X-Nico

57 unusual facts about Sony


Alexander Kronlund

Kronlund co-wrote Meja's million-selling debut album on Sony and co-wrote two songs for Britney Spears' second album, Oops!... I Did It Again.

Anna Webber

She has also created publicity and album cover photography for Sony, EMI, and numerous other record labels.

Assassination of a High School President

This attracted a response in the media urging a theatrical release, and to avoid a direct-to-DVD release by Sony, who own the home video distribution rights.

Badacsonytomaj

The town's name was recently used in a viral promotion by Sony to promote a new feature in their PlayStation 3 Home Service.

Bat species identification

Some home camcorders made by Sony are sensitive to IR enabling an IR video recording to be made at low cost.

Boutique

For example, before the release of the Wii, a Time Magazine article suggested that Nintendo could become a "boutique video-game company", producing games for niche audiences, rather than trying to compete directly with Microsoft and Sony.

Bruno Walter

These recordings, as well as his other American recordings, were released initially by Columbia Records and later on CD by Sony.

Busco un Pueblo

Busco Un Pueblo (English: I am Searching for A City) is the thirteenth studio album by Puerto Rican-American salsa singer-songwriter Víctor Manuelle released on November 21, 2011 on Sony Music.

Canad Inns Stadium

The 1999 Games saw several improvements in preparation for the event, including new seats to replace old benches, additional media and club seating facilities, improved lighting and sound, and a new Sony JumboTron scoreboard.

Cinematography Mailing List

The CML has over 3500 members worldwide, including members of the American Society of Cinematographers, the British Society of Cinematographers, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, etc. as well as representatives from most major equipment manufacturers, including Kodak, Fujifilm, Aaton, Arri, Panavision, Sony, Panasonic, etc.

City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Recordings have been made for film production companies such as Paramount, Sony, Lucasfilm and many others in the Smecky Music Studios.

Contrareloj

Originally released in 1986, Contra Reloj was Los Enanitos Verdes sophomore effort but the first that the group recorded for CBS (now Sony).

Eastern Technical High School

Phil Wiser, Silicon Valley Technology Pioneer and former CTO, Sony Corporation of America

Engelina

In 1997 she moved from Århus to Copenhagen, where she met producer and disc jockey DJ Encore in 2000 through an employee at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, who suggested that DJ Encore's music would fit well with Engelina's vocal.

Expanding Man

After releasing Free T.V.s on a Boston area indie label, they were signed by Sony and recorded "Head to the Ground" with producer Mike Denneen.

Game testing

For example, Sony publishes a Technical Requirements Checklist (TRC), Microsoft publishes Technical Certification Requirements (TCR), and Nintendo publishes a set of "guidelines" (Lotcheck).

Heavy Metal Lover

According to the sheet music published on Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, It has a tempo of 116 beats per minute.

Journeys by DJ

Originally released in 1996, Journeys by DJ: Coldcut - 70 Minutes of Madness was a release on the Music Unites/Sony record label.

Lord Infamous

In 2006 following jail time which lead to a breach of contract with Sony, Lord Infamous was forced to end work with Three 6 Mafia, leaving the group on good terms.

Manu Chhabria

Dubai was at that time an obscure backwater, and in 1974, Chhabria was able to bag a contract with Sony, the Japanese electronics manufacturer, for Jumbo Electronics to become the sole distributors of Sony in the UAE.

MBH Architects

The Sony PlayStation store at the Sony Metreon Entertainment Complex in San Francisco, CA was conceived and designed as both a retail outlet for the PlayStation consoles and games and as an arcade with video kiosks and a circular bar of monitors open for all customers to play.

Michael Cieply

In the 1990s, he worked as a film producer for Sony for eight and a half years where he was producing or in trying to produce movies and TV programs.

While working for Sony, Cieply would consult with Ray Stark Productions.

Mick Cooke

He is a founding member of the band, although he did not officially join until their third album (he was prevented from doing so because his other band, Hardbody, was under contract with Sony).

Mohamed Toihiri

Outside of his academic career, he has worked for Sony and TDK as Director for Public Relations, in Paris.

Motoi Sakuraba

In 1994, former Wolf Team director and composer Masaaki Uno started working at Camelot Software Planning as coordinator and sound director, developing games for Sony, Sega and Nintendo.

Naveen Selvadurai

Naveen graduated with degrees from King's College London in the UK and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the US, and went to work with Lucent, Sony, Nokia and Sun Microsystems before he started his mobile social-networking venture Foursquare, along with Dennis Crowley.

Nigel McCulloch

In June 2007, McCulloch considered taking legal action against Sony because of their PlayStation game Resistance: Fall of Man.

