Sony Channel
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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
| Market | Type | Former names | Replaced | Launched | Other Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony Channel (Latin America) | channel | Sony Entertainment Television Canal Sony | —N/a | October 1, 1995 | —N/a |
| —N/a | March 1, 1996 | Mexico | |||
| —N/a | 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 | —N/a | November 2, 2007 - March 1, 2019 | —N/a | Due to Sony Pictures Television's contract failure with MultiChoice and Cell C |
| Sony Channel (Southeast Asia) | channel | Sony Entertainment Television | —N/a | 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 |
| —N/a | August 1, 2008 - May 31, 2019 | Indonesia Thailand | ||||
| —N/a | 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 | —N/a | 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 | —N/a | 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 | —N/a | 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
- Sony Entertainment Television logo used from 1995–2007
- Sony Entertainment Television logo used from 2007–2014
- Sony Channel logo used from 2014–2019
- Sony Channel logo used from 2016–2019
See also
- AXN White, a channel operated by Sony Pictures Television International Networks Europe