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Corporate Fact Sheet
Sony Corporation of America (SCA)
Outline of Principal Operations
- Howard Stringer, Chairman & CEO, Sony Corporation; Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Sony Corporation
- Michael Lynton, Chairman & CEO, SPE
- Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman, SPE and Chairman, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
- Headquartered in Culver City, CA
- Total Sales for fiscal year ended March 2009: $7.2 billion
- Produces and distributes motion picture and television programming
- Manages television channel investments worldwide
- Acquires and distributes home entertainment product (DVD, Blu-ray and UMD)
- Develops entertainment products and services for broadband distribution
- Markets entertainment products and licensed merchandise for consumers
- Operates studio facilities
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- Releases about 25 films per year in North America
- SPE's releasing companies, Sony Pictures Releasing (U.S.) and Sony Pictures Releasing International, are responsible for sales, distribution, and marketing of SPE's film product in 130 territories worldwide
- SPE's international motion picture operations include Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia in Hong Kong, Columbia Films Producciones Espanolas in Madrid, Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico in Mexico City and operations in the United Kingdom, Brazil and Japan
- The motion picture library is one of SPE's most valuable assets, featuring more than 3,500 films, including 12 Best Picture Academy Award® Winners
- Encompasses production studio, Columbia Pictures; film labels Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Animation and TriStar Pictures and global motion picture production operations
- Sony Pictures International Motion Picture Production Group is an industry pioneer in studio supported local language production programming. The division is currently in pre or post production on 10 films that will be distributed in countries including Germany, India, Russia, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
- For seven consecutive years between 2002-2008, films from Sony Pictures Releasing have generated more than $1 billion in box office sales in North America, an industry record matched by only one other studio.
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- Founded in 1924, Columbia Pictures has a strong reputation for both critical and commercial success
- Recent releases include: The Pink Panther 2, The International, and Angels & Demons
- Upcoming releases include: The Taking of Pelham 123, Year One and The Ugly Truth
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- Sony Pictures Classics specializes in the acquisition, marketing, and distribution of prestigious foreign and American independent films
- Recent releases include: Adoration, Tyson, and Every Little Step
- Upcoming releases include: Moon, Whatever Works and Soul Power
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- Screen Gems focuses on films that fall between the wide-release movies traditionally developed and distributed by Columbia Pictures and those released by Sony Pictures Classics
- Recent releases include: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans and Fired Up
- Upcoming releases include: Armored and Step Father
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- In 2004, TriStar Pictures was relaunched as a marketing and acquisitions unit
- The label will have a particular emphasis on genre films
- Recent releases include: Not Easily Broken
- Upcoming releases include: District 9
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- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment distributes SPE and acquired third-party theatrical and non-theatrical product on Blu-ray disc, DVD, UMD and through new media (mobile and digital distribution) to the worldwide home entertainment market
- Among the more than 3,500 film and TV titles in SPHE's catalog are the Spider-Man films, Hancock, Pineapple Express, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, the Seinfeld TV series and film classics on Blu-ray such as Gandhi, Dr. Strangelove and Ghostbusters
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- SPE's television operations trace their history to the founding of Screen Gems in 1948, the first television business created by a major Hollywood studio
- Currently, television operations produce or distribute approximately 60 programs worldwide, spanning all formats and genres and platforms; SPE has both domestic and international production capabilities, and creates local programming in thirteen languages worldwide
- SPE also grants licensing rights to its large library of television programs and motion pictures to broadcast and cable networks, network affiliates and independent stations in the United States, and to international television stations and other broadcasters throughout the world
- Sony Pictures Television is a premier producer and distributor of content for broadcast, syndication, and cable markets worldwide.
- SPE has formed or invested in international networks with 114 channel feeds in more than 130 countries reaching approximately 400 million viewers worldwide. In addition, SPE produces local language programming and has licensed SPE owned formats in approximately 70 countries around the world.
- SPT operates Crackle.com, SPE's premium video website featuring high quality original content and television shows and feature films from the studio's library.
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SPT's programs include:
- Broadcast Prime Time Series - Rules of Engagement(CBS); Brothers and Til Death(FOX); Shark Tank (ABC); Community (NBC)
- Made-for-Cable - Rescue Me and Damages (FX); The Boondocks (Cartoon Network); My Boys and 10 Items or Less (TBS); Breaking Bad (AMC); HawthoRNe (TNT); Drop Dead Diva (Lifetime); Newlywed Game (GNS) and Make My Day (TV Land)
- Upcoming Telefilms - Maneater and the Wronged Man (Lifetime); Georgia O'Keeffe and Jesse Stone: No Remorse (CBS)
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- First-Run Syndication - Dr. Oz (premiering in September 09)
- Off-Network Syndication - Seinfeld, The King Of Queens, Dawson's Creek, Just Shoot Me, Mad About You, The Nanny, Married...With Children, The Steve Harvey Show, Walker, Texas Ranger and The Shield
- Top Rated Network U.S. Daytime Dramas - The Young & The Restless (CBS) and Days Of Our Lives (NBC)
- The #1 and #2 Rated U.S. Syndicated Game Shows - Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!
