List of assets owned by Sony

This is a list of assets owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

Subsidiaries and affiliates by business segment

Electronics

• Sony Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group

• Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (joint venture with TSMC and Denso)
• Sony Semiconductor Israel (formerly Altair Semiconductor)
• Sony Depthsensing Solutions (formerly SoftKinetic)
• Sony Advanced Visual Sensing

Sony Interactive Entertainment / PlayStation

• Audeze
• Audiokinetic
• Bungie
• PlayStation Productions
• PlayStation Studios
• Creative Arts
• Visual Arts
• Music
• Sound
• Creative
• 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
• PlayStation Mobile
• PlayStation Publishing
• Repeat.gg

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

• Sony Pictures Studios
• Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
• Worldwide Product Fulfillment
• Madison Gate Records
• Sony Pictures Consumer Products
• Pixomondo
• Sony Pictures Experiences
• Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
• Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc. (66.7%)
• Madhouse (5%)
• Sony Pictures Europe
• Sony Pictures Interactive
• Sony Pictures Digital
• Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc.

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

• Columbia Pictures
• Ghost Corps
• Sony Pictures Animation
• 3000 Pictures
• Screen Gems
• Sony Pictures Classics
• Sony Pictures Releasing
• Sony Pictures Releasing International
• Sony Pictures Releasing de México
• Sony Pictures Imageworks

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

• Sony Pictures Kids Zone
• Kartoon Studios (7%)
• Genius Brands Music
• Kartoon Channel
• Baby Genius
• Stan Lee Universe
• A Squared Entertainment LLC
• Stan Lee Comics LLC (60%)
• Wow Unlimited Media
• Mainframe Studios
• Frederator Networks
• Frederator Studios
• Frederator Films
• Channel Frederator Network
• StashRiot (Note: This channel is unknown, but that channel rarely contains bizarre content.)
• Vidma Animation Broadcasting Cooperation
• Frederator Flux
• The Leaderboard Network
• Cinematica
• MicDrop (Known for songs.)
• Atomo Network (Joint venture with Ánima.)
• Frederator Books
• Thirty Labs
• Ezrin Hirsh Entertainment (EHE)
• Big Picture Productions (Credited in Jelly Jamm.)
• Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (joint venture with Universal 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.)
• TriStar Pictures
• TriStar Productions

Crunchyroll, LLC

• Crunchyroll
• Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
• Crunchyroll Store Australia
• Crunchyroll EMEA
• Crunchyroll SAS
• Crunchyroll SA
• Crunchyroll GmbH
• Crunchyroll Games
• Crunchyroll Store
• Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Networks' Game Show Network, LLC)
• Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Aniplex)

Sony Pictures Television

• CPT Holdings, Inc.
• Embassy Row
• Sony Pictures Television Studios
• Sony Pictures Television Formats
• Sony Pictures Television Game Shows
• Califon Productions, Inc. (subsequently pronounced Call-It-Phone, real name credited in Wheel of Fortune.)
• Jeopardy Productions, Inc. (Credited in Jeopardy!)
• Sony Pictures Television Kids

Sony Pictures Television International Production

• Bad Wolf
• Bad Wolf America
• Wolf Studios Wales
• Blueprint Television (joint venture with Blueprint Pictures. Not to be confused with Blueprint Entertainment.)
• 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
• The Whisper Group
• Chapter 3 Graphics
• East Media
• Whisper Cymru
• Whisper North
• Whisper West

Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction

• 19 Entertainment
• 19 Recordings
• B17 Entertainment
• Brass Monkeys Media
• The Intellectual Property Corporation
• Maxine Productions
• Rebel Minds Media
• Sharp Entertainment
• This Machine Filmworks

Sony Pictures Television Networks

• 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)
• CPE US Networks
• Get (Digital multicast network)
• Sony Movie Channel (Cable channel)
• Sony Cine (Spanish-language cable channel)

International

• Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited
• 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 Pictures Networks Productions

• 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)
• Sony Channel

Sony Music Group

• Sony Music Publishing
• 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
• Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• Columbia Records
• Startime International
• Epic Records
• Freebandz
• Arista Records
• Bad Boy Records
• So So Def Recordings
• Kemosabe Records
• Legacy Recordings
• The Orchard
• Blind Pig Records
• Frenchkiss Records
• RED Music
• Shrapnel Records
• 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
• Bluebird Records
• Masterworks Broadway
• Milan Records
• Odyssey Records
• Okeh Records
• Playbill Records
• Portrait Records
• RCA Red Seal Records
• Sony Classical Records
• Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
• 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
• Ariola
• 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
• Essential Records
• Flicker Records
• Provident Films
• Reunion Records
• Beach Street Records
• Sony Music Philippines
• Sony Music Entertainment Poland
• Sony Music Taiwan
• Sony Music Thailand
• Bakery Music
• Sony BEC-TERO Music
• 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

