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Annual Report 1998 Sony Corporation [15]
Game
Game consoles and software business is conducted mainly through Sony Computer
Entertainment.
Music
Music business is conducted through Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SMEI) and Sony
Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
SMEI encompasses Columbia Records Group; Epic Records Group; RED Distribution; Rela-
tivity Entertainment Group; Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Sony Classical; Sony Music
International; and associated labels.
Pictures
Motion picture and television business is conducted mainly through Sony Pictures En-
tertainment (SPE); and theatre operations.
SPE includes: the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (Columbia Pictures, Sony Pic-
tures Classics, Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International);
the Columbia TriStar Television Group (Columbia TriStar Television, Columbia TriStar
Television Distribution, Columbia TriStar International Television); Columbia TriStar
Home Video; the Digital Studios Division; and Sony Pictures Studios and The Culver
Studios.
Insurance
Insurance business is conducted mainly through Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Other
Other businesses include customer financing, leasing, broadcasting, networking, and
other businesses.
Sales to Customers
(Billion ¥)
Sales to Customers
(Billion ¥)
Sales to Customers
(Billion ¥)
Revenue from Customers
(Billion ¥)
Sales to Customers
(Billion ¥)
94 95 96 97 98
0 35 201 408 700
94 95 96 97 98
462 481 506 570 660
94 95 96 97 98
328 282 317 439 643
94 95 96 97 98
89 113 207 228 291
94 95 96 97 98
74 52 78 88 84