Sony Pictures Home Entertainment






















Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Inc.
Type
Division
IndustryHome entertainment distribution (DVD, Blu-ray, EST, VOD)
FoundedJune 1978; 40 years ago (June 1978)
Headquarters10202 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Keith LeGoy (President)
Parent
Sony Pictures Entertainment
(Sony Entertainment)
Subsidiaries
Sony Wonder
Genius Brands (equity stake)
WebsiteSPHE website

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (abbreviated as SPHE) is the home video distribution division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation.




Contents





  • 1 Background


  • 2 History

    • 2.1 Early history


    • 2.2 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


    • 2.3 Recent history



  • 3 Sub-labels

    • 3.1 International sub-labels



  • 4 Criticism


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links



Background


SPHE is responsible for the distribution of the Sony Pictures library for home entertainment, mainly releases from the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, and Screen Gems) as well as releases from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Triumph Films, Destination Films, Stage 6 Films and Affirm Films). SPHE also releases products from Revolution Studios. Since June 20, 2007, SPHE has handled distribution of children's content formerly handled by Sony BMG's Sony Wonder label.[1]


SPHE is also responsible for distribution of television shows from the Sony Pictures Television library, including those produced by Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures Television, TriStar Television, Tandem Productions, TOY Productions, ELP Communications (shows include from T.A.T. Communications to ELP Communications), Four D Productions, Columbia TriStar Television and Sony Pictures Television. On some occasions, the company has distributed television titles not owned by Sony, such as the Animorphs series from Scholastic Productions, and Rovio Entertainment's Angry Birds Toons, Angry Birds Stella and Piggy Tales.


Even though Sony Pictures Television acquired a 95% stake in Funimation back in 2017, SPHE will not distribute any anime films or television shows or live-action Japanese/Asian films licensed by Funimation until Funimation's current multi-year home video distribution service deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (which was formed two years prior[2]) expires.[3]


In Canada, Columbia TriStar Home Video helped distribute tapes from Astral Video in the 1990s. It also has an Australian deal with Hoyts.


History


Early history


Sony Pictures Homes Entertainment was established in June 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, and released 20 titles in November 1979.[4]


In March 1981, Columbia Pictures established a joint venture with RCA, RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video, to distribute tapes in overseas markets. The partnership expanded to North America as RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video the following year.[5] The venture distributed NBC titles, as it was a subsidiary of RCA at the time.


In March 1990, NBC filed a lawsuit against Columbia and its then-new parent company Sony under the perception that the latter two parties were violating their joint pact. Columbia purchased the foreign video rights to Orion Pictures titles a month earlier. NBC alleged that they were unaware of this transaction and had become convinced that Columbia was forming their own video unit in strict defiance of the joint venture, which was set to expire in 1992. Sony/Columbia denied NBC's claims.[6] As the lawsuit continued into 1991, General Electric, the parent of NBC and RCA, announced that it was divesting its interest in RCA/Columbia.[7] In August 1991, General Electric sold its 50% share of the company to Sony Corporation, and the litigation officially ended with Sony renaming the company as Columbia TriStar Home Video.[8] It was named Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment from April 2001 until a name change to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in November 2004.[9]


SPHE had a three-year deal with Starz's Anchor Bay Entertainment for worldwide DVD releases, with the exceptions of North America, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.[10]


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer


In 2005, when Sony and four partners acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from Kirk Kerkorian, SPHE held the domestic home entertainment rights to MGM's 4,000 film and 10,400 TV episode library, though the releases used the MGM DVD label. On May 31, 2006, MGM ended its distribution deal with SPHE and transferred most of its output to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.


In 2006, long time SPHE president Ben Feingold left the company and was replaced by MGM Home Entertainment executive Dave Bishop, who brought along numerous MGM employees to replace Sony staffers.[11]


In February 2011, Sony regained full distribution rights to MGM Home Entertainment library under a deal that pays SPHE 8% in distribution fees (industry norm is 10%).[12]


Recent history


On February 21, 2010, The Weinstein Company made a home video distribution deal with SPHE through Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.[13] On August 31, 2010, SPHE partnered with Image Entertainment in a multi-year agreement, marketing and distributing DVDs and Blu-rays by Image. Image retains its own sales and marketing.[14]


On April 23, 2012, Mill Creek announced that they had signed a home video distribution deal with SPHE, acquiring the rights to distribute 250 films from the Sony Pictures catalog on DVD and Blu-ray.[15] On August 27, 2013, Mill Creek Entertainment signed a deal with SPHE to distribute 665 SPE films and 54 television series on DVD.[16]