Sony Music Entertainment Japan

• Aniplex
• A-1 Pictures Inc.
• Aniplex of America Inc.
• Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. (51%)
• Boundary Inc.
• CloverWorks Inc.
• Crunchyroll, LLC (joint venture with Sony Pictures)
• Crunchyroll
• Egg Firm
• Hayate Inc. (joint venture with Crunchyroll, LLC)
• Palworld Entertainment
• Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH)
• Myriagon Studio
• Lasengle
• Ariola Japan
• Echoes
• Epic Records Japan
• Kioon Music
• Fitz Beat
• Haunted Records
• Ki/oon Records2
• NeOSITE
• Siren Song
• Trefort
• M-On Entertainment, Inc.
• Music On! TV
• mora
• Sacra Music
• Peanuts Worldwide (80%; with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%))
• 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
• Jisedai Inc.
• MusicRay'n Inc.
• room NB Inc.
• Zepp Hall Network Inc.

Sony Honda Mobility

• Afeela (50%)

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.
• Sony Energy Devices Corporation
• Sony Network Communications Inc.
• Sony Biz Networks Corporation
• (formerly So-net Media Networks Co., Ltd.) (58.7%)
• MotionPortrait, 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%)
• (formerly Sony Real Estate Corporation) (36.9%)
• (joint venture with ZMP Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation)
• (34%)
• (51%; joint venture with Olympus)
• Sony Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Ginza Sony Park
• Sony People Solutions Inc.
• (50%; joint venture with Honda)

Canada

• Sony Canada

United States

• Sony Corporation of America
• Sony Entertainment Inc.
• Sony Music Group
• Sony Pictures 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 Entertainment de México S.A. de C.V.

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)
• 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)
• Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)

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
• Culver Max Entertainment

Southeast Asia and Oceania

• PT Sony Indonesia
• Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia
• Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
• Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia
• Sony Technology (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
• Sony Philippines, Inc.
• Sony Music Entertainment Philippines
• 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)

Non-affiliate holdings

Japan

• Bandai Namco Holdings (2.5%)
• Kadokawa Corporation (10.11%)
• From Software (14.09%)
• MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%)
• VAIO Corporation (5%)
• Tamron (14.8%)

United States

• Devolver Digital (5%)
• Epic Games (4.9%)
• Mangamo
• Discord
• AccelByte

Mainland China

• Bilibili, Inc. (4.98%)

Europe

• Spotify Technology S.A. (2.35%)
• Raspberry Pi

Former holdings and subsidiaries

Sold or spun off

• 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
• 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
• Animax
• AXN
• Gem
• One
• Sony Pictures Television's UK channels – sold to Narrative Capital
• 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
• 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) – stake sold back to Simon Cowell
• Tuvalu Media – stake sold back to the company
• Sony Financial Group

Defunct

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 Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, merged the following company in April 2021.

• Sony Business Solutions Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

• Sony LSI Design Inc. – Merged into in April 2022.

Sony Interactive Entertainment

• 989 Studios
• Bigbig Studios
• Bluepoint Games
• Dark Outlaw Games
• Evolution Studios
• Fabrik Games
• Firewalk Studios
• Gaikai – Merged into SIE
• Guerrilla Cambridge
• Incognito Entertainment
• iSize – Merged 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
• SN Systems – Merged 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
• Animax Germany
• 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
• Bolder Media
• 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
• Huaso (joint venture with Hua Long Film Digital Production)
• Human Media
• 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)
• TV1
• SF
• Victory Television
• TriStar Television – folded into Sony Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Television – rebranded as Sony Pictures Television
• Sony Pictures Networks India
• AXN
• Sony Le Plex
• Sony ROX
• Sony Mix
• Sony ESPN

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
• Buddah Records
• 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
• Zomba Group of Companies
• Benson Records
• Capricorn Records
• Internal Affairs
• Battery Records (dance)
• Jive Electro
• Mojo Records
• Scotti Brothers Records
• Silvertone Records
• Sub•Lime Records
• Zoo Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment Japan

• Quatro A Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
• Rialto Entertainment Inc. – absorbed into Aniplex
• ForwardWorks – absorbed into Aniplex

See also

• List of libraries owned by Sony
• List of acquisitions by Sony

Notes

References

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