Sony Pictures Television

' Sony Pictures Television (aka Sony Pictures Television Inc. or Sony Pictures Television International or Sony Pictures TV, abbreviated as SPT or SPTV, formerly known as Columbia TriStar Television') is an American television production and distribution studio. Based in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment and a unit of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. Sony Pictures Television was a Production Company (2005-2006) for Stargate SG-1 (season 8) in association with Double Secret Productions, Gekko Film Corp. & MGM Worldwide Television Productions. SPTV was also a Production Company (2005-2006) for Stargate Atlantis (season 2) in association with ACME SHARK & MGM Worldwide Television Productions.