List of assets owned by Sony
Appearance
This is a selected list of significant assets, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures and brands of Sony Group Corporation, organized primarily by business segment.
Game & network services
[edit]- Audeze
- Cinemersive Labs
- Audiokinetic
- Bungie
- PlayStation Productions
- PlayStation Studios
- Visual Arts
- Firesprite
- Guerrilla Games
- Haven Studios
- Housemarque
- Insomniac Games
- Insomniac North Carolina
- Media Molecule
- Naughty Dog
- ICE Team
- Nixxes Software
- Polyphony Digital
- Bend Studio
- Team Asobi
- teamLFG
- Malaysia Studio
- San Diego Studio
- San Mateo Studio
- Santa Monica Studio
- Sucker Punch Productions
- Valkyrie Entertainment
- XDev
Music
[edit]- Columbia Records
- Epic Records
- Arista Records
- Bad Boy Records
- So So Def Recordings
- Kemosabe Records
- Legacy Recordings
- The Orchard
- RCA Records
- Jive Records
- RCA Inspiration
- Fo Yo Soul
- GospoCentric Records
- B'Rite Music
- Quiet Water Entertainment
- Verity Records
- Roswell Records
- Volcano Entertainment
- Ultra Records
- Sony Masterworks
- Sony Music Australia
- Sony Music Brazil
- Amigo Records
- Phonomotor Records
- Som Livre
- Sony Music Canada
- Ratas Music Group
- Sony Music China
- Sony Music France
- Sony Music Germany
- Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong
- Sony Music India
- Sony Music Indonesia
- Sony Music Latin
- Sony Music Mexico
- Sony Music Nashville
- Arista Nashville
- Columbia Nashville
- RCA Records Nashville
- Provident Entertainment
- Sony Music Philippines
- Sony Music Entertainment Poland
- Sony Music Taiwan
- Sony Music Thailand
- 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
- Global Podcast Division
- Neon Hum Media
- Bleeding Fingers Music
- Challenge Records
- EMI Music Publishing
- EMI Production Music
- Extreme Music
- Hickory Records
- KPM Music
- Remote Control Productions
- APM Music (joint venture with Universal Music Publishing Group)
- Sonoton
- Bruton Music
- Cezame Music
- Hard and Kosinus
- Aniplex
- A-1 Pictures Inc.
- Aniplex of America Inc.
- Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. (51%)
- Boundary Inc.
- CloverWorks Inc.
- Crunchyroll, LLC (joint venture with Sony Pictures)
- Egg Firm
- Studio Bind (joint-venture with White Fox)
- Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Crunchyroll, LLC)
- Joen (joint-venture with CloverWorks, Wit Studio and Shueisha)
- Palworld Entertainment (joint-venture with Sony Music Japan and Pocketpair)
- Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH)
- Myriagon Studio
- Lasengle
- Claynel
- Live2D (Majority Stake)
- GungHo Online Entertainment (23,29%)
- Ariola Japan
- Echoes
- Epic Records Japan
- Kioon Music
- Fitz Beat
- Haunted Records
- Ki/oon Records2
- NeOSITE
- Siren Song
- Trefort
- M-On Entertainment, Inc.
- mora
- Sacra Music
- Peanuts Worldwide (80%; with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%))
- Sony Creative Products Inc.
- Sony Music Solutions Inc.
- Sony Music Artists Inc.
- Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
- Sony Music Labels Inc.
- Sony Music Associated Records
- Sony Music Publishing
- Sony Music Records
- gr8! Records
- Mastersix Foundation
- N46Div
- Niagara Records
- VVV Records
- Jisedai Inc.
- MusicRay'n Inc.
- room NB Inc.
- Zepp Hall Network Inc.
- AnyColor Inc. (5,47%)
- ArtBeat
Pictures
[edit]Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
[edit]- Sony Pictures Studios
- Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
- Worldwide Product Fulfillment
- Madison Gate Records (This record label is owned by Sony Pictures, while others are owned by Sony Music)
- Sony Pictures Consumer Products
- Sony Pictures Experiences
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc. (62.1%)
- Madhouse (Minority stake)
- Sony Pictures Europe
- Sony Pictures Interactive
- Columbia Pictures
- Ghost Corps[note 1]
- Spider-Man theatrical rights
- Spider-Man Universe film and character rights (in conjunction with Marvel Studios)
- Sony Pictures Animation
- 3000 Pictures[note 2]
- Screen Gems
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Sony Pictures Releasing International
- Sony Pictures Releasing de México[note 3]
- Sony Pictures Releasing International
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
- Destination Films
- Stage 6 Films
- Affirm Films
- Affirm Television
- Great American Pure Flix streaming (joint-venture with Great American Media)
- Affirm Television
- TriStar Pictures
- Crunchyroll, LLC (joint-venture with Aniplex)
- Crunchyroll
- Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
- Crunchyroll Store Australia
- Crunchyroll EMEA
- Crunchyroll SAS
- Crunchyroll SA
- Crunchyroll GmbH
- Crunchyroll Games
- Crunchyroll Manga
- Crunchyroll Store
- Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Game Shows' Game Show Network, LLC)
- Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Aniplex)
- CPT Holdings, Inc.
