
  Bud Yorkin
  
  Bud Yorkin is an United States film producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards....
   and Norman Lear
  Norman Lear
  
  Norman Milton Lear is an American television writer and Television producer who produced such popular sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude ....
   in 1963 as Tandem Productions. Yorkin sold his shares to Lear in 1975. Lear sold Tandem/Embassy Television to The Coca-Cola
  Coca-Cola
  
  Coca-Cola is a carbonation soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines worldwide . It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke or as Cola or Pop....
   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.
• Sony Pictures Television International
  Sony Pictures Television International
  
  Sony Pictures Television International is the worldwide television distribution division of Sony Pictures. It handles the distribution of Sony Pictures' library and from 2005 to 2006, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library with MGM Worldwide Television....
  : Formed in 1995 as the worldwide television distribution arm for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Formerly known as Columbia TriStar International Television
  Columbia TriStar International Television
  
  Columbia TriStar International Television was known as the worldwide television distribution arm of Columbia TriStar Television that was launched in 1995....
   from 1995-2002.
• SPE Networks
• Sony Entertainment Television
  Sony Entertainment Television
  
  Sony Entertainment Television is a general entertainment channel, owned or co-owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. There are at least six versions of this channel existing:...
  
• Animax
  Animax
  
  is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, its co-founders and shareholders include Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios Sunrise , Toei Animation , TMS Entertainment, and production company NAS ....
  : Instituted in Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
   by Sony in 1998, Animax is the world's largest animated television network, with respective networks operating across Japan, East Asia
  East Asia
  
  East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either Geography or cultural terms. Geography and geopolitically, it covers about 12,000,000 km?, or about 28 percent of the Asian continent, about 15 percent bigger than the area of Europe, though some categorize Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia as Central Asia....
  , Southeast Asia
  Southeast Asia
  
  Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
  , South Asia
  South Asia
  
  South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
  , South America and other regions.
• AXN
  AXN
  
  AXN is a pay-TV, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America....
  : Formed in 1997, AXN is Sony's entertainment television network, which airs across Japan, Asia, Latin America and Europe.
• 2waytraffic
  2waytraffic
  
  2waytraffic is a television production company based in Hilversum, Netherlands by Kees Abrahams, Unico Glorie, Taco Ketelaar and Henk Keilman in 2004....
   Acquired by Sony in 2008, this television production company owns a number of formats, most notably including Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
  Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  
  Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
  .

Other Sony Pictures operations

• Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
  Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
  
  Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group is an United States and global company formed in 2000 by Sony Pictures Entertainment that handles all of the family programs and films by Sony Pictures....
  
• Sony Pictures Consumer Products
• Sony Pictures Digital
  Sony Pictures Digital
  
  Sony Pictures Digital, first known as Columbia TriStar Interactive, then Sony Pictures Interactive Network , then Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment , is an operating unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment ....
  
• Sony Pictures Imageworks
  Sony Pictures Imageworks
  
  Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. is an Academy Award-winning, state-of-the-art visual effects and character animation company.Individuals at the company have been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars for their work on Spider-Man 2 and the computer-animated short film The ChubbChubbs! and other team...
  
• Sony Pictures Animation
  Sony Pictures Animation
  
  Sony Pictures Animation is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded in 2002, which produces computer-animated films.Digital animation for their films is made by Sony Pictures ImageWorks....
  
• Adelaide Productions
  Adelaide Productions
  
  'Adelaide Productions' is an animation division of Sony Pictures Television.Originally named Columbia TriStar Television Children's Television, Adelaide has produced numerous animated television series including Men in Black: The Series , Channel Umptee-3 , Jackie Chan Adventures, Godzilla: The Series, Project G.e.e.K.e.R.'...
  
• Sony Station
• Sony Pictures Network
• Sony Pictures Mobile
  Sony Pictures Mobile
  
  Sony Pictures Mobile is a mobile entertainment licenser and publisher specialising in branded interactive games and personalisation products, which are available for download via mobile devices through Sony Pictures Mobile's distribution relationships with wireless providers and networks worldwide....
  
