1999 News Releases

December 1999

• December 27, 1999 NOTICE OF STOCK SPLIT

November 1999

• November 30, 1999 Sony Collaborates with Chinese Authorities and the Exploratorium to Establish Sony ExploraScience in Beijing
• November 15, 1999 IBM and Sony Show First Results of Collaboration with Electronic Music Distribution
• November 15, 1999 Microsoft and Sony Enable High-Quality Music Files to be Downloaded on PCS and Portable Devices
• November 15, 1999 Sony Gains Support from Leading IT Companies to Realize Interoperable and Secure Electronic Music Distribution
• November 15, 1999 Sony Seeks to Create New Business Position for the Network Era
• November 15, 1999 Sony and Palm Computing to Collaborate on the Joint Development of a Next Generation Palm Computing Platform
• November 11, 1999 Support Grows for Memory StickTM"
• November 10, 1999 Sony and Sun Join Forces To Link Digital Consumer Electronic Appliances Directly To Internet Content and Services

October 1999

• October 26, 1999 Sony Launches Special Edition AIBO" Entertainment Robot"
• October 11, 1999 Sony Celebrates EMMY AWARD for Development of DVD

September 1999

• September 30, 1999 Sony Merges B&P Company with DNS to Establish New Network Company
• September 30, 1999 Sony to License Memory StickTM
• September 22, 1999 Sony Announces Memory StickTM WalkmanR""
• September 22, 1999 Sony Announces MagicGate Memory StickTM""
• September 22, 1999 Sony Announces Memory StickTM for Audio Application

July 1999

• July 13, 1999 CDNOW to Merge with Sony's and Time Warner's Columbia House to Create World's Leading Music and Video E-commerce Company *this link is no longer active and a revised page does not exist.
• July 7, 1999 Sony Reorganizes Wireless Phone Business
• July 1, 1999 Sony Celebrates Walkman(R) 20th Anniversary

June 1999

• June 29, 1999 Sony Appoints New Members to the Board and New Corporate Executive Officers
• June 29, 1999 Sony Appoints Nobuyuki Idei as CEO of Sony Corporation
• June 18, 1999 Sony Enters Telecommunications Business
• June 17, 1999 Sony Chairman Norio Ohga Receives Honorary Doctorate from McGill University in Canada

May 1999

• May 11, 1999 Sony Launches Four-Legged Entertainment Robot AIBO" Creates a New Market for Robot-Based Entertainment"

April 1999

• April 6, 1999 Sony Launches High Fidelity Audio Hardware Designed to Unlock the Full Potential of the Super Audio CD
• April 6, 1999 Sony Launches Super Audio CD
• April 6, 1999 Sony Launches the First Super Audio CD Player

March 1999

• March 29, 1999 Sony Announces Executive-Level Changes in Management
• March 29, 1999 Sony Announces Organizational Structure For New Network Companies
• March 29, 1999 Sony and JVC Announce Joint Development of a D-VHS System for the Network Age
• March 25, 1999 Sony Announces New CS Digital Broadcast Receiver System for SkyPerfecTV!
• March 25, 1999 Sony Launches New MiniDisc Recorder for Downloading Music From New SkyPerfecTV! Channel
• March 9, 1999 Notice on Going Private of Three Listed Subsidiaries of Sony Corporation
• March 9, 1999 Sony Announces New Group Architecture for Network-Centric Era to seize further growth opportunities in the 21st century and enhance shareholder value

February 1999

• February 17, 1999 Apple, Compaq, Matsushita (Panasonic), Philips, Sony and Toshiba Announce Support for IEEE1394 and Plans To Form Patent Pool
• February 17, 1999 Digital Video Watermarking Technologies United

January 1999

• January 20, 1999 Philips, Sony, Sun Collaborate to Bridge HAViTM and JiniTM Network Architectures
• January 7, 1999 Sony Announces Digital8 Video Format
• January 7, 1999 Sony Launches Two New Digital8 Format Camcorders