List of assets owned by Sony
This is the list of assets owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Corporation.
Subsidiaries and affiliates by business segment
Electronics
- Sony Electronics Corporation[1]
- Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation
- Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
- Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc.
- Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
Semiconductors
- 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)
- AK Holdings
- Sony Pictures Europe
- Sony Pictures Interactive
- Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
- Columbia Pictures
- Screen Gems
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Sony Pictures Releasing de México
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Wonder
- Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
- TriStar Pictures
- Sony Pictures Television
- 2waytraffic
- Adelaide Productions
- Blueprint Pictures
- Califon Productions, Inc.
- CPT Holdings
- Culver Entertainment
- Electric Ray
- Embassy Row
- Fable Pictures (minority stake)
- Floresta
- Huaso
- Human Media
- Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
- Left Bank Pictures
- Eleven
- Playmaker Media
- Silvergate Media
- Starling Productions
- Stellify Media
- Teleset
- TriStar Television
- Sony Pictures Television Russia (formerly Lean-M Productions)
- Sony Pictures Television Networks
- Funimation Global Group, LLC.[2] (95%, shared ownership with Aniplex)
- Madman Anime Group Pty. Ltd.
- AnimeLab Pty. Ltd.
- Wakanim SAS (majority shareholder)
- Manga Entertainment Ltd. (UK)
- Sony Pictures Networks India
- CSC Media Group
- AXN
- Cine Sony Television
- GetTV
- Lifetime Latin America (joint venture with A+E Networks Latin America, distributed by HBO Latin America Group)
- Sony Channel[4]
- Sony Crime Channel[5]
- Sony Movie Channel
- Sony Movies
- Sony Pictures Cable Ventures I Inc.
- Game Show Network, LLC
- Viasat 3
- Viasat 6
- Funimation Global Group, LLC.[2] (95%, shared ownership with Aniplex)
Music
- Sony Music Group
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Columbia Records
- Epic Records
- Kemosabe Records
- Legacy Recordings
- The Orchard
- RCA Records
- RCA Inspiration
- Fo Yo Soul
- GospoCentric Records
- B'Rite Music
- Quiet Water Entertainment
- Verity Records
- RCA Inspiration
- Ultra Music
- Sony Masterworks
- Sony Music Australia
- Sony Music Entertainment Poland
- Sony Music India
- Sony Music Entertainment México
- Sony Music Latin
- Sony Music Nashville
- Sony Music Thailand
- Sony Music UK
- Black Butter Records (49%)
- Columbia Records UK
- Insanity Records (joint venture with Insanity Group)
- Magic Star
- Ministry of Sound
- Music for Nations
- RCA Label Group UK
- Relentless Records
- Since '93
- Sony Music Legacy - UK
- Syco Music[6]
- 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 (95%, shared ownership with Sony Pictures Television)
- Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint Anime)
- 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.
- 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
Game & Network Services
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- PlayStation
- PlayStation Productions
- Audiokinetic
- Gaikai
- SIE Worldwide Studios
- China Hero Project
- Dimps (joint venture with Sega Sammy and Bandai Namco)
- Dimps Food Entertainment
- Dimps, Inc.
- Safari Games
- ForwardWorks
- Guerrilla Games
- Insomniac Games
- Insomniac North Carolina
- Media Molecule
- Naughty Dog
- PlayStation Talents
- Polyphony Digital
- SCEE R&D
- Bend Studio
- Japan Studio
- London Studio
- San Diego Studio
- San Mateo Studio
- Santa Monica Studio
- Sucker Punch Productions
- Visual Arts
- XDev
- SN Systems
Financial Services
- 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
- Sony Music Foundation
- Sony USA Foundation Inc.
- Sony Foundation Australia Trustee Ltd.
- Sony of Canada Science Scholarship Foundation Inc.
- Sony Europe Foundation
- 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.
- Mystery Channel, Inc.
- Sony Energy Devices Corporation[7]
- Sony Network Communications Inc.
- Sony Biz Networks Corporation
- So-net Media Networks Co.,Ltd
- MotionPortrait, Inc.
- Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
- Sony PCL Inc.
- Sony Marketing Co., Ltd.
- Sony Global Solutions Inc.
- Sony Business Solutions Corporation
- Sony Global Education, Inc.
- P5, Inc.
- FeliCa Networks, Inc. (57%)
- AII Inc. (60.9%)
- Frontage Inc. (60%)
- Sony Real Estate Corporation (56.3%)
- Aerosense Inc. (joint venture with ZMP Inc., Sumitomo Corporation)[8]
- M3 Inc. (34%)
- Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (51%)[9]
- Sony Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
- Sony People Solutions Inc.
Canada
United States
- Sony Corporation of America
- Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC.
- Sony Entertainment Inc.
- 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. (Brazil)
- Sony Chile Ltda. (Chile)
- Sony de México S.A. de C.V.