• Sony Pictures Digital Networks
• SPiN
  Spin
  
  Spin may refer to:* Rotation or spin, a movement of an object in a circular motion* Spin or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles...
  
• SoapCity
• Screenblast
• Advanced Platform Group APG

• Sony Pictures Studios
  Sony Pictures Studios
  
  The Sony Pictures Studios are located on 10202 West Washington Boulevard in Culver City, California. They are bounded by Culver Boulevard , Washington Boulevard , Overland Avenue and Madison and is home to Sony Corporation?s Sony Pictures Entertainment division and its studios, Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures....
  : The actual physical buildings, land and movie-making equipment properties in Culver City, California. Includes 22 sound stages, ranging in size from 7,600 to 43,000 square feet (700 to 4,000 m²)
• Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
• Worldwide Product Fulfillment
• Game Show Network
  Game Show Network
  
  GSN is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and casino game shows. The channel was launched on December 1, 1994....
  : (joint venture with Liberty Entertainment
  Liberty Media
  
  The Liberty Media Corporation is an United States media conglomerate and the control is exercised by engineer Dr. John C. Malone, with a majority of the voting shares....
  )
• Crackle
  Crackle
  
  Crackle is a multi-platform web television network and studio, administrated by Sony Pictures Entertainment and formerly known as Grouper....
   (formerly known as Grouper Networks)
• 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, 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. Based in Tokyo, Japan.

Affiliates

• MGM is an American media company, involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. Its operating units include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, United Artists
  United Artists
  
  United Artists Entertainment LLC is an United States film studio. The current United Artists was formed in November 2006 under a partnership between producer/actor Tom Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., an MGM company....
   (UA), Orion Pictures
  Orion Pictures
  
  Orion Pictures Corporation was an United States company that produced film from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros....
  , MGM Television
  MGM Television
  
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television is an American television production/distribution company launched in 1955 and a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.....
  , MGM Worldwide Television
  MGM Worldwide Television
  
  MGM Worldwide Television is the Global operating unit of MGM Television formed in 1996, that's responsible for the production/distribution of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's vast television library around the world....
  , MGM Home Entertainment
  MGM Home Entertainment
  
  MGM Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD arm of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer....
   and others.

• On April 8, 2005, a consortium led by Sony, Comcast
  Comcast
  
  Comcast Corporation is the largest cable television company, the second largest Internet service provider and the fourth largest telephone service provider in the United States....
   and their equity partners acquired the legendary Hollywood studio in a deal finalized, worth nearly $5 billion. MGM ownership is as follows: Providence Equity Partners
  Providence Equity Partners
  
  Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island that focuses on investments in media and telecommunications....
   (29%), TPG Capital, L.P. (formerly Texas Pacific Group) (21%), Sony Corporation of America
  Sony Corporation of America
  
  Sony Corporation of America is the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation. It is the umbrella company under which all Sony companies operate in the United States....
   (20%), Comcast
  Comcast
  
  Comcast Corporation is the largest cable television company, the second largest Internet service provider and the fourth largest telephone service provider in the United States....
   (20%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
  DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
  
  DLJ Merchant Banking Partners is a private equity investment firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. The firm is currently an affiliate of Credit Suisse and traces its roots to Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, the investment bank acquired by Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000....
   (7%) and Quadrangle Group
  Quadrangle Group
  
  Quadrangle Group is an alternative investment firm focusing on private equity, stock and asset management. firm focused on growth capital investments in middle market companies across a range of industries....
   (3%).

• Officially, unlike Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is not a part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony owns 20% of the total equity (which includes 45% of the total outstanding common stock) of MGM Holdings, Inc
  MGM Holdings
  
  MGM Holdings, Inc. is the parent company of the American media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.MGM Holdings is a Delaware-registered pure holding company owned by Providence Equity Partners , TPG Capital, L.P....
  .

• MGM has operating agreements with SPE in regard to the distribution of MGM's library and co-production of new films. In 2006, MGM ended their distribution agreement with SPE and transferred their home video output from SPE to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  
  20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of the 20th Century Fox film studio. It was established in 1976 as Magnetic Video Corporation, and later as 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video and Fox Video....
   (excepting those Columbia TriStar/MGM/UA co-productions).

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