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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 | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat 3³ | Viasat 6³
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 | 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 | 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:
Columbia Showcase Theatre | Embassy Row | 2waytraffic | Silver River Productions | Left Bank Pictures | AXN Original Production | Lean-M | GSN Originals | TriStar Television | Funimation (95%) (Crunchyroll (VRV) | Madman Anime Group | Funimation Channel)¹ | Teleset (50%) | Silvergate Media | Starling | Gemstone Studios

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

US Networks: Sony Movies | Sony Cine | GetTV

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Essel Group

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 Network² | Lifetime (Latin America)³ | FMN (Indonesia)⁴

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 | Madison Gate Records | Madhouse (5%)⁵

Former/defunct assets:
Film and television studios: Aniplex⁶ | 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 Films⁷ | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video⁷ | 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 | 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 | 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

Defunct television channels: United States: 3net⁸ | UK and Ireland: TruTV⁹ | Western Europe: