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Sony is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its motion picture, television, computer entertainment, music and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment and technology companies in the world. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., and Sony Music Entertainment. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $78 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, and it employs 167,900 people worldwide.
History
It was in 1946 that Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita together with a small team of passionate and committed group of employees started to build “Tokyo Tsushin Kenkyujo” (Totsuko), or “Tokyo Telecommunications Research Institute” into the billion dollar global conglomerate that it is today. The main objective of the company was to design and create innovative products which would benefit the people.From early attempts at creating products like the rice-cooker to the later success of creating Japan’s first magnetic recorder, the innovative company went on to create other hit products which won the company widespread recognition and international acclaim as a truly global company known for its quality and innovative products. Significant product milestones included Japan’s first transistor radio (1955), Trinitron colour television (1968), Walkman personal stereo (1979), Handycam videocamera (1989), PlayStation (1994), Blu-ray Disc recorder (2003) and PlayStation 3 (2006).The company name of Sony was created by combining two words of “sonus” and “sonny”. The word “sonus” in Latin represents words like sound and sonic. The other word “sonny” means little son. Used in combination, Sony is supposed to represent a very small group of young people who have the energy and passion towards unlimited creations and innovative ideas. With the far-sight of expanding worldwide, it was in 1958 that the company formally adopted “Sony Corporation” as its corporate name. Easy to pronounce and read in any language, the name Sony, which has a lively ring to it, fits comfortably with the spirit of freedom and open-mindedness.More about Sony
• A leading audio-visual electronics and information technology company in the U.S. and worldwide
• A leading motion picture and television production company in the U.S. and worldwide
• The co-developer of the CD, DVD, Super Audio CD and Blu-ray Disc
• A leading recorded music company in the U.S. and worldwide
• The developer, manufacturer, and marketer of PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system and the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system
• The inventor of a wide range of consumer audio-visual products, such as the BRAVIA®TV, BRAVIA® LCD TV, Cyber-shot® digital camera, Handycam® camcorder, Walkman® digital music player, Reader Digital Book, and Memory Stick® flash media. Also an innovator in IT products, including VAIO® personal computers, and professional products, highlighted by the XDCAM® HD System, HDCAM® 24-P, Digital Betacam® and DVCAM® VTR and camera formats
• The only company fully immersed in every link of the 3D value chain, from content creation, acquisition and production to distribution and presentation in the theater and the home. A leader in developing, producing and distributing 3D sports, music and game content, a partner in a new 3D television channel (with Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation) and other 3D activities, including relationships with ESPN and RealD, the newly opened Sony 3D Technology Center, and a 3D consumer research project• A publicly held company, with shares listed on four stock exchanges worldwide: New York, London, Tokyo and Osaka
• A company with 1,006 consolidated subsidiaries worldwide
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