- Embassy Row
- Sony Pictures Television Formats
- Sony Pictures Television Game Shows
- Sony Pictures Television Kids
- Sony Pictures Television Music Development
- Sony Pictures Television Studios
Sony Pictures Television International Production
[edit]- Bad Wolf
- Bad Wolf America
- Wolf Studios Wales
- Bad Wolf America
- Blueprint Television (joint venture with Blueprint Pictures)
- Curio Pictures
- Eleven
- Eleventh Hour Films
- Fable Pictures
- Floresta Productions
- Hot Sauce Pictures
- Left Bank Pictures
- Satisfaction Group (20%)
- Satisfaction – The Television Agency
- Satisfy
- Starling
- AH! Production
- Enibas Productions
- Elimac Productions
- La Grosse Equipe
- Alef One
- Satisfaction Iberia
- Stellify Media
- Stolen Picture
- Teleset
- Teleset Mexico
- 19 Entertainment
- 32 Flavors
- B17 Entertainment
- Brass Monkeys Media
- Maxine Productions
- Rebel Minds Media
- Sharp Entertainment
- This Machine Filmworks
- Game Show Network, LLC
- Game Show Network (Cable channel)
- Game Show Central (FAST channel)
- Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan-owned Aniplex's Crunchyroll, LLC)
- Game Show Central (FAST channel)
- Game Show Network (Cable channel)
- CPE US Networks
- Great Entertainment Television (Digital multicast network)
- Sony Movie Channel (Cable channel)
- Sony Cine (Spanish-language cable channel)
International
[edit]- Sony Pictures Networks India
- Sony Entertainment Television
- Sony Ten
- Sony Max
- Sony Max 2
- Sony SAB
- SonyLIV streaming
- 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 Entertainment Television
Sony Pictures Networks Productions
[edit]- AXN
- AXN Black
- AXN Movies
- AXN Mystery
- AXN Now
- AXN Spin
- AXN White
- Sony AXN
- Lifetime Latin America (joint venture with A+E Networks Latin America, distributed by Ole Distribution)
Entertainment, technology & services
[edit]- Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation
- Sony Network Communications Inc.
- Sony PCL Inc.
- FeliCa Networks Inc. (joint venture with NTT Docomo and JR East)
- Sony Marketing Inc.
- Sony Eletronics Inc.
- Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
- Sony Digital Network Applications Inc.
- Tamron (14.8%)
Imaging & sensing solutions
[edit]- Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing
- Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (joint venture with TSMC and Denso)
- Sony Depthsensing Solutions (formerly SoftKinetic)
- Sony Advanced Visual Sensing
Foundations and schools
[edit]- 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
[edit]This is a selected list of major subsidiaries and affiliates of Sony Group Corporation.
Japan
[edit]- Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
- Aniplex Inc.
- Sony Music Labels Inc.
- Sony Music Solutions Inc.
- Sony Music Artists Inc.
- Sony Creative Products Inc.
- Sony Corporation
- Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation
- Sony Network Communications Inc.
- Sony PCL Inc.
- Sony Marketing Inc.
- Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
- Sony Digital Network Applications Inc.
- Playstation Studios
- Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
- Sony Global Solutions Inc.
- Sony Global Education, Inc.
- P5, Inc.
- FeliCa Networks, Inc. (51%; joint venture with NTT Docomo and JR East)
- AII Inc. (60.9%)
- Frontage Inc. (60%)
- SRE Holdings (formerly Sony Real Estate Corporation) (23.1%)
- Aerosense Inc. (joint venture with ZMP Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation)[2]
- M3, Inc. (34.5%)
- Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (51%; joint venture with Olympus)[3]
- Sony Enterprise Co., Ltd.
- Sony People Solutions Inc.
- Sony Research Inc.
