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1 Corporate Structure

Headquartered in Culver City, California, SPE is comprised of various studios and entertainment brands including Columbia Pictures and GSN.

1.1 List of holdings

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE): Reported group sales in 2003 of $6.7 billion dollars.
  • Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group : With a library of more than 4,000 films (including 12 Academy Award for Best Picture 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 facilites in the United States, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico, the United Kingdom, BrazilThis article is about Brazil, the country. For other article subjects named Brazil see Brazil (disambiguation). The Federative Republic of Brazil Republica Federativa do Brasil in Portuguese) is the largest and most populous country in South America. and Japan. In addition to the below company-owned brands, Columbia Tristar also has a contract to distribute films for independent Revolution StudiosRevolution Studios was founded in 2000 by Joe Roth, a former chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Twentieth Century Fox. Revolution is a strategic partner of Sony Pictures, which distributes and markets Revolution's films. Revolution is a privately-held co.
    • Columbia Pictures: Founded in 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu by Harry CohnHarry Cohn ( July 23, 1891 February 27, 1958) was the founder of Columbia Pictures. Cohn, Harry Cohn, Harry Cohn, Harry., Sony acquired the studio in 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra from The Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company is an international beverage and food manufacturer whose headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America. It is best known for its flagship product, Coca-Cola. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symb for $4.3 billion.
      • TriStar
    • Sony Pictures ClassicsSony Pictures Classics is the specialty films division of Sony Pictures. Founded in 1992, Sony Pictures Classics produces, acquires and distributes independent films from America and around the world. Some recent releases include: The Fog of War Monsieur (SPC): Specializes in acquiring distribution rights to independent and art films as well as producing lower-budget productions geared to limited audiences.
    • Screen Gems: Originally Columbia's animation division and later a popular television production company best known for TV's Bewitched and The Partridge Family, 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, horror, black cinema and franchise film s.
    • Triumph Films: The label Sony uses for its low-budget or direct to video films.
  • MGM: Sony acquired the legendary Hollywood studio in September 2004.
  • Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment : Manufactures and distributes the Sony film library in DVD and video cassette forms to global markets.
  • Sony Pictures Television Group: The successor-in-interest to Columbia's television division (first Screen Gems, later Columbia Pictures Television, Coca-Cola Television, and Columbia/Tri-Star Television), 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 library (including The Graduate and The Lion in Winter), this is the television studio behind such popular series as Seinfeld, King of Queens, Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless.
    • Sony Pictures Television International
  • Sony Pictures Consumer Products
  • Sony Pictures Digital
    • Sony Pictures Imageworks
    • Sony Pictures Animation
    • Sony Online Entertainment
    • Sony Pictures Digital Networks
      • SPiN
      • SoapCity
      • Screenblast
      • Advanced Platform Group APG
      • The Wireless Services Group
  • Sony Pictures Studios : 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: (joint venture with Liberty Media)
  • Movielink : (joint venture with MGM, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, and Warner Bros.)