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Sony Channel

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Sony Channel
CountryLatin America
HeadquartersConstellation Place, Los Angeles
Programming
Picture format16:9 SDTV/HDTV
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Television
History
LaunchedOctober 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)
Links
Websitehttps://www.sonychannel.com/

Sony Channel is a brand of general entertainment television channels, owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was previously known as Sony Entertainment Television (SET), but many of the channels, except the Indian television channel Sony Entertainment Television, were rebranded as Sony Channel.

Current channels

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Market Type Former Names Replaced Launched Other Countries
Sony Channel (Latin American TV channel) channel
  • Sony Entertainment Television
  • Canal Sony
October 1, 1995
March 1, 1996 Mexico
September 4, 1996
  • Brazil
  • Colombia
  • Argentina
  • Peru
  • South America

Defunct channels

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Market Type Former Names Replaced Active Date Other Countries Fate
Sony Channel (South Africa) channel Sony Entertainment Television November 2, 2007 - March 1, 2019 Due to Sony Pictures Television's contract failure with MultiChoice and Cell C
Sony Channel (Southeast Asia) channel Sony Entertainment Television August 1, 2008 - June 1, 2019
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Hong Kong
Selected programmes moved to AXN following the channel's closure. Replaced by Blue Ant Entertainment on Cignal

August 1, 2008 - May 31, 2019

  • Indonesia
  • Thailand
BeTV (Asia Pacific) October 15, 2014 - June 1, 2019 Philippines
Sony Channel (Russia) channel
  • Sony Entertainment Television (Sony Channel)
  • Sony Turbo
  • Sony Sci-fi
  • .red
  • .black
  • .sci-fi
October 1, 2008 - June 24, 2021
  • Ukraine
  • Belarus
  • CIS Countries
Closed due to Sony's decision to leave the Russian Markets.
Sony Channel (Baltics) channel Sony Entertainment Television Duo 3 June 1, 2010 - March 30, 2021
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Estonia
Sony decided to leave from Baltic States market.
Sony Channel (UK and Ireland) channel
  • Sony Entertainment Television (Original)
  • N/A (Relaunch)

Original
April 7, 2011 - February 6, 2018
Relaunch
September 10, 2019 - May 25, 2021

Original
Replaced by Sony Crime Channel on Sky and Virgin Media
Relaunch
License sold by Sony to Narrative Capital Partners LLC, along with the other Sony Channels to rebrand as "GREAT!"

channel +1
Sony Channel (Germany) channel Sony Entertainment Television April 22, 2013 - August 31, 2023
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Luxembourg
License sold by Sony to High View Group, along with Sony AXN. Rebranding to AXN White
Sony Channel (Turkey) channel Planet Pink March 28, 2017 - February 1, 2019
  • Northern Cyprus
  • Azerbaijan
License revoked by Sony Pictures Television along with the other Sony Channels

See also

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  • AXN White, a channel operated by Sony Pictures Television International Networks Europe
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