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| Broadcast area | Latin America |
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| Headquarters | Constellation Place,Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9SDTV/HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sony Pictures Television |
| History | |
| Launched | October 1, 1995 (1995-10-01) |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.sonychannel.com/ |
Sony Channel is a brand of general entertainment television channels, owned bySony Pictures Television. It was previously known asSony Entertainment Television (SET), but many of the channels, except the Indian television channelSony Entertainment Television, were rebranded as Sony Channel.
| Market | Type | Former Names | Replaced | Launched | Other Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony Channel (Latin American TV channel) | channel |
| — | October 1, 1995 | — |
| — | March 1, 1996 | Mexico | |||
| — | September 4, 1996 |
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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 toSony Pictures Television's contract failure withMultiChoice andCell C |
| Sony Channel (Southeast Asia) | channel | Sony Entertainment Television | — | August 1, 2008 - June 1, 2019 |
| Selected programmes moved toAXN following the channel's closure. Replaced byBlue Ant Entertainment onCignal |
| — | August 1, 2008 - May 31, 2019 |
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| — | BeTV (Asia Pacific) | October 15, 2014 - June 1, 2019 | Philippines | |||
| Sony Channel (Russia) | channel |
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| October 1, 2008 - June 24, 2021 |
| 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 |
| Sony decided to leave from Baltic States market. |
| Sony Channel (UK and Ireland) | channel |
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| Original | — | Original |
| channel +1 |
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| Sony Channel (Germany) | channel | Sony Entertainment Television | — | April 22, 2013 - August 31, 2023 |
| License sold by Sony to High View Group, along with Sony AXN. Rebranding toAXN White |
| Sony Channel (Turkey) | channel | — | Planet Pink | March 28, 2017 - February 1, 2019 |
| License revoked bySony Pictures Television along with the other Sony Channels |