- Sony Honda Mobility (50%; joint venture with Honda)
United States of America
[edit]- Sony Corporation of America
- Sony Music Group
- Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
- Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
- Sony Pictures Televison
- Crunchyroll, LLC
- Sony Eletronics
- Sony Biotechnology Inc.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Playstation Studios
- Insomniac Games
- Sucker Punch Productions
- Bend Studio
- Naughty Dog
- Santa Monica Studio
- San Diego Studio
- teamLFG
- Valkyrie Entertainment
- Bungie
- Playstation Productions
- Playstation Studios
Europe
[edit]- Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
- Sony Europe Limited
- Hawk-Eye Innovations Limited
- Pulse Innovations Limited
- Statsports Group Limited (Majority stake)
- Sony Network Communications Europe B.V.
- Playstation Studios
- Sony AI
Other
[edit]Other investments
[edit]Japan
[edit]- Bandai Namco Holdings (2.5%)[4]
- Kadokawa Corporation (10.11%)[5][6]
- From Software (14.09%)[7]
- MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%)
- VAIO Corporation (5%)
- Tamron (14.8%)
- Sony Financial Group Inc. (16.4%)
- SRE Holdings (23.1%)
- M3 Inc. (34.5%)
United States
[edit]- Devolver Digital (5%)[8]
- Epic Games (4.9%)[9][10]
- Mangamo[11]
- Discord[12]
- AccelByte[13]
Mainland China
[edit]- Bilibili, Inc. (4.98%)
Europe
[edit]Former holdings and subsidiaries
[edit]Sold or spun off
[edit]- AK Holdings – sold to Nojima
- Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (joint venture with Bandai Namco, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems)
- Kids Station
- Avex Group[16]
- Chart Show TV – sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Hits)
- Chart Show Hits – sold to TRACE Group
- Crackle – sold to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
- FEARnet HD (joint venture with Comcast and Lionsgate) – sold to Comcast and folded into Syfy and Chiller
- Film1 – sold to SPI International
- Gracenote – sold to Tribune Media (later sold to Nielsen)
- Lean-M – sold to JVM Holdings
- Loews Cineplex Entertainment – sold to Onex Corporation in 2002; theatres now owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and AMC Theatres in the United States
- Movielink (joint venture with Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros.) – sold to Blockbuster LLC
- The Orchard Film Group – divested and became 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 France – sold to Satisfaction Group
- Sony Pictures Television Germany – sold to Banijay and became Noisy Pictures
- Sony Pictures Television's Southeast Asian channels – sold to KC Global Media[17]
- Sony Pictures Television's UK channels – sold to Narrative Capital[18]
- 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
- Vampire Squid Productions (IP holder of Octonauts) – 49% sold to Wanda Studios[19]
- Viasat 3 – sold to ANT1 Group
- Viasat 6 – sold to ANT1 Group
- Sunbow Entertainment – sold to TV-Loonland AG
- Starz TV – sold to TRACE Group
- The Vault – sold to TRACE Group
- Shine Group – stake sold back to the company
- Syco Entertainment (excluding Syco Music)[20] – stake sold back to Simon Cowell
- Tuvalu Media – stake sold back to the company
Defunct
[edit]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 Energy Devices Inc. (Liquidated)
Sony Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, merged the following company in April 2021.[21]
- Sony Business Solutions Corporation
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Sony LSI Design Inc. – Merged into Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation in April 2022.[22]
- Altair Semiconductor (formerly Sony Semiconductor Israel) – spun off
Sony Corporation of America
- Sony Entertainment – shut down in 2019
Sony Interactive Entertainment
- 989 Studios
- Bigbig Studios
- Bluepoint Games
- Cinemersive Labs – Integrated into SIE
- Dark Outlaw Games
- Evolution Studios
- Fabrik Games
- Firewalk Studios
- Gaikai – Integrated into SIE
- Guerrilla Cambridge
- Incognito Entertainment
- iSize – Integrated into SIE
- Japan Studio
- Polys Entertainment – spun off into Polyphony Digital
- Team Asobi – spun off into a separate studio
- Team Ico
- Team Gravity
- London Studio
- Manchester Studio
- Neon Koi
- Pixelopus
- Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool
- Repeat.gg
- SN Systems – Integrated into SIE
- Sony Imagesoft
- Team Soho
- Zipper Interactive
Sony Pictures Entertainment
- 2waytraffic – became Sony Pictures Television International Formats
- 2waytraffic Mobile
- 2waytraffic International
- Hooq
- 3D NetCo LLC (3net, joint venture with Discovery Communications and IMAX)
- Adelaide Productions
- Animax Europe
- Crunchyroll Manga
- Crunchyroll Studios
- Anime Digital Network
- Anime on Demand
- Kazé
- AnimeLab
- Right Stuf – folded into Crunchyroll Store
- Nozomi Entertainment – folded into Crunchyroll, LLC
- 5 Points Pictures
- Critical Mass Video
- Lucky Penny Entertainment
- Wakanim
- Ellation – folded into Crunchyroll, LLC
