Sony Pictures Television
On September 16, 2002, Sony Pictures Entertainment retired the name "Columbia TriStar" from television and renamed the American studio as Sony Pictures Television and its international division as Sony Pictures Television International. Some shows continued using the CTDT name, although many stopped using it in November 2002, while "Hollywood Squares" continued using it until early 2003.
Robert S. Wiesenthal
On June 27, 2000, Sir Howard Stringer, Sony Corp.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, hired Wiesenthal as Chief Strategic Officer for Sony Broadband Entertainment , a move described in "Fortune" as one of Stringer’s “smartest moves”. Sony Broadband Entertainment (now known as Sony Entertainment) was established in March 2000 to house the corporation's U.S. entertainment assets, its film and television studio and music group.