Online identity

Recently, a user of a massively multiplayer online game called Everquest, which is owned by Sony Online Entertainment, Inc., attempted to sell his Everquest identity on eBay.

Oscar Ravina

In a career spanning more than four decades, Mr. Ravia recorded solo and chamber music for many record labels, including: Orion, Orion I, RCA Victor, Columbia, Vox, Serenus, Nonesuch, CBS, Spectrum, Crystal Records, New World Records, Sony, and Centaur Records.

Outernauts

Developed by Insomniac Games, it is the developer's first social video game, as well as their first game for a non-Sony platform.

Parashqevi Simaku

In 2006 she signed a contract with Sony and BMG for her new Albanian language CD entitled Echoes from Iliria (Jehonë nga Iliria).

Pete Vuckovic

He was quickly signed by Sony Records and spent 2 years writing and recording an album for his new project 'Elevation', they played a show in London with Vuckovic on guitar as well as releasing an E.P but by the time it was finally finished his A&R man had left the company, Vuckovic was dropped and the album never released.

Phynn

He got in touch with Ernesto vs. Bastian and Sony's FTM label and did further remix work for the duo, remixing hits such as Stop 9.5 and Who's The Starter.

Pye Ltd.

In the early 1970s Sony and Hitachi launched UK colour televisions that cost less than £200.

Roman Dirge

26 episodes of a Lenore Animation were created for Sony's website ScreenBlast, these are no longer available on Screenblast, but can now be seen on Dirge's site Spooky Land.

Rudolf Buchbinder

2012: Echo Klassik in German music award as Instrumentalist of the Year (piano) and the album Beethoven: The Sonata Legacy issued by RCA Red Seal/Sony

Russell Fuller

Russell was part of the team who won the bronze award in the best sports programme category at the 2009 Sony Radio Academy awards, and was interviewer for BBC TV's coverage of the 2011 Open Championship golf.

S/PDIF

The name stands for Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format (more commonly known as Sony Philips Digital Interface), Sony and Philips being the primary designers of S/PDIF.

Scratch Track

A tour which had Scratch Track headlining small venues and open as a special guest to the band O.A.R., which was inspired by their appearance on Sony PlayStation’s MLB 06: The Show for the song Hands Together.

Taya Marquis

Taya wrote and performed the main theme song for Sony's video game,"The Agency", which was nominated at the 2009 Hollywood Music Awards for Best Original Song in Video Game.

The Big Gundown

Four decades later, in December of 2013, Grindhouse Releasing in association with original rights holder Columbia Pictures/Sony, has digitally restored and re-released the film, including the full unedited director's cut (making it available for the first time ever on either Blu-ray or DVD in the United States).

The Label: The Story of Columbia Records

In 1988 CBS Records, including the Columbia Records unit, was acquired by Sony, who re-christened the parent division Sony Music Entertainment in 1991.

The Man Called Flintstone

However, owing to licensing complications between Warner Bros. (current owners of the Flintstones property) and Sony (current owners of then-Flintstones distributor Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems), only a Canadian release occurred; a United States release was canceled and would not be rescheduled until the rights issue was cleared in August 2008.

The Poor

On 13 June 1994 they released a debut album, Who Cares, on the Sony label, which peaked at No.

Tilt.tv

At times the show has gathered mixed feelings amongst gaming fans and there have been grumblings about the program being biased (Tilt.tv has at various times been sponsored by both Sony, Nintendo and Electronic Arts; currently it is sponsored by EA) and having hosts that generally have no gaming background.

Tomoko Namba

She started DeNA after working on a consulting assignment with Sony's So-net while she was a consultant at Mckinsey.

Travon Potts

After completing a demo package and shopping to different record labels, Jackie Patillo, GM of Integrity Music/Sony signed Charles and Taylor to a record deal.

User-generated TV

The first UGTV advert broadcast on national TV was a spot for Sony created by Tyson Ibele, an 18-year-old from Minneapolis.

Věříš si?

The special prize may vary in every episode, usually it's a portable media player or a Sony video game console.

VG Chartz

The main service provided by VG Chartz is weekly charts of hardware and software sales for the video game consoles sold by Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft.

Vicki Butler-Henderson

She has recorded voice overs for radio and television advertisements, including Wrigleys Extra Thin Ice and Sony Centres.

WDGC-FM

The cart machines at the North studio were replaced with Sony minidisc systems and a non-linear computer based audio editing program.

