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| Country | Singapore Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Hong Kong Thailand |
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| Broadcast area | Southeast Asia |
| Network | Sony Pictures Television |
| Headquarters | No. 10Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01 Hansapoint @ CBP Changi,Singapore Unit 15A BDO Equitable Tower,Makati,Philippines |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English Mandarin Cantonese Thai Malay Indonesian |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscalled to16:9SDTV for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sony Pictures Television |
| Sister channels | AXN Asia Animax Asia Sony ONE(Korean) Sony Gem SET Asia (Hindi) Sony MAX (Hindi) |
| History | |
| Launched | July 1, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-07-01) |
| Closed | June 1, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-06-01) |
| Former names | Sony Entertainment Television (2008–2014) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Sony Channel (formerlySony Entertainment Television) was a Southeast Asianpay television channel broadcasting to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, owned bySony Pictures Entertainment. It was launched in July 2007 as an entertainment channel,[1] and adopted its current name on 15 October 2014.
As a part of a plan to relaunchBeTV asGem, all non-Asian programmes on BeTV were moved to Sony Channel, effective 15 October 2014.[2]
After more than ten years of broadcasting, Sony Channel ceased broadcasting across Asia including Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore on June 1, 2019 at midnight, while in Indonesia and Thailand the channel was discontinued a day earlier.[3] The channel programmed with the final episode ofSuperstore;[4] on that day, an ending with the season four finale encore "Employee Appreciation Day" as one of the last express from the U. S. telecast including full season binge before going off-the-air while a final farewell on-screen message card and the words "Sony Channel has ceased broadcasting in Asia. We thank you for continual support." Most of the favourite programs of Sony Channel will also be shown onAXN. OnCignal in the Philippines, its EPG slot was given toBlue Ant Entertainment.[5]
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