Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (2007) |
| Headquarters | Culver City, California, United States |
| Key people | Steven Bersch, President Adrian Alperovich, Senior Executive Vice President & General Manager Scott Shooman, Vice President of Acquisitions & Production |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. [1] The group specialises in acquiring and producing films for a wide variety of distribution platforms[2], but the group's main focus is non-theatrical markets. (Some film sellers even called the groups as one of super-ancillaries.)[3]
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group was formerly a division of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; in 2007, the group became a stand-alone division of Sony Pictures Entertainment.[4]
Most films of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group would go straight-to-video, but the group would also release few of its films theatrically[5]; Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group would analyze how much a theatrical release will impact a film's TV and video revenue and then determine whether the film should bows theatrically.[6] In the case of theatrical releases, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group will offer the films to Sony's distribution labels (ie. TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, etc) firstly; if Sony's distribution labels passed on the films, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group will release the films through other distributors (ie. Samuel Goldwyn Films, Apparition, etc).[7][8]
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group also manages two labels: Destination Films and Stage 6 Films.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/press_releases/2007/06_07/062607_Outpost.html
- ^ K. Arnold, Thomas (January 18, 2007). "Sony Creates Acquisitions Group". Home Media Magazine. http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/sony-creates-acquisitions-group-10182. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/2009/09/01/fall_season_feast_and_famine
- ^ K. Arnold, Thomas (January 18, 2007). "Sony Creates Acquisitions Group". Home Media Magazine. http://www.homemediamagazine.com/news/sony-creates-acquisitions-group-10182. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ Hazelton, John (March 16, 2007). "United States - Feeding the distribution machine". Screen International. http://www.screendaily.com/united-states-feeding-the-distribution-machine/4031478.article. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ http://www.blssresearch.com/research-wrap?detail/C/the_changing_world_and_reading_between_the_lines/
- ^ http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2009/10/the_devolution_1.html
- ^ Kay, Jeremy (October 09, 2007). "Sony launches new production division Stage 6 Films". Screen International. http://www.screendaily.com/sony-launches-new-production-division-stage-6-films/4035150.article. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
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