List of libraries owned by Sony

Last updated February 15, 2025

This is a list of content libraries and catalogs owned by Sony.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Content libraries

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Delphi Productions library
Rastar library
- Rastar Features library
- Rastar Films library
- Rastar Pictures library
Madison Gate Records discography
Home entertainment and television rights to the FilmDistrict film library (under license from Content Partners LLC)
Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan
Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
- Columbia Pictures film library (excluding films owned by third-party companies or fallen in the public domain)
  - Ghost Corps film library
  - Weintraub Entertainment Group library
- 3000 Pictures film library
- Matt Tolmach Productions film library (excluding Dark Harvest , owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Screen Gems film library
  - Screen Gems cartoon library (excluding cartoons in the public domain)
  - Screen Gems television library (excluding the pre-1969 Hanna-Barbera library, owned by Warner Bros.)
- Sony Pictures Animation library
- Sony Pictures Classics library (excluding the 1990s Castle Rock Entertainment films, owned by Warner Bros.)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  - Sony Pictures Kids Zone library
  - Kartoon Studios (7% stake)
    - Genius Brands Music discography
    - Kartoon Channel programming library
    - Baby Genius library
    - Stan Lee Universe library
    - A Squared Entertainment LLC library
    - Stan Lee Comics LLC library (60%)
    - Wow Unlimited Media library
      - Mainframe Studios library
      - Frederator Networks
        Frederator Studios library
        Frederator Films
        Channel Frederator Network programming library
        StashRiot library
        Cartoon Hangover library
        Frederator Flux
        The Leaderboard Network programming library
        Cinematica programming library
        MicDrop programming library
        Atomo Network programming library (joint venture with Ánima)
        Frederator Books library
        Thirty Labs library
      - Ezrin Hirsh Entertainment library
  - Big Picture Productions library
- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
  - Destination Films library
  - Stage 6 Films library
  - Triumph Films library (excluding the Epic Productions and Vision PDG libraries, owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).
  - Affirm Films library
    - Affirm Television library
    - Great American Pure Flix library (shared ownership with Great American Media)
- TriStar Pictures film library (excluding the Carolco Pictures library, owned by StudioCanal, and films owned by third-party companies)
  - TriStar Productions library
- Crunchyroll, LLC library (shared ownership with Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex)^[5]^[6]
  - Crunchyroll UK and Ireland library
  - Crunchyroll Store Australia library
  - Crunchyroll EMEA library
    - Crunchyroll SAS library
    - Crunchyroll SA library
    - Crunchyroll GmbH library
  - Crunchyroll Studios library
  - Crunchyroll Games library
  - Funimation library
  - Crunchyroll library
  - Crunchyroll Store library
    - Right Stuf library
    - Nozomi Entertainment library
    - 5 Points Pictures library
    - Lucky Penny Entertainment library
    - RightStufAnime.com library
      - Mobile Suit Gundam library (in conjunction with Sunrise, Inc.)
      - Select Eleven Arts library (in conjunction with Eleven Arts) (other titles released by Shout! Factory)
      - Ponycan USA library (in conjunction with Pony Canyon)
      - Aniplex of America library (in conjunction with Aniplex of America)