Anime News Network reported in February 2013 that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Australian joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment licensed anime television series from NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan for distribution in Australia, with its initial titles, A Certain Magical Index, Shakugan no Shana and Armitage III, scheduled for release on April 24, 2013.[17]


On December 18, 2013, SPHE president David Bishop, who had served since 2006, announced he would leave when his contract expired in March 2014.[18] It was announced that Man Jit Singh would replace Bishop.[19]


On July 22, 2015, SPHE and Transmission Films reached a multi-year distribution pact to release the Transmission Films library in Australia (through Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia Pty Limited) and in New Zealand.[20] On November 20, 2015, SPHE announced that it would release Ultra HD Blu-ray releases.[21]


On March 15, 2016, SPHE partnered with eOne to distribute films Momentum Pictures across the globe except for Canada on physical and digital home entertainment platforms.[22] In January 2017, SPHE expanded its distribution deal with Genius Brands to include all properties and acquired an equity stake in company.[23]


On February 6, 2018, Man Jit Singh stepped down as president of SPHE and was replaced by Keith LeGoy.[24]


Sub-labels


During this time, the company also has and had some sub-labels, including:



  • Magic Window - Children's titles (including He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and The Real Ghostbusters, as well as classic Columbia/UPA cartoons).


  • RCA-Columbia Pictures International Video - International films (some of these were released by CEL in Australia).


  • SVS-Triumph - Some low-profile Columbia, TriStar, New Line, CineTel Films and Epic Productions releases, and releases from Triumph Films (it was founded in 1979 as Sony Video Services and was renamed after the formation of Sony Pictures Entertainment, to be used briefly in-between the ending of the RCA joint venture and the formation of Columbia-TriStar).


  • Musicvision - A short-lived music video division of RCA/Columbia Pictures HV in the mid-1980s.


  • Columbia Classics - A label releasing classic films on DVD by Columbia Pictures; it was previously used for VHS and LaserDisc releases as well.


  • Screen Classics by Request- A service available on the web, where classic films are pressed and ordered directly from Sony, similar to Warner Bros.' "Warner Archive" brand. A similar service called "Choice Collection" also exists, but is pressed and ordered directly from Warner, via the systems used for the "Warner Archive" titles.[25]

  • Superbit

International sub-labels



  • Gaumont-Columbia-RCA Video - A French home video label that released films by Gaumont, Columbia Pictures, TriStar, and Triumph Films originally formed in 1982. It was later renamed as Gaumont/RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video in 1986 and Gaumont-Columbia TriStar Home Video in 1992.


  • RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video Pty. Ltd. - An Australian home video label that released films by Hoyts Distribution, Cannon Films, Columbia Pictures, TriStar and Triumph Films originally formed in 1984.

    • First Release Home Entertainment - A mixture of B-movies, Magic Window, music videos, TriStar, top TV shows, re-releases, Thames Video and some mainstream Hoyts/Columbia/Cannon/Triumph/other film releases in Australia and The Netherlands.


    • Video Box Office - a mixture of B-movies, HBO and some mainstream releases in Australia.



  • 20/20 Vision - A British rental home video label that released films by TriStar Pictures, Goldcrest Films International, New Line Cinema, Triumph Films and Columbia Pictures.


  • VideoServis - A Russian home video label with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment that released films by Columbia Pictures, Monumental Pictures, TriStar and Screen Gems, created in 1994.[26] After VideoServis sold Sony to CP Distribution (through Warner Home Video) in August 2014.


  • France Télévisions Home Entertainment - A french joint-venture with France Télévisions, made for distribute DVD releases from France TV channels shows and movies, since when was named Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony distributes France TV DVDs.


  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Distribution UK Ltd. - A British home video label that distributes Fox Pathé Home Entertainment (including MGM Home Entertainment releases) and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (including DreamWorks Home Entertainment and PolyGram Video releases).


  • Delta Pictures is an Italian Home video distributor

During the time that Consolidated Press Holdings, and later Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and West Australian Newspapers owned Hoyts, they re-established the Hoyts Distribution arm of the company. SPHE Australia releases Hoyts titles, including the recent box-office hit, Twilight. They also released the handful of films from the Nine Network's film arm, Nine Films and Television.


SPHE also handles the Australian DVD distribution of Lionsgate titles (via Hoyts), after that company was unsuccessful in purchasing Magna Pacific, and the subsequent collapse of the successful bidder, Destra Entertainment.