- Animated Series - The Spectacular Spider-Man
- Library includes: more than 3,500 feature films, plus over 35,000 television episodes, 275 television series and more than 22,000 episodes of game show programming from 50 years of television history, including such TV classics as I Dream Of Jeannie, Bewitched, All In The Family, Barney Miller, Benson, Diff'rent Strokes, Maude, Who's The Boss, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Married...With Children, The Jeffersons, The Dating Game and The Three Stooges
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Branded Distribution Channels
- SET Latin America: General entertainment network featuring the best in U.S. series as well as originally produced programming, launched September 1995
- SET India: Hindi general entertainment network for family audiences, launched October 1995
- SET Max: Premium Hindi movies network, launched October 1999
- SET PIX: Hollywood movie channel, launched April 2006
- SET en Veo (Spain): Programming service on VEO's digital terrestrial television channel offering general family entertainment featuring U.S. drama series, launched in June 2006
- SET Singapore: General entertainment network targeting an upscale, female audience, launched in July 2007
- SET Africa: General entertainment channel featuring U.S. series and movies, launched in November 2007
- SAB: Hindi general entertainment for youth audiences, launched November 2005
- AXN: High-energy, quality entertainment with an edge. Featuring the best in U.S. series originally produced shows and blockbuster movies. AXN networks were launched in Asian region and India (September 1997 and Fall 1998 respectively); in Japan (June 1998); in Spain (November 1998); in Latin America (August 1999); in Israel (November 2000); in Portugal (November 2002); in Central Europe (October 2003); in Germany (November 2004); in Korea (July 2005); in Italy (October 2005) and in Africa (August 2007). AXN in Central Europe launched two offshoot channel extensions, AXN Crime and AXN Sci-Fi, in May 2006. AXN Sci-Fi Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet republics), launched in December 2007.
- AXN Beyond Philippines: An AXN brand extension featuring a blend of the best paranormal, sci-fi, suspense and mystery/fantasy entertainment launched in January 2008 and in Singapore in May 2008
- ANIMAX: ANIMAX Japan is SPE's first network branded and dedicated to popular Japanese animation, launched in July 1998. ANIMAX Asia is broadcast region-wide from Singapore via five dedicated, highly customized services for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, South Asia and the Philippines, launched in January 2004. ANIMAX India launched in 2004. ANIMAX Latin America is broadcast in Spanish and Brazilian Portugese throughout Latin America, launched in July 2005. ANIMAX Korea airs local Korean animation programming as well as Japanese anime, launched in April 2006. ANIMAX Central Europe is broadcast in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, launched in June 2007. ANIMAX Germany launched in June 2007 and ANIMAX Africa launched in November 2007.
- Mystery Channel: Acquired in October 2008, Mystery Channel in Japan specializes in the mystery genre.
- Channel 8: Acquired in February 2009, Channel 8 is a Bengali-language film channel in India.
Other International Channel Investments:
- Europe: HBO (Central Europe), HBO Comedy (Central Europe), Cinemax (Central Europe)
- TV1 (Australia), TV1 SCI FI (Australia), Premium Movie Partnership (Showtime/Encore) (Australia)
- Latin America: HBO Ole, HBO Family, HBO Plus, HBO Caribe, Cinemax, Cinemax Prime, HBO Brazil, HBO Plus Brazil, Cinemax Brazil
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- Manages the studio's film and television merchandising, licensing and retail opportunities for Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. for current and library properties by working with manufacturers (licensees) and retailers to create quality products and services and increase consumer awareness
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- An operating unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
- Consists of Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Imageworks Interactive
- Division produces stories, characters, images, visual effects and animation
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- An Academy Award® winning, state-of-the-art visual effects and digital production studio dedicated to the art and artistry of visual effects and character creation
- Has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars® for its work on Spider-Man 2 and the CG animated short film The ChubbChubbs!, as well as nominations for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Spider-Man, Hollow Man, Stuart Little and Starship Troopers
- Has become a major force by providing leading edge technology to filmmakers and world-class artists
- Currently in production are Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, G-Force, Alice in Wonderland and 2012
- Recent projects include Hancock, Eagle Eye, Valkyrie and The Watchmen
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- Established in May, 2002, to enable Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. to tap into the vast imagination of the creative community, develop characters and stories that are best realized through digital production and bring entertainment to audiences of all ages to the screen
- Released its first production Open Season in September 2006 and became the studio's #2 home entertainment film in 2007
- Its second film, Surf's Up! was released in June 2007 and was nominated for a Best Animated Feature Academy Award® and won two Annie Awards
- Currently in production are Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Currently in development are Hotel Transylvania and The Smurfs Movie
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- Produces award-winning content, websites and comprehensive digital marketing
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- SPE's main lot in Culver City, CA, Sony Pictures Studios, features 22 sound stages, ranging in size from more than 7,600 square feet to the world's second-largest stage at roughly 43,000 square feet
- Provides integrated digital capabilities to create and deliver content across existing and emerging media and markets
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- Offers film, television, and multimedia industries an extensive post production facility, combining a creative, on-lot work environment with technology excellence and respected Oscar®-winning crews
- Features uniquely designed, state-of-the-art re-recording theaters; a historic scoring stage; DVD audio-mastering and sound-restoration suites; ADR and Foley stages; and sound design suites, editorial rooms, and non-linear editing systems
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- Provides highest-quality compression and authoring services for the digitization of SPE's film and television assets for the DVD marketplace
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- Offers a variety of sales services to internal and external clients worldwide; post production services, advertising, and publicity; and worldwide distribution of on-air and theatrical content
- Provides state-of-the-art storage, asset management, and film restoration programs for one of the industry's largest film and television libraries
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- A multi-platform premium video entertainment network and studio that distributes original content made for the web as well as feature films and television shows from the studio's extensive library
- Crackle's channels and shows are available via the Internet on a variety of devices and platforms, including a broad range of Sony electronics products
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- A 24-hour network devoted exclusively to game shows and game play, available to 70 million homes via analog, digital and satellite distribution
- A unique blend of classic game shows, original programming and interactive game play, aimed at becoming television's first fully interactive, game-based network
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