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2003–2011	2011–2016	2016–present

2003–2011

AXN launched its Hungarian version on 17 October, 2003.

2011–2016

SVG NEEDED

2016–present

Greek media company Antenna Group acquired the entire Central and Eastern European TV business of Sony Pictures Entertainment on 1 October 2021.

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Television channels:

Greece: ANT1 | Makedonia TV | Cyprus: ANT1 Cyprus
Romania: Kiss TV¹ | Magic TV¹ | Rock TV¹ | AXN² | AXN Black² | AXN White² | AXN Spin²
Hungary:² AXN | Viasat 2 | Viasat 3³ | Viasat 6³ | Viasat Film
Poland:² AXN | AXN Black | AXN Spin
Central Europe:² AXN | AXN Black | AXN White
Balkans:² AXN | AXN Spin
International: ANT1 Satellite, Pacific (Australia) and Europe
Video-on-demand (Greece): ANT1 Next

Radio stations:
Greece: Rythmos 94.9 | Easy 97.2
Romania:¹ Kiss FM | Magic FM | Rock FM

Other assets:
Daphne Communications | Niki Publishing | Heaven Music

Former assets:
Defunct: ANT1 Prime | Blue | B92 Info
Divested: Prva⁴ (Plus | B92 | Max | Kick | Life | Files | World | Play Radio | Party | Rock | Soft | Urban | Prva Radio) | Nova TV⁵
| Planet TV⁶ (2 | PLUS)

¹Acquired from ProSiebenSat.1 Media.
²Acquired from Sony Pictures Entertainment
³Under license from Viasat.
⁴Sold to Kopernikus Corporation.
⁵Sold to Modern Times Group and later to Advance Media. Currently owned by United Group.
⁶First sold to Telekom Slovenije and later to TV2 Csoport. Formerly a joint venture.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group:
Columbia Pictures (Ghost Corps) | TriStar Pictures | Sony Pictures Animation | Sony Pictures Classics | Screen Gems (Scream Gems) | 3000 Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Sony Pictures Digital | Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | Sony Pictures Consumer Products | Provident Films | Sony Pictures International Productions

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Wonder

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

Sony Pictures Television Studios:
2waytraffic | AXN Original Production | Columbia Showcase Theatre | Crunchyroll (VRV) | Embassy Row | Funimation (95%) (Madman Anime Group)¹² | Game Show Enterprises | Gemstone Studios | Lean-M | Left Bank Pictures | Silver River Productions | Silvergate Media | Skybound Galactic³ | Starling | Teleset (50%) | TriStar Television | Affirm Originals

Sony Pictures Television Networks:
AXN (HD): Latin America | South Korea | Sony AXN (Germany)
Other AXN-branded channels: AXN White (Spain | Portugal) | Japan | AXN Sci Fi | AXN Mystery | AXN Movies | Crime (South Korea)

Sony Channel: Latin America

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

Other US Networks: GetTV

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment

pending merger with Zee Entertainment Enterprises

Indian TV channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV ^HD, Sony Sab ^HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max ^HD (Other), Sony Max 2 (classic movies) 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 Pictures Sports Network: Sony Six ^HD | Sony Ten 1 ^HD, Sony Ten 2 ^HD, Sony Ten 3 ^HD (Hindi), Sony Ten 4 ^HD (Tamil and Telugu)

International channels: SET (Asia)

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 Ten Golf HD | Sony ESPN ^{HD, 2} (sports)

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: Animax | Game Show Network⁴ | Lifetime (Latin America)⁵ | FMN (Indonesia)⁶

Theme Parks: Columbia Pictures Aquaverse

Other assets: Sony Pictures Mobile | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions | AXN Sync | AXN Now | AXN Player | Movies Anywhere | Sony Pictures Studios | Sony Pictures Virtual Reality | Madison Gate Records | Madhouse (5%)⁷

Former/defunct assets:
Film and television studios: AnimeLab | Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works⁸ | The Burbank Studios | CBC Film Sales Corporation | Columbia Night at the Movies | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International | Embassy Home Entertainment | First Independent Films | First Release Home Entertainment | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films⁹ | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video⁹ | The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company | Jim Henson Pictures | Magic Window | Manga Entertainment UK | Musicvision | Rastar Films | RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video | Sony Wonder | SVS Triumph | Sunbow Entertainment | Tri-Star Showcase | Triumph Films | Video Box Office | Screen Gems Television | Columbia Pictures Television | Columbia Pictures Television Distribution | Columbia TriStar Television | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television | Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group | Sony Pictures Television International | Sony Wonder Television | Screen Gems Network | Colex Enterprises | Spelling-Goldberg Productions | Tandem Productions | PITS Films | T.A.T. Communications Company | Embassy Communications | Embassy Pay Television | Embassy Pictures | Merv Griffin Enterprises | Rastar Television | Coca-Cola Telecommunications | Barris Industries | Barris Program Sales | Four D Productions | The Mimus Corporation | Diplomatic Productions | Culver Entertainment | Victory Television | Columbia/Embassy Television | Fearnet | Funimation Channel

Defunct television channels: United States: 3net¹⁰ | UK and Ireland: TruTV¹¹ | Western Europe: AXN Italy | SET Portugal | SET Spain | Central and Eastern Europe: AXN Crime | Sony Channel (Baltics¹² | Turkey) | Sony Turbo¹¹ | Southeast Asia: Sony Channel | Sony BeTV | India: AXN | Sony ESPN¹³ | Sony Le Plex HD | Sony Rox HD | Sony Ten Golf HD | Canada: Sony Movie Channel | AXN Movies | Latin America: Sony Spin⁵ | South Africa: Sony Channel | Sony Max | Star Channel (Japan)
Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ¹⁴

Divested television channels: Southeast Asia:¹⁵ AXN | Gem | One | Animax | UK and Ireland: Sony Pictures Television UK Networks¹⁶ (Sony Channel | Sony Movies | Sony Movies Classic | Sony Movies Action) | Netherlands: Film1¹⁷ | Russia:¹⁸ Sony Channel Russia | Sony Sci-Fi | Sony Turbo | Central and Eastern Europe:¹⁹ AXN (Hungary, Poland, Romania) | AXN Black (Central Europe, Poland, Romania) | AXN White (Romania) | AXN Spin (Balkans, Poland, Romania) | Hungary¹⁹ (AXN | Viasat 2 | Viasat 3²⁰ | Viasat 6²⁰ | Viasat Film)
Video-on-demand: Crackle

¹Co-owned with Aniplex.
²Being merged into Crunchyroll.
³Made in partnership with Skybound.
⁴Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
⁵Joint venture with A+E Networks.
⁶Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁷Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁸Transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2001 and renamed to Aniplex in 2003.
⁹Joint venture with Gaumont.
¹⁰Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery
¹¹Under license from Warner Bros. Discovery.
¹²Sold to Duo Media Networks (Postimees Grupp).
¹³Joint venture with ESPN.
¹⁴Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Singtel.
¹⁵Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹⁶Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹⁷Sold to SPI International.
¹⁸Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁹Sold to Antenna Group.
²⁰Under license from Viasat.

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