Criticism



  • Apple and iTunes offered a credit to consumers who purchased the season pass to season five of the Sony-produced AMC series Breaking Bad after Sony treated the show's final 16 episodes as one season for cast-and-crew contractual reasons, but as two seasons to consumers, resulting in high consumer costs.[27]

References




  1. ^ "Sony Home Ent. Takes Over Sony Wonder | Animation World Network". Awn.com. 2007-06-21. Retrieved 2015-07-29..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "Funimation and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Enter Into Multi-Year Distribution Agreement". PR Newswire. June 22, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2019.


  3. ^ http://www.onepiecepodcast.com/2017/07/31/sony-funimation-mean/#disqus_thread


  4. ^ [1] Archived August 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine


  5. ^ Billboard (30 October 1982, p. 4).


  6. ^ LIPPMAN, JOHN (1990-03-16). "NBC Sues Sony/Columbia in Video 'Plot'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-09-09.


  7. ^ Fabrikant, Geraldine (1991-05-30). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS - G.E. Sells Its 50% Stake In Video Unit". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  8. ^ Staff, From Times; Reports, Wire (1991-08-24). "Entertainment". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-09-09.


  9. ^ "Sony Pictures Renames Columbia TriStar". Billboard. 2004-11-19. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  10. ^ Kay, Jeremy (2008-04-03). "Sony to distribute Anchor Bay's library on DVD around the world | News | Screen". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  11. ^ Thu Sep 14, 2006 at 03:13 PM PDT (2006-09-14). "Sony Home Video Chief Feingold Exits; MGM Vet Steps In". High-Def Digest. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  12. ^ [2] Archived February 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


  13. ^ Fleming, Mike (2010-02-21). "Weinstein Company Seals Sony DVD Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  14. ^ "BusinessWire" Image Entertainment Partners with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Archived April 20, 2016, at the Wayback Machine businesswire.com, Retrieved on January 9, 2013


  15. ^ "Mill Creek Entertainment: News - Mill Creek Entertainment Signs Home Video Distribution Deal With Sony Pictures Home Entertainment". Millcreekent.com. 2012-04-23. Archived from the original on 2015-08-16. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  16. ^ "Site News DVD news: Mill Creek Licenses 52 TV Shows from Sony for Low-Cost DVD Release". TVShowsOnDVD.com. 2013-08-27. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  17. ^ "Universal Sony Home Pictures to Release Anime in Australia - News". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  18. ^ "Deadline" Sony Pictures Home Ent. Boss David Bishop Departing Archived March 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine deadline.com, Retrieved on December 19, 2013


  19. ^ Patten, Dominic (2014-01-06). "Sony Pictures Names Man Jit Singh CEO Home Entertainment". Deadline. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  20. ^ "CULVER CITY, CA (July 22, 2015) – TRANSMISSION FILMS AND SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT PARTNER IN MULTI-YEAR DISTRIBUTION DEAL | Press Release". Sony Pictures. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


  21. ^ "Sony Pictures Becomes Second Studio to Announce Ultra HD Films on Disc". Variety. Retrieved 2015-11-20.


  22. ^ SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT TO DISTRIBUTE ENTERTAINMENT ONE’S MOMENTUM PICTURES entertainmentone.com, Retrieved on June 22, 2017


  23. ^ McNary, Dave (January 18, 2017). "Sony Takes Stake in Genius Brands International". Variety. Retrieved April 12, 2018.


  24. ^ Sony Pictures Shakes Up TV, Home Entertainment for Digital Age Anousha Sakoui bloomberg.com February 6, 2018, Retrieved on February 28, 2018


  25. ^ Sony Unveils “Screen Classics by Request” Jason Barr collider.com September 13, 2010, Retrieved on February 28, 2018


  26. ^ [3] Archived August 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine


  27. ^ Patten, Dominic (2013-09-24). "Apple 'Breaking Bad' Lawsuit — Angry Fan Sues Over iTunes Season Pass". Deadline. Retrieved 2015-07-29.


External links


  • Official website


  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on IMDb


  • Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment on IMDb


  • Columbia-TriStar Home Video (US) on IMDb


  • Columbia-TriStar Home Video (UK) on IMDb


  • Columbia-TriStar Home Video (Australia) on IMDb


  • Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment (US) on IMDb


  • Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment (UK) on IMDb


  • RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video on IMDb


  • RCA/Columbia Pictures Video UK on IMDb


  • RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (UK) on IMDb


  • RCA/Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video on IMDb









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