query: headquarters_location sony pictures worldwide acquisitions
supports: Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California. The city was named after its founder, Harry Culver. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 38,883. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Over the years, it has annexed more than 40 pieces of adjoining land and now comprises about five square miles. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (known professionally as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Pictures and abbreviated as SPE) is an American entertainment company that produces, acquires and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs and recorded videos) through multiple platforms. It operates as a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., which is the parent company for both the music and motion picture businesses of Sony Corporation. Based in Culver City, California, it encompasses Sony's motion picture, television production and distribution units. Its group sales in the fiscal year 2015 (April 2015-March 2016) has been reported to be of $8.3 billion. Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its four operating components  electronics (video games, network services and medical business), motion pictures, music and financial services. These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Mobile (formerly Sony Ericsson) and Sony Financial. Sony is among the Semiconductor sales leaders by year and as of 2013, the fourth-largest television manufacturer in the world, after Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and TCL. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions ( SPWA ) is a specialty division of Sony Pictures Entertainment . The company specializes in acquiring and producing films for a wide variety of distribution platforms , but the group 's main focus is non-theatrical markets ( some film sellers even called the group as one of super-ancillaries ) . SPWA produces and acquires about 60 films per year . Most films of SPWA would go straight - to - video , but the group would also release few of its films theatrically ; the group would analyze how much a theatrical release would impact a film 's TV , VOD and home video revenue , and then the group would determine whether the film should bows theatrically . In the case of theatrical releases , SPWA will offer the films to Sony 's distribution labels ( i.e. TriStar Pictures , Screen Gems , Columbia Pictures , Sony Pictures Classics , Triumph Films , and Crackle ) firstly ; if Sony 's distribution labels pass on the films , the company will release the films through other distributors ( i.e. Samuel Goldwyn Films , Magnolia Pictures , FilmDistrict , Picturehouse , IFC Films , Vertical Entertainment , etc. ) . SPWA also acquires and distribute films through the TriStar , Stage 6 or Affirm Films labels .
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answer: culver city