Television

Sony Pictures Television
- Adelaide Productions library
- Gemstone Studios library
- TriStar Television library
- TOY Productions library
- Tandem Productions library
- ELP Communications library
  - Worldwide television distribution rights to the Embassy Pictures catalogue
- Coca-Cola Telecommunications library (except for the 80s syndicated The Price is Right and Card Sharks by Mark Goodson Productions, which are owned by Fremantle North America)
  - Colex Enterprises library
- Spelling-Goldberg Productions library (majority)
- 2waytraffic library
  - 2waytraffic International library
- Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction library
  - 19 Entertainment library
  - Sharp Entertainment library
  - B17 Entertainment library
  - The Intellectual Property Corporation library
  - Trilogy Films library
  - This Machine Filmworks library
  - Maxine Entertainment library
- Bad Wolf library (excluding third-party television series)
- Barry & Enright Productions library (post-1971 only)
- Blueprint Television library
- Barris Industries library
- Culver Entertainment library
- Electric Ray library
- Eleventh Hour Films library
- Eleven library
- Embassy Row library
- Fable Pictures library
- Floresta (excluding third-parties, television series and films)
- Huaso library
- Human Media library
- Lean-M library
- Merv Griffin Enterprises library (except Dance Fever and The Merv Griffin Show , which are owned by Merv Griffin Entertainment)
- Left Bank Pictures library
- Palladium Fiction library
- Playmaker Media library
- Rastar Television library
  - Rastar Productions library
- Satisfy library (20%) (joint venture with Satisfaction Group)
- Sony Pictures Television Kids library
  - Chorion library
- Stellify Media library
- Stewart Television library (except the 70s The $25,000 Pyramid, which is owned by CBS)
- Stolen Picture library
- Teleset library
  - Teleset Mexico
- Toro Media library
- The Whisper Group library
Aniplex library
- A-1 Pictures library
- CloverWorks library
- Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. library (51%)
- Boundary Inc. library
- Myriagon Studio library
- Peppermint Anime GmbH library (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH)
- Quatro A Inc. library
- Rialto Entertainment Inc. library
Worldwide television distribution rights to the Revolution Studios and Morgan Creek Entertainment film library

Music

Sony Music Group
- Sony Music Publishing
  - 4 Star Records discography
  - APM Music
    - Sonoton discography
    - Bruton Music discography
    - Cezame Music discography
    - Hard and Kosinus discography
  - Bleeding Fingers Music discography
  - Challenge Records discography
  - EMI Music Publishing discography
  - EMI Production Music discography (excluding music in public domain)
  - Extreme Music discography
  - Hickory Records discography
  - KPM Music
  - Remote Control Productions discography
- Sony Music Entertainment
  - Columbia Records discography (excluding music in public domain)
    - Startime International discography
  - Epic Records discography
    - Alamo Records discography
    - Bad Boy Records discography
    - Freebandz discography
    - Ariola discography
    - Deutsche Harmonia Mundi discography
    - So So Def Recordings discography
    - Volcano Entertainment discography
  - Kemosabe Records discography
  - Legacy Recordings discography
    - Bell Records discography
    - BMG Heritage Records discography
    - Colpix Records/Colgems Records discography
    - J Records discography
    - Windham Hill Records discography
    - LaFace Records discography
    - Zomba Group of Companies discography
      - Battery Records discography
      - Jive Records discography
      - Jive Electro discography
      - Scotti Brothers Records discography
      - Zoo Entertainment discography
    - Buddah Records discography
    - Kama Sutra Records discography
    - Philadelphia International Records discography
    - Work Group discography
  - The Orchard discography
    - Blind Pig Records discography
    - Frenchkiss Records discography
    - RED Distribution discography
    - Shrapnel Records discography
    - TVT Records discography
  - RCA Records discography
    - RCA Inspiration discography
      - Fo Yo Soul discography
      - GospoCentric Records discography
        B'Rite Music discography
      - Quiet Water Entertainment discography
      - Verity Records discography
  - Arista Records discography
  - Ultra Music discography
  - Sony Masterworks
    - Masterworks Broadway discography
    - Milan Records discography
    - Okeh Records discography (excluding musics on public domain)
    - Portrait Records discography
    - Sony Classical Records discography
  - Sony Music Australia discography
  - Sony Music Brasil discography
    - Amigo Records discography
    - Phonomotor Records discography
    - Som Livre discography
    - Austro Music
    - SLAP
    - Soma
    - Diretoria Funk
    - Inbraza
    - Sigem
  - Sony Music Canada discography
    - Ratas Music Group discography
  - Sony Music China discography
  - Sony Music France discography
  - Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong discography
  - Sony Music Entertainment Poland discography
  - Sony Music India discography
  - Sony Music Indonesia discography
  - Sony Music Latin discography
  - Sony Music Mexico discography
  - Sony Music Nashville discography
    - Arista Nashville discography
    - Columbia Nashville discography
      - RCA Records Nashville discography
    - Provident Label Group discography
      - Essential Records discography
      - Flicker Records discography
      - Provident Films discography
      - Reunion Records discography
        Beach Street Records discography
  - Sony Music Philippines discography
  - Sony Music Taiwan discography
  - Sony Music Thailand discography
    - Bakery Music discography
    - Sony BEC-TERO Music discography
  - Sony Music UK discography
    - Above Board library
    - Black Butter Records discography (49%)
    - Columbia Records UK discography
    - Dream Life Records discography
    - Insanity Records discography (joint venture with Insanity Group)
    - Magic Star discography
    - Ministry of Sound discography
    - Music for Nations discography
    - RCA Label Group UK discography
    - Relentless Records discography
    - Since '93 discography
    - Sony Commercial Group discography
    - Sony Music Legacy UK discography
    - Sony Music Nashville UK discography
    - United Records discography
  - Sony Music Entertainment Japan
    - Aniplex Music discography
    - Ariola Japan discography
    - Epic Records Japan discography
    - Ki/oon Music discography
    - Peanuts Worldwide library (39%) (joint venture with WildBrain and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates)
      - Fitz Beat discography
      - Haunted Records discography
      - Ki/oon Records2 discography
      - NeOSITE discography
      - Siren Song discography
      - Trefort discography
    - M-On Entertainment, Inc. discography
      - Music On! TV programming
    - Sacra Music discography
    - Sony Creative Products Inc. discography
    - Sony DADC Japan Inc. discography
    - Sony Music Artists Inc. discography
    - Sony Music Communications Inc. discography
    - Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc. discography
    - Sony Music Labels Inc. discography
    - Sony Music Marketing Inc. discography
    - Sony Music Associated Records discography
    - Sony Music Publishing discography
    - Sony Music Records discography
      - gr8! Records discography
      - Mastersix Foundation discography
      - N46Div discography
      - Niagara Records discography
      - VVV Records discography

