Sony Pictures Entertainment

Contents

1987–1989	1989-1991	1991–1993; 2021–present (website)	1991–present	1999–2002

Sony Pictures Entertainment was founded on December 21, 1987 as Columbia Pictures Entertainment when The Coca-Cola Company spun off Columbia Pictures, and merged it with Tri-Star Pictures. After a brief period of independence with Coca-Cola maintaining a financial interest, the combined studio was eventually acquired by the Japanese company, Sony on November 8, 1989, and renamed Sony Pictures Entertainment on August 7, 1991.

Columbia Pictures Entertainment

1987–1989

1989-1991

Sony Pictures Entertainment

1991–1993; 2021–present (website)

1991–present

SPE!

1999–2002

◄	Columbia Pictures TriStar Pictures

Sony Pictures Entertainment

External links

Sony Pictures

V • T • E

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Wonder

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions:
Destination Films | Affirm Films | Stage 6 Films

Sony Channel: Latin America

Sony Movies: Latin America | United States (Sony Cine)

Other US Networks: GetTV

V • T • E

Sony Pictures Networks India

Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment

pending merger with Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Indian TV channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV ^HD, Sony Sab ^HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max ^HD (Other), Sony Max 2 (classic movies) and Sony Wah | Kids: Sony Yay
English: Movies: Sony Pix ^HD | Knowledge: Sony BBC Earth ^{HD, 1}
Regional languages: Bengali: Sony Aath | Marathi: Sony Marathi

Sony Pictures Sports Network: Sony Six ^HD | Sony Ten 1 ^HD, Sony Ten 2 ^HD, Sony Ten 3 ^HD (Hindi), Sony Ten 4 ^HD (Tamil and Telugu)

International channels: SET (Asia)

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

Defunct channels:
English entertainment: AXN ^HD | Hindi music: Sony Rox HD and Sony Mix | English movies: Sony Le Plex HD | Kids: Animax (India) | Sports: Sony Ten Golf HD | Sony ESPN ^{HD, 2} (sports)

Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BBC Studios.
²Was a joint venture with ESPN.

Other channels: Animax | Game Show Network⁴ | Lifetime (Latin America)⁵ | FMN (Indonesia)⁶

Theme Parks: Columbia Pictures Aquaverse

¹Co-owned with Aniplex.
²Being merged into Crunchyroll.
³Made in partnership with Skybound.
⁴Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
⁵Joint venture with A+E Networks.
⁶Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁷Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁸Transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2001 and renamed to Aniplex in 2003.
⁹Joint venture with Gaumont.
¹⁰Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery
¹¹Under license from Warner Bros. Discovery.
¹²Sold to Duo Media Networks (Postimees Grupp).
¹³Joint venture with ESPN.
¹⁴Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Singtel.
¹⁵Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹⁶Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹⁷Sold to SPI International.
¹⁸Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁹Sold to Antenna Group.
²⁰Under license from Viasat.

V • T • E

Sony

Electronics/Technologies

Entertainment

V • T • E

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Part of Sony

V • T • E

PlayStation

Part of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Consoles
PlayStation | PlayStation 2 | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation 5

Accessories
DualShock | Move | Wonderbook | VR | VR2

Magazines
PlayStation Official Magazine - UK

Other
Sony Entertainment Network | Productions | Classic | State of Play | Studios

Predecessor
Super Disc

Other
Bungie¹ | Evo (50%)² | SN Systems

Franchises

V • T • E

Ape Escape

Main Games

Ape Escape | Ape Escape 2 | Ape Escape 3

Spin-offs
Pipo Saru 2001 | Saru! Get You! Million Monkeys | Racing | Saru! Get You! SaruSaru Big Mission | Ape Quest

Party games
Pumped & Primed | EyeToy: Monkey Mania | Academy | Academy 2 | PlayStation Move

Appearances
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

V • T • E Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo \| 2 \| 3: A-Spec \| Concept \| 4 \| PSP \| 5 \| 6 \| Sport \| 7

V • T • E

Jak and Daxter

Main Games

The Precursor Legacy | Jak II | Jak 3 | The Lost Frontier

Other Games
Jak X: Combat Racing | Daxter | Collection

V • T • E

Ratchet & Clank

Main Games

Reimagining
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

Spin-offs
Size Matters | Secret Agent Clank | All 4 One | Collection | Full Frontal Assault

Mobile Games
Going Mobile | Clone Home | Before the Nexus

Films
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

V • T • E

Sly Cooper

Main Games

The Thievius Raccoonus | Band of Thieves | Honor Among Thieves | Thieves in Time

Other Games
The Sly Collection | Bentley's Hackpack

V • T • E

Uncharted

Main Games

Drake's Fortune | Among Thieves | Drake's Deception | A Thief's End

Other Games
Golden Abyss | Fight for Fortune | The Nathan Drake Collection | The Lost Legacy

Other Media
Eye of Indra | The Fourth Labyrinth

Live Action:
Uncharted

V • T • E

WipEout

Games

AG Racing League

V • T • E

God of War

Main Games

Other Games
Betrayal | Collection | Origins Collection

V • T • E

Resistance

Main games

Resistance: Fall of Man | Resistance 2 | Resistance 3

Other games
Resistance: Retribution | Resistance: Burning Skies

V • T • E

Killzone

A Guerrilla Games franchise

Main Games
Killzone | Killzone 2 | Killzone 3 | Killzone: Shadow Fall

Other Games
Killzone: Liberation | Killzone: Mercenary

¹ A Sony/PlayStation-owned subsidiary not under PlayStation Studios
² Joint venture with Endeavor's esports venture RTS
³ Defunct joint venture with Bandai Namco Holdings
⁴ Staff moved to Codemasters Cheshire

V • T • E

Sony Music Entertainment

Part of Sony

Flagship labels
Columbia Records | RCA Records | Epic Records | Arista Records

Notes
¹ Co-owned with Sony Pictures Television Studios.
² Co-owned with Shueisha and Wit Studio.
³ Co-owned with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%).
⁴ Now a label of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.