Sony Music: CompanyProfile
Sony Music Entertainment is aworldwide leader in music entertainment, having recordings dating back to 1904.Labels under the Sony Music umbrella include Columbia, Epic, Jive, RCA, SonyNashville, Legacy Recordings, Victor Records and Sony Masterworks. It is thesecond-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" recordcompanies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United Statessubsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.
SONY Music Entertainmentis one of the largest major music companies in the world have over 200 musiclabels and in it’s folds and is present in more than 50 countries.
Since the launch of ourIndian Operations in 1997 we have grown exponentially, and are today India’smost complete Music and Video Label with an established and deep catalogue ofcurrent and established artists. We are one of the leading players in Bollywoodsegment which is seeing unparalleled growth globally with market share of 35%in new releases, and having the privilege of working with the “Big 3“: ShahrukhKhan, KaranJohar and A.R.Rahman the # 1 Bollywood star, and have in ourcatalogue 8 million Selling Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (when something happens),the Oscar nominated Lagaan (Tax) and Rang De Basanti
Sony Music India has setnew benchmarks and is today is seen as the most preferred label amongartist, film producers, studio’s and even consumers
Bollywood nowin overseas market has grown that big over the last three years. "Andthere may be a day soon, when the overseas collections of a Bollywood film willbe better than the Indian collections. As of today, UK accounts for 25% of a Bollywoodfilm's total collections, with a base of 15 million NRI populations.
Bollywood now is watched in 127countries, and its theatrical business is valued at 3bn US for 3.6 billion admissiontickets last year.
We create and distributecontent across both the mobile and digital platforms. Which include a range ofdigital full length & mobile products with unique distinctions of the likesof, possibly, anywhere in the world? As a part of expanding our horizons we arenow making our content available globally. The Indian movie and music industryis fast going global.
Our Assets
We develop and deploycontent across a spectrum of
- Bollywood Movies
- Regional Movies & Music from India
- World Music\Fusion
- Indian Rock & Pop
- Devotional
Rights on Offers
We own about 10000 assetsand growing
· Digital Rights (Downloads, Video Downloads, Ringtones, Ring back tones, Images and Video) - Are a great way toincentivize or reward your customer and a great tool to interact with yourcustomer.
· Internet Related Rights- Song Video andAudio streaming rights
· Synchronization Opportunities- Our soundrecordings (songs) will strengthen the feel and mood of you advertisingmessage...
· Publishing/ sub Publishing
· Broadcasting Right- With vast music Library we will beable to listen to your music needs on Radio.
In Future
We are looking atestablishing relationships and the possibilities of working with partners totake our repertoire, assets and Indian culture to all parts of the world.