Sony Channel

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.

Sony Channel

Broadcast area	Latin America
Headquarters	Constellation Place, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Programming
Picture format	16:9 SDTV/HDTV
Ownership
Owner	Sony Pictures Television
History
Launched	October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01)
Links
Website	https://www.sonychannel.com/

Current channels

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

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)	Film24 (Original) True Entertainment (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		Open Access 3 (Original) True Entertainment +1 (Relaunch)
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

Former logos

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  Sony Entertainment Television logo used from 1995–2007
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  Sony Entertainment Television logo used from 2007–2014
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  Sony Channel logo used from 2014–2019
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  Sony Channel logo used from 2016–2019

See also

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

External links

• Official website