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Audiokinetic library
Bungie game library (excluding the Halo franchise, owned by Microsoft via Xbox Game Studios)
Gaikai library
PlayStation Productions library
PlayStation Studios
- Bluepoint Games game library
- China Hero Project game library
- Unties library
- Dimps game library (joint venture with Bandai Namco)
  - Safari Games library
- Firesprite game library
  - Fabrik Games library
- Firewalk Studios library
- ForwardWorks game library
- Guerrilla Games library
- Haven Studios game library
- Housemarque game library
- Insomniac Games library (with some exceptions)
  - Insomniac North Carolina library
- Media Molecule game library
- Naughty Dog game library (with some exceptions)
  - ICE Team game library
- Nixxes Software game library (with some exceptions)
- PlayStation Talents game library
- Polyphony Digital game library
- SCEE R&D game library
- Bend Studio game library (excluding games distributed by Accolade, owned by Atari SA)
- Team Asobi game library
- London Studio game library
- Malaysia Studio game library
- San Diego Studio game library
- San Mateo Studio game library
- Santa Monica Studio game library
- Savage Game Studios library
- Sucker Punch Productions game library
- Valkyrie Entertainment game library (with some exceptions)
- Visual Arts game library
- XDev game library (with some exceptions)
SN Systems library
Aniplex game library
- ANIPLEX.EXE library
- Lasengle game library

References

↑ "Sony Group Portal - Products & Services". www.sony.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
↑ "Sony Group Portal - Affiliated Companies". www.sony.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
↑ "INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
↑ "NONFICTION | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
↑ Spangler, Todd (2017-07-31). "Sony Pictures TV Networks to Acquire Funimation, Valuing Anime Distributor at $150 Million". Variety. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
↑ Spangler, Todd (2020-12-09). "AT&T to Sell Crunchyroll to Sony's Funimation for $1.175 Billion". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-10.

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[1] "Sony Group Portal - Products & Services". www.sony.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

[2] "Sony Group Portal - Affiliated Companies". www.sony.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

[3] "INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

[4] "NONFICTION | Sony Pictures Entertainment". www.sonypictures.com. Retrieved 2023-03-17.

[5] Spangler, Todd (2017-07-31). "Sony Pictures TV Networks to Acquire Funimation, Valuing Anime Distributor at $150 Million". Variety. Retrieved 2020-07-14.

[6] Spangler, Todd (2020-12-09). "AT&T to Sell Crunchyroll to Sony's Funimation for $1.175 Billion". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-10.

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