- VRV – folded into Crunchyroll
- Funimation streaming – folded into Crunchyroll
- Funimation Channel – became Toku
- Funimation Films
- Bliss
- Culver Entertainment
- CSC Media Group – folded into Sony Pictures Television
- Electric Ray – folded into Sony Pictures Television
- First Independent Films – folded into Columbia TriStar Home Video
- Genius Products – folded into Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Flava
- Gemstone Studios – folded into Sony Pictures Television's drama department[23]
- Huaso (joint venture with Hua Long Film Digital Production)
- Human Media
- The Intellectual Property Corporation
- Movies4Men 2
- Palladium Fiction
- Pop Girl
- Scarlet Media
- Scuzz
- Silver River Productions
- Sony Channel Southeast Asia
- Sony Crime Channel
- Sony Le Plex HD
- Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
- Sony Pictures Mobile
- Sony Rox HD
- Stolen Picture
- True Crime
- True Drama
- True Movies 2
- TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (joint venture with CBS Studios International and NBCUniversal)
- Victory Television
- TriStar Television – folded into Sony Pictures Television
- Columbia TriStar Television – rebranded as Sony Pictures Television
- Sony Pictures Networks India
Sony Music Group
- 550 Music
- Abril Music – bought from Editora Abril in 2003 by BMG and absorbed by Ariola Records
- Battery Records (hip hop)
- Bertelsmann Music Group
- Beyond Music (1998–2001)
- Bluebird Records
- BMG Heritage Records
- BMG Interactive
- 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
- Vinyl Solution
- Windswept Pacific Music – catalog acquired by EMI Music Publishing
- Work Group
- Telstar Records
- Zomba Group of Companies
- Warner Music Entertainment – folded into Sony Music Entertainment in 2013.
- Warner Music Vision
- Warner Vision International
- Warner Vision Australia
- WarnerVision Entertainment – folded into Bertelsmann Music Group in 2002.
- KidVision – folded into BMG Video in 2004.
- A*Vision Entertainment
- NightVision
- BodyVision
Sony Music Entertainment Japan
- Quatro A Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
- Rialto Entertainment Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
- ForwardWorks – absorbed into Aniplex
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "English". エアロセンス株式会社 (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ "Establishment of Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc". Sony Global - Sony Global Headquarters. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (24 July 2025). "Sony Takes Strategic Stake in Bandai Namco With $464 Million Deal". Variety.
- ↑ "Stakes in Kadokawa" (PDF). 19 December 2024.
- ↑ "KADOKAWA and Sony Agree to Form Strategic Capital and Business Alliance". 19 December 2024.
- ↑ "Sony Stake in Fromsoftware". 31 August 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ↑ "PlayStation has reportedly made a 5% investment in Devolver Digital". 4 November 2021.
- ↑ "Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games". VentureBeat. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ "Sony Stake in Epic Games". 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ↑ "Sony invests in new manga service Mangamo as it expands to Android". Gamesradar. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ↑ "Sony Stake in Discord". 3 May 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ↑ "Sony back $60M round for gaming infrastructure software startup AccelByte". 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Ingham, Tim (23 February 2020). "Who Really Owns Spotify?". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group ... own ... (Sony around 2.35 percent and Universal around 3.5)
- ↑ "Sony Stake in Raspberry Pi". 12 April 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ↑ "Billboard". Billboard. 110 (9): 85. 28 February 1998. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (17 March 2026). "'Octonauts': Wanda Buys Out Sony's $49M Stake In Hit Kids Franchise & Hunts Platform Deals For Seasons 7 & 8". Deadline Hollywood.
- ↑ White, Peter (15 July 2020). "Simon Cowell To Take Full Control Of 'Got Talent' Producer Syco Entertainment, Buys Out Sony Music's Stake". Deadline. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
Sony Music will retain the JV's music assets, including its roster of current artists and back catalog.
- ↑ "ソニービジネスソリューション(株)とソニーマーケティング(株)を経営統合". ソニー製品情報 (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ "Announcement of Decision Regarding the Business Integration of Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation and Sony LSI Design Inc.~To Further Strengthen Business Through Integrated Operation of Semiconductor Design and Design Operations~|News Releases|Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group". Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (3 November 2022). "Sony TV Shakeup: Glenn Adilman, Scott Landsman, Karen Tatevosian & Jennifer Solari Among 7 Executives Exiting, Gemstone Folding – Update". Deadline Hollywood.