Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
   - Columbia Pictures
   - Sony Pictures Classics
   - Screen Gems
   - TriStar Pictures
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television Group
   - Sony Pictures Television
   - Sony Pictures Television International
Sony Pictures Consumer Products
Sony Pictures Digital
   - Sony Pictures Imageworks
   - Sony Pictures Animation
   - SonyPictures.com
Sony Pictures Mobile
Sony Pictures Studios
   - Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
   - DVD Authoring Center
   - Worldwide Product Fulfillment
Crackle
Game Show Network
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios

• 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 2008: $7.6 billion
  
  
• Produces and distributes motion picture and television programming
  
  
• Manages television channel investments worldwide
  
  
• Acquires and distributes home entertainment product (DVD)
  
  
• 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 the United States
  
  
• 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 67 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 and TriStar Pictures and global motion picture production operations
  
  
  

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• Founded in 1924, Columbia Pictures has a strong reputation for both critical and commercial success
  
  
• Recent releases include: Vantage Point, The Other Boleyn Girl, 21 and Made of Honor
  
  
• Upcoming releases include: You Don't Mess With Zohan, Hancock and Step Brothers
  
  

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• Sony Pictures Classics specializes in the acquisition, marketing, and distribution of prestigious foreign and American independent films
  
  
• Recent releases include: The Counterfeiters and Married Life
  
  
• Upcoming releases include: The Children of Huang Chi and When Did You Last See Your Father
  
  

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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: Untraceable and Prom Night
  
  
• Upcoming releases include: Lakeview Terrace and Quarantine
  
  

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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: 88 Minutes
  
  
• Upcoming releases include: Passengers
  
  

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• Distributes SPE and acquired third-party theatrical and non-theatrical product on DVD, UMD© and on Blu-ray™ Disc to the worldwide home entertainment market
  
  
• Among the more than 3,500 film titles in SPHE's catalog include the Spider-Man franchise, Casino Royale, the Seinfeld series, Superbad, Volver and such film classics as Bridge on the River Kwai, Dr. Strangelove, Lawrence of Arabia and Stanley Kramer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
  
  
• SPHE operates in 67 countries worldwide
  
  
  

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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; 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
  
  
• SPE's television operations include Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI)
  
  
  

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• Sony Pictures Television is a premier producer and distributor for network, syndication, and cable markets
  
  
• SPT currently have digital sell-through deals with CinemaNow, Movielink (now owned by Blockbuster), Amazon and for TV only, iTunes.
  
  
• SPT currently have video-on-demand deals with CinemaNow, Movielink, Amazon, Vudu, Reeltime, Netflix, iTunes, Recorded Books, Sprint and Gaia
  
  

  SPT's programs include:
  

  • Network Prime Time Series — Rules of Engagement and Power of Ten (CBS); ‘Til Death and Canterbury's Law (FOX); Cashmere Mafia (ABC)
    
    
  • Made-for-Cable — The Shield, Rescue Me and Damages (FX); The Boondocks (Cartoon Network); My Boys and 10 Items or Less (TBS); Breaking Bad (AMC)
    
    
  • Upcoming Telefilms — Stone Cold 5 (CBS); S.I.S. (Spike) and Flirting With Forty and Tenth Circle (Lifetime)
    
    
  • First-Run Syndication — Judge Hatchett, Judge Maria Lopez, Judge David Young and Judge Karen (for Fall 2008)
    
    
  • 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, Girls Behaving Badly and The Shield
    
    
  • The #1 and #2 Network Rated 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 - Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune
    
    
  • Animated Series - Dragon Tales and 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, The Newlywed Game and The Three Stooges
  
  

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• SPE continues to expand its worldwide distribution capabilities and utilize its motion picture and television library assets, having formed or invested in over 50 international networks in more than 130 countries reaching more than 400 million viewers worldwide
  
  
• In addition, SPE produces local language programming and sells SPE owned formats in over 30 countries around the world
  
  
• SPTI's international channels include:
  
  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: Pure 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 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.
    
    
  • 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.
    
  
  Other International Channel Investments:
  
  
  • Europe: HBO Poland; HBO Hungary; HBO Czech/TV MAX; HBO Romania, HBO Bulgaria; and Spektrum
    
    
  • Asia/Pacific: TV1 entertainment channel (Australia); Premium Movie Partnership (Australia); and Sci-Fi (Australia)
    
    
  • Latin America: HBO Ole/Cinemax; HBO Brasil/Cinemax
    
  
  

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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, SonyPictures.com and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. mobile & casual games production
  
  
• Division produces stories, characters, images, games and experiences conceived, created, rendered and delivered digitally
  
  
  

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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 and Hotel Transylvania
  
  
• Recent projects include I am Legend, Beowulf, Surf's Up!, Spider-Man 3 and Ghost Rider
  
  
  

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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
  
  
• Its second film, Surf's Up! was released in June 2007 and was nominated for a Best Animated Feature Academy Award®
  
  
• Currently in production are Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Hotel Transylvania
  
  
  

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• Through Sonypictures.com and the Game Studio, Sony Pictures Digital produces award-winning content for online and mobile consumers
  
  
  

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• Sony Pictures Mobile is a global leader in mobile entertainment licensing and publishing specializing in branded interactive games and personalization products for consumers worldwide
  
  
• Content is available for download by consumers via their mobile device through Sony Pictures Mobile's extensive distribution relationships with leading wireless providers and networks worldwide
  
  
  

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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 video entertainment network and studio that distributes work from the hottest emerging talent on the web
  
  
• Crackle's channels and shows reach a global audience across the Internet, in the living room, and on devices including a broad range of Sony electronics
  
  
  

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• A 24-hour network devoted exclusively to game shows and game play, available to 54 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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• Together with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Sony Pictures co-produced Casino Royale and is co-producing the next films in the James Bond and Pink Panther franchises
  
  
• Quantum of Solace, the next film in the James Bond series is being released in November 2008
  
  
• Sony Pictures has the option to produce selected films from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios library
  
  
  

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