- Sony de Mexicali, S.A. de C.V. (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.
- Sony Puerto Rico, Inc.
- Sony Pictures Home Entertaiment de México S.A. de C.V.[10]
Europe
- Sony Austria GmbH.
- Sony DACD Austria A.G.
- Sony DADC Europe Limited
- Sony DADC, OOO (Borovsk, Russia)
- Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. (Brussels, Belgium)
- Sony Overseas S.A. (Switzerland)
- Sony Czech, spol. s.r.o.
- Sony Berlin G.m.b.H. (Germany)
- Sony Deutschland G.m.b.H. (Köln, Germany)
- Sony Europe GmbH (Germany)
- Sony Nordic A/S (Denmark)[11]
- Sony España S.A. (Spain)
- Sony France S.A.
- Sony United Kingdom Ltd.
- Sony Global Treasury Service Plc (UK)
- Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (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. (Netherlands)
- Sony Poland Sp.z.o.o. (Poland)
- Sony Portugal Ltda. (Portugal)
- Sony Slovakia s r. o. (Slovakia)
China
- Sony (China) Ltd.
- Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
- Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd.
- Sony International (Hong Kong) Ltd.
South Korea
- Sony Electronics of Korea Corporation
- Sony Korea Corporation
India
- Sony India Private Limited
- Sony India Software Services Pvt. Ltd[12]
- Sony Pictures Networks India
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- PT Sony Indonesia
- Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
- 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.
- Sony Device Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Sony Siam Industries Co., Ltd.
- 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)
- Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)
Non-affiliate holdings
Japan
- Japan Display (1.2%)
- JOLED (approx. 5%)[13]
- Kadokawa Corporation (1.93%)
- Madhouse (5%)
- MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%)
- Toei Animation (1.86%)
- VAIO Corporation (5%)
United States
- Epic Games (1.4%)[14]
- Mangamo (unknown amount)[15]
Mainland China
- Bilibili Inc. (~5%)
Europe
- Spotify Technology S.A. (2.35%)[16]
Former holdings and subsidiaries
Sold
- Avex Group[17]
- Chart Show TV - Sold to TRACE Group
- Chart Show Hits - Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020)
- Crackle - Sold to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
- Embassy Films Associates - sold to De Laurentiis Entertainment Group in 1985; library currently owned by STUDIOCANAL and distributed for television by Sony
- Embassy Home Entertainment - acquired by Nelson Holdings International in 1986 and renamed Nelson Entertainment; current library holder Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer owns American home entertainment rights to some Embassy films
- Evolution Studios - Sold to Codemasters
- FEARnet HD (jointly owned by Comcast and Lions Gate Entertainment) - 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)
- 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
- Starz TV - Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020)
- The Vault - Sold to TRACE Group
- Syco Entertainment (excl. Syco Music)[6] - Stake held by Sony sold back to Simon Cowell
Defunct
Sony Pictures Entertainment
- HOOQ
- 3D NetCo LLC (3net, jointly owned with Discovery Communications and IMAX)
- Animax Europe
- Bliss
- Bud Yorkin Productions, Inc./Toy Productions
- Coca-Cola Telecommunications
- The Television Program Source
- Colex Enterprises
- Columbia Television Game Shows, Inc.
- Barry & Enright Productions
- Stewart Television, Inc.
- Basada, Inc.
- Stewart Cable TV, Inc.
- Destination Films
- Embassy Communications, Inc.
- First Independent Films
- Flava
- Four-D Productions, Inc. - produced Barney Miller
- The Mimus Corporation - produced Fish
- The Triseme Corporation - produced A.E.S. Hudson Street
- Tetagram Ltd. - produced Joe Bash
- GPEC Inc. (The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company)
- Barris Industries
- Barris Advertising Sales, Inc.
- Barris Program Sales, Inc.
- Barris Industries
- Merv Griffin Enterprises
- Movies4Men 2
- Pop Girl
- Rastar Productions, Inc.
- Rastar Television, Inc.
- Scarlet Media - Closed down after Simon Andrae went to FOX
- Scuzz
- Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
- Sony Pictures Mobile
- Spelling-Goldberg Productions
- SVS, Inc. - folded into Columbia TriStar Home Video
- Triumph Films
- True Crime
- True Drama
- True Movies 2
- TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (jointly owned by SPT, CBS Studios International and NBCUniversal)
- 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
- Battery Records (hip hop)
- Bertelsmann Music Group
- BNA Records
- Burgundy Records
- Chaos Recordings
- C2 Records
- Colpix Records/Colgems Records
- Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
- Frenchkiss Label Group
- Indolent Records
- J 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
Sony Pictures Networks India
Game & Network Services
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.
- DTVE Reporter (9 August 2017). "Sony to rebrand Kix children's channel to Pop Max". digitaltveurope.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- "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.
- "Channel profile: Sony Crime Channel - Sky Media". Sky Media.
- 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.
- "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. "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)
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