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Columbia TriStar Television

American television production and distribution studio; predecessor to Sony Pictures Television
Organization business Q5149883
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Summary

Columbia TriStar Television is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (747 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Owned by: Sony Group[4]
  • Follows: TriStar Television[5], Columbia Pictures Television[6]
  • Followed by: Sony Pictures Television[7]
  • Headquarters location: Sony Pictures Studios[8]
  • Has organizational division: Adelaide Productions[9], Columbia Pictures Television[10], TriStar Television[11]
  • Child organization or unit: ELP Communications[12]
  • Industry: television production[13], broadcast syndication[14]
  • Inception: February 21, 1994[15]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: September 16, 2002[16]
  • Location of formation: Culver City[17]
  • Parent organization or unit: Sony Pictures[18]
  • Short name: CTT[19]
  • Operating area: worldwide[20]

Why It Matters

Columbia TriStar Television is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Chimatronx · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Followed by → Sony Pictures Television
    Location of formation → —
    Inception → +1994-02-21T00:00:00Z
    Parent org → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 16 September 2002"
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