Webster Bank Arena

The Arena houses 33 executive suites, 1,300 club seats, 3 large hospitality suites, along with a wide concourses with ample guest amenities to bring all guests up close, and also a recently added Sony Jumbotron serving as a scoreboard which stands 30x16 ft., with six-millimeter pixels, and offers a Sony HD system to increase visability.

Yelena Lanskaya

Recently, Yelena has co-produced and edited Russian theatrical musical First Love: It’s The Music! (“Первая Любовь: Вот Такая Музыка!”), produced by Sony, CTC Media and Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, producers of High School Musical.

You Gonna Fly

According to Brust, a Sony/ATV Music Publishing representative suggested that he and Lucas write with Johnston.

Zarina Screwvala

UTV has been credited with the production of content for India’s top entertainment channels like Zee TV, STAR TV and Sony.


Aisling Stephenson

This led to a number five in Japan with the boy band W-inds track Im a man along with a track entitled Used to be released on Sony artist Timothy James's album "Make it happen" She has written and released material ranging from jazz, RnB, pop, house and soul and toured with Roots Manuva and performed with Matthew Herbert's big band, Omar, Eska Mtungwazi and the late Lynden David Hall.

Anaheim University

The University is made up of three graduate schools: the Graduate School of Education, the Akio Morita School of Business (named after Sony founder Akio Morita), and the Akira Kurosawa School of Film (named after Akira Kurosawa).

Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis

2012: Osamu Kumagai, Sony Corp., “Multi-Wavelength Laser Diode for Backward Compatibility of Three Generations’ Optical Disc Systems

Dan Fishbach

During Fishbach's tenure at The Groundlings, the improv company inked a New Media deal with Sony for short digital sketches.

Dependeq

The artificial word "dependeq" is said having been created by Herbert Weissenbaeck after incidentally reading Jeffrey Robinson's Book "The Manipulators" while waiting for a delayed plane at London Heathrow Airport and studying the roots of other carefully crafted company names like "Sony" or "Compaq".

DJ Delicious

A variety of successful remixes and commissions followed in the next few years: these were released under a large number of different pseudonyms on Urban/Polydor, Sony, and WEA.

Dorina Frati

Frati has recorded with various labels, most notably: Antonio Vivaldi and A. M. Giuliani's Concerto for Mandolin (Erato); Johann Hummel's Opera Omnia for Mandolin and Neapolitan Concertos for Mandolin (Dynamic); G. G. Boni’s Sonatas for Mandola (Tactus); with the Philharmonic of La Scala she recorded the soundtrack of a movie by Nino Rota (Sony) and Otello (EMI); with the Pavarotti International recorded for Decca; also recorded for Stradivarius, Agorà and Ducale.

Economy of North Rhine-Westphalia

These include many international global players such as 3M, BP, Ericsson, Ford, LG Electronics, QVC, Sony, Renault, Toyota, and Vodafone.

Electronics industry in Japan

Japanese companies have been responsible for a number of important innovations, including having pioneered the transistor radio and the Walkman (Sony), the first mass-produced laptops (Toshiba), the VHS recorder (JVC), and solar cells and LCD screens (Sharp).

Elise LeGrow

Her first self-titled EP contains songs written with Sony/ATV artists Jon Levine, Ron Sexsmith and Stefan Skarbek.

ILCE

Sony ILCE camera, a designation used by Sony since 2013 for mirrorless interchangeable-lens digital system cameras with E-mount

Jack Tretton

After joining the Sony Corporation in March 1995, Tretton was a member of the team that founded PlayStation in September of that year.

Jan Lorenc

The firm identifies its work as "environmental communication design," a body of work that includes museums and visitors centers, trade show exhibits, theme park design, signage, retail spaces, and furniture for organizations including Mayo Clinic, Coca-Cola, North Carolina State University, Georgia-Pacific, Haworth Furniture Company, General Motors, Bank of America, General Mills and Sony-Ericsson.

Jerry Greenberg

Jerry L. Greenberg, President of Mirage Music Entertainment and former President of Atlantic Records, ATCO, UA/MGM, WTG, MJJ/Sony Music

Lanc

LANC, a protocol by Sony used to synchronize camcorders and cameras

Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford

The album was released on September 23, 2008 on his own record label Martyr Inc, with distribution by Hickory Records/Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Ludia

The company works with the owners of game show properties such as FremantleMedia, Sony, CBS, BBC Worldwide, Mark Burnett Productions and Disney to create video games based on game shows such as The Price Is Right, Family Feud/Family Fortunes, Press Your Luck, Pyramid, Hollywood Squares, Hole In The Wall, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, The Weakest Link and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Magic Cap

Several electronic companies came to market with Magic Cap devices, the most notable of which being the Sony Magic Link released in 1994 and the Motorola Envoy, also released in 1994.

Mainstream Records

In 1991 it was resurrected in order to reissue much of its holdings on compact disc and, in 1993, it was purchased by Sony subsidiary Legacy Records.

Mini-VGA

Mini-VGA connectors are most commonly seen on Apple's iBooks, eMacs, early PowerBooks (12 inch), and some iMacs, but has also been included on several laptops manufactured by Sony.

Nassos Vakalis

Greece, where Nassos returned to produce and supervise animation for several sequences of Sony’s Eight Crazy Nights and Paramount’s Rugrats Go Wild as well as El Cid the Legend for the Spanish Filmax and Jester Till for the German Munich Animation, as well as many 2D and 3D commercials for the Greek and international market.

Nicolas Babin

Managing Director for Sony Europe(Etak a unit of the Sony group) in London (1997–2000)

Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design

In the field of art and design, NTU has links with a wide range of companies, professional bodies and institutions on an international level, including Apple, Arcadia Group, Broadway, Fashion Institute of Technology, Marks & Spencer, Ralsey Group Limited, Association of Illustrators, Sony, and Sophie Stellar.

Paul Hollins

He has been heard on advertising campaigns for companies as diverse as Cadbury, Sony, TrafficMaster and Universal Music.

Piers Gibbon

He had a regular spot on Resonance FM where he and David McCandless received a Sony Award nomination for the documentary series The Good Drugs Guide.

PlayStation Move

Sony has stated that it will be available in Late 2012 at a price of US$39.99, and will support games like LittleBigPlanet Karting, Gran Turismo 5, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Burnout Paradise, and MotorStorm: Apocalypse, among others.

PreviewNetworks

Preview Networks partners with entertainment content companies including Sony, Fox, Disney, Warner, Universal, and Paramount.

Scott J. Bolton

Dr. Bolton has worked with a number of corporate sponsors dedicated to space science educational programs, including Lego, Universal, Sony, and Time-Warner.

SoapCity

However the channel would never air after being beaten to the market by ABC/Disney's SoapNet, and because of distribution problems with Sony's Game Show Network.

Sony Canada

With headquarters in Toronto, sales offices in Vancouver and Montreal and distribution centres in Coquitlam, British Columbia, and Whitby, Ontario, approximately 1,200 employees support a network of more than 500 authorized dealers and 70 Sony Style retail locations across Canada.

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo

The Xperia Neo has many of the same features found in the Xperia Arc and the Xperia Play including the mobile Sony Bravia engine and an 8-megapixel camera capable of recording 720p high-definition video.

The Brilliant Green discography

These were released through Sony Music Records from 1997 until mid 2000, when the band moved to Sony sub-label Defstar Records.

The Derailers

Seeking greater mainstream success, The Derailers switched to Sony’s Lucky Dog Records for their next release, Here Come the Derailers, and were paired with Nashville A-list producer Kyle Lehning.

The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams

In 2006, a janitor working for Sony/ATV Music Publishing claimed to have found Williams' unfinished lyrics inside of a Sony-owned dumpster.

Thrill Kill

Thrill Kill is a cancelled and unpublished 1998 fighting video game for the Sony PlayStation.

Throwing It All Away

A music video for the song was composed of soundcheck footage and shots of the band traveling whilst on their Invisible Touch tour of North America, much of which was filmed by Phil Collins on his 1985 Sony Handycam.

Toy2R

Additionally, Toy2r has been commissioned to create exclusive Qee figures for such companies as Adidas, DKNY, Mitsubishi, Xbox 360, Nokia, Sony, Clutter Magazine, and Starbucks.

TriStar Productions

It was jointly announced on August 1, 2013 by Rothman, Michael Lynton, the CEO of Sony Entertainment and co-chairman and CEO of SPE, and Amy Pascal, co-chairwoman of SPE.

WEGA

Sony says that the FD Trinitron WEGA was named after a star ('Vega' in English) in the Lyra constellation, and made no reference to the original WEGA firm.

XCP

Extended Copy Protection, a CD copy protection technique used on some Sony CD albums

Yamigo

::"We would like to stress the fact that we see a benefit in using some chat clients over others. For example, most of the existing Nokia and Ericsson phones use a compressed version of the data exchange protocol, known as WBXML, while Motorola chat clients use plain XML. Motorola generate data transfers ten times higher than Nokia and Sony-Ericsson phones."

Zendeko

Motion picture and television credits include The Tonight Show with rock band, Korn, MTV VMA's, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Ellen DeGeneres Show with Kanye West, and an appearance in Sony Pictures motion picture Charlie's Angels (film).