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Sony Corp.

SNE is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$29.4B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$70.5B

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The Sony Group is primarily focused on the Electronics (such as AV/IT products & components), Game (such as PlayStation), Entertainment (such as motion pictures and music), and Financial Services (such as insurance and banking) sectors. Not only do we represent a wide range of businesses, but we remain globally unique. Our aim is to fully leverage this uniqueness in aggressively carrying out our convergence strategy so that we can continue to emotionally touch and excite our customers.

Number of Employees 171,300

Contact Information

1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku

Shinagawa-ku

Tokyo 108-0075

www.sony.net

(81) 3 5448 2180

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing: 334310

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Marketing war looms for dueling DVD formats; HD or Blu-ray? Sony, Toshiba will spend big to win in $24B market.(News)

- 2006-04-10

Byline: BETH SNYDER BULIK Byline: BETH SNYDER BULIK

Tags: Blu-ray disc, DVD, marketing, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp.
High-def highly in flux: as unification mulled.(HEADLINERS)

- 2005-08-29

How fluid is the high-definition DVD situation these days? Apparently, the parties can't even agree on whether they're talking to each other. Early last week, media reports from Japan said Sony and Toshiba--the principal developers, resp...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, HD-DVD, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp.
Once more, with feeling: Fox and Warner officials have rarely let an opportunity to snipe at each other go by.(Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.)(Warner Bros.)

- 2005-08-08

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: * Fox's move to support Blu-ray reflects the ill will between the studio and HD DVD supporter Warner, which began during development of the DVD. * And the format war itself has been generated...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, CSS, DVD, Fox, HD-DVD, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
JAPANESE FIRMS LIKELY TO GIVE UP CHINESE DVD PLAYER MARKET

- 2005-05-12

AsiaInfo Services 05-12-2005 Japanese Firms Likely to Give Up Chinese DVD Player Market CHINA, May 12, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- It is reported that a basic agreementof a mixed standard has been reached between the next-generation disc form AsiaInfo...

Tags: Blu-ray disc, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp.