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 for Promoting Science and Technology Among Young People
• November 15, 1999 Sony Gains Support from Leading IT Companies to Realize Interoperable and Secure Electronic Music Distribution
• November 15, 1999 Sony and Palm Computing to Collaborate on the Joint Development of a Next Generation Palm Computing Platform Sony licenses the Palm OS® operating system; Palm Computing commits to Sony's Memory Stick® technology
• November 15, 1999 IBM and Sony Show First Results of Collaboration with Electronic Music Distribution IBM's "EMMS" and Sony's "OpenMG" Technologies Become Interoperable
• November 15, 1999 Sony Seeks to Create New Business Position for the Network Era
• November 15, 1999 Microsoft and Sony Enable High-Quality Music Files to be Downloaded on PCS and Portable Devices Sony Portable Players to Support Windows Media; "Windows Media" and "OpenMG" Become Interoperable
• November 11, 1999 Support Grows for "Memory Stick™" Nineteen Leaders in the Electronics, Computers, Telecommunications and Automotive industries to license "Memory Stick™" hardware specification
• 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 Requests for 10,000 total units to be accepted from customers in Europe, Japan, and the USA from November 1-8, 1999
• October 11, 1999 SONY CELEBRATES EMMY AWARD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DVD TECHNOLOGY

September 1999

• September 30, 1999 Sony to License "Memory Stick™" Six Electronics Leaders join Sony in Developing "Memory Stick™" Products and Media
• September 30, 1999 Sony Merges B&P Company with DNS to Establish New Network Company To Provide Communication System Solutions for Digital Networks
• September 22, 1999 Sony Announces MagicGate Memory Stick™ IC Recording Media with "MagicGate" copyright protection technology
• September 22, 1999 Sony Announces "Memory StickTM WalkmanR" Stores music contents on a copyright-protected "MagicGate Memory Stick™"
• September 22, 1999 "Memory StickTM Walkman®" and "MagicGate Memory Stick™" To Be Launched Stores music contents on a copyright-protected "MagicGate Memory Stick™"

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® 20th Anniversary

June 1999

• June 29, 1999 Sony Appoints Nobuyuki Idei as CEO of Sony Corporation
• June 29, 1999 Sony Appoints New Members to the Board and New Corporate Executive Officers
• June 18, 1999 Sony Enters Telecommunications Business Group to Offer Wireless Local Loop Data Transmission Service in Japan
• 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
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April 1999

• April 6, 1999 Sony Launches Super Audio CD
• 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 the First Super Audio CD Player High-end model fully recreates the atmosphere and nuance surrounding the original music source

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 Launches New MiniDisc Recorder for Downloading Music From New SkyPerfecTV! Channel
• March 25, 1999 Sony Announces New CS Digital Broadcast Receiver System for SkyPerfecTV! Enables high-speed download of music onto MiniDisc recorder equipped with "i.LINK™" interface
• 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 Five companies join forces to advance copy protection of digital media content

January 1999

• January 20, 1999 Philips, Sony, Sun Collaborate to Bridge HAVi™and Jini™ Network Architectures Combined Capability of HAVi™ and Jini™ technology to bring the power of the Network Home
• January 7, 1999 Sony Announces Digital8 Video Format for high-quality digital recording of images and sounds on Hi8 tape
• January 7, 1999 Sony Launches Two New Digital8 Format Camcorders for high-quality digital recording of images and sounds on Hi8 tape