Division | |
Industry | Home entertainment distribution (DVD, Blu-ray, EST, VOD) |
Founded | November 1979 |
Headquarters | 10202 West Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, United States |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Key people
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Man Jit Singh (President) |
Owner | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Parent | Sony |
Subsidiaries | Sony Wonder |
Website | SPHE website |
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (abbreviated as SPHE) is the home video distribution division of Sony Pictures, a subsidiary of Japanese company Sony Corporation.
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 now handles its former Sony BMG kids label, Sony Wonder.
They are also responsible for their television shows from the Sony Pictures Television library from 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, they have 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.