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Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) is a specialty division of Sony Pictures Entertainment.〔(Sony Pictures - Press Releases )〕 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'').〔(Festival Season: Feast and Famine, Ten Hot Toronto Pick-Ups - Thompson on Hollywood )〕 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.〔(Baseline Intelligence )〕 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, and Triumph Films) 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.).〔(Defining Indie 2010: The Indie World Needs New Language « Movie City News )〕 SPWA also acquires and distribute films through the TriStar, Stage 6 or Affirm Films labels. ==History== SPWA was formerly a division of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, but the group became a stand-alone division of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2007.〔 Originally being called as ''Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group'' (SPWAG),〔(PEACE ARCH ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC (Form: 6-K, Received: 05/17/2007 15:42:23) )〕 the group's name was changed to "Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions" (SPWA) in late 2010.〔(FilmDistrict and TriStar Pictures to Partner on Release of 'SOUL SURFER' - NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ )〕 The group had sometimes been called "Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group". On February 21, 2010, The Weinstein Company made a deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releasing the DVDs through Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group.〔(Weinstein Company Seals Sony DVD Deal ), deadline.com〕 TWC then shifted its home entertainment output to Anchor Bay Entertainment on January 4, 2011 when they've acquired 25% of Starz Media.〔(Weinsteins Buy 25% Stake In Starz Media ), deadline.com〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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