.black

.black is a Russian action-focused TV channel owned by Media-Telekom, a joint venture between National Media Group and Rostelecom. It replaced the Russian feed of Sony Turbo on 24 June 2021. On the same day, Sony Channel and Sony Sci-fi rebranded to .red and .sci-fi respectively.

2021–present[]

Designer:

Unknown

Typography:

Gotham Pro Black

Launched:

24 June 2021

Changing the names of "Sony" channels - Rostelecom, 24 June 2021

◄	Sony Turbo

Duo 6 (Baltics)
.black (Russia & CIS)

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National Media Group

Television channels

Channel 5 (72,4%) | Ren TV (82%) | Izvestia TV | 78

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Channel One Russia

Parent:
Ostankino Radio Television Ltd.

Federal free to air channels
Channel One (HD) | Karusel (w/ VGTRK) | Katyusha

News Programming
Dobroe Utro(Morning News Magazine) | Novosti (Hourly news bulletin & main newscast) | Vremya (Late-night news bulletin)
Formerly aired
Novosti chasa | Vremena

Video on Demand
Kino1TV

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STS Media

Parent companies:
National Media Group (49%) | VTB (51%)

Cinema and production
Art Pictures Distribution (49%) | Vodorod | Kinokonstanta

Online
Domashniy.ru | CarambaTV.ru | Vitrina TV (25%)

Defunct brands
Sokho Media | KostaFilm | Story First Production | More.TV

Former owners
UTH Russia

Intenational television channels
Ren TV International | Channel 5 International

Radio stations
Radio Petersburg | Radio Izvestia

Newspaper publications
Izvestia | Sport-Express (75%) | Metro (Russia) | Hype Agency (50%)

Technology
AmberData

Sales house and services
Everest (51%) | National Advertising Alliance (25%) | Media Business Solutions (51%)

Notes

¹	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery.
²	Joint venture with Rostelecom.
³	Under license from Warner Bros. Discovery.
⁴	Under license from Star Media and FILM.UA Group.
⁵	Under license from Star Media.
⁶	Distributed under license from Disney CIS.
⁷	Co-owned with Baltic Media Alliance.
⁸	Joint venture with NPO Institute for Internet Development (IID).

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Pictures Kids Zone | Kartoon Studios (7%)

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions:
Destination Films | Affirm Films | Stage 6 Films

Sony Channel: Latin America

Sony Movies: Latin America | United States (Sony Cine)

Other US Networks: Great Entertainment Television

Video-on-demand: Crunchyroll | Sony Networks | Sony One | Sony Pictures Core

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Indian TV channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV ^HD, Sony Sab ^HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max ^HD (Other), Sony Max 1, Sony Max 2 and Sony Wah | Kids: Sony Yay
English: Movies: Sony Pix ^HD | Knowledge: Sony BBC Earth ^{HD, 1}
Regional languages: Bengali: Sony Aath | Marathi: Sony Marathi

Sony Sports Network: Sony Sports Ten 1 ^HD, Sony Sports Ten 2 ^HD, Sony Sports Ten 3 ^HD (Hindi), Sony Sports Ten 4 ^HD (Tamil and Telugu), Sony Sports Ten 5 ^HD

International channels: SET (Asia) | Sony KAL

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

Defunct channels:
English entertainment: AXN ^HD | Hindi music: Sony Rox HD and Sony Mix | English movies: Sony Le Plex HD | Kids: Animax (India) | Sports: Sony Six, Sony Kix, Sony Ten Golf HD and Sony ESPN ^{HD, 2}

Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BBC Studios.
²Was a joint venture with ESPN.

Other channels: Crunchyroll Channel | Game Show Network³ (Game Show Central) | Lifetime (Latin America)⁴ | FMN (Indonesia)⁵

Sony Pictures Experiences:
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema | Columbia Pictures Aquaverse | Wonderverse

Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ¹³ | United States: VRV | Funimation

Video-on-demand: Crackle

Other: Sony Pictures DVD Center

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Aniplex.
²	Formerly co-owned with Skybound.
³	Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
⁴	Joint venture with A+E Networks.
⁵	Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁶	Co-owned with Nippon Television.
⁷	Transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2001 and renamed to Aniplex in 2003.
⁸	Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁹	Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery
¹⁰	Under license from Warner Bros. Discovery.
¹¹	Sold to Duo Media Networks (Postimees Grupp).
¹²	Joint venture with ESPN.
¹³	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Singtel.
¹⁴	Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹⁵	Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹⁶	Sold to SPI International.
¹⁷	Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁸	Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁹	Under license from Viasat.
²⁰	Sold to Nojima.
²¹	Sold to JVM Holding.
²²	Joint venture with HarperCollins.
²³	Sold to Sastisfaction Group.
²⁴	Sold to High View Group.
²⁵	Sold to Eastern Television.
²⁶	Sold to Studio 100
²⁷	Co-onwed by The Coca-Cola Company
²⁸	Sold to Hasbro
²⁹	Assets acquired by WYNIT Distribution LLC.
³⁰	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Studios
³¹	Joint venture with LBS Communications, Inc.
³²	Joint venture with Thorn EMI, Warner Bros. and Cannon Films