to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment FEARnet HD (jointly owned by Comcast and Lionsgate) - Sold to Comcast and folded into Syfy and Chiller Film1 - closed, then relaunched by SPI International in 2019 Gracenote - Sold to Tribune Media (later sold to Nielsen) Loews Cineplex Entertainment - Sold to Onex Corporation in 2002; Theatres now owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and AMC Theatres in the United States Movielink (jointly owned by Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Warner Bros.) - Sold to Blockbuster LLC The Orchard Film Group - divested and renamed 1091 Media Sony Chemicals Corporation - Sold off and became Dexerials. Sony Online Entertainment - Sold to Columbus Nova and became Daybreak Game Company Sony Pictures Television's Southeast Asian channels - Sold to KC Global Media Animax AXN Gem One Sony Pictures Television's UK channels - Sold to Narrative Capital Sony Channel - became Great! TV Sony Movies - became Great! Movies Sony Movies Action - became Great! Movies Action Sony Movies Classic - became Great! Movies Classic Pop Pop Max Tiny Pop Viasat 3 - Sold to ANT1 Group Viasat 6 - Sold to ANT1 Group Sunbow Entertainment - Sold to TV-Loonland AG in November 2000. Starz TV - Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020) The Vault - Sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Vault) Syco Entertainment (excl. Syco Music) - Stake held by Sony sold back to Simon Cowell Defunct Electronics All of these companies below were merged into Sony Electronics Corporation in April 2021, with the surviving entity changed its name to Sony Corporation. Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc. Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc. Sony Mobile Communications Inc. Sony Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, merged the following company in April 2021. Sony Business Solutions Corporation Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation Sony LSI Design Inc. - merged into Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation in April 2022. Sony Pictures Entertainment Hooq 3D NetCo LLC (3net, jointly owned with Discovery Communications and IMAX) Animax Europe Animax Germany Anime on Demand Bliss Bolder Media CSC Media Group - Folded into Sony Pictures Television in 2019 Electric Ray First Independent Films Flava* Movies4Men 2 Pop Girl Scarlet Media - Closed down after Simon Andrae went to FOX Scuzz Sony Channel Southeast Asia Sony Crime Channel Sony Le Plex HD Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group Sony Pictures Mobile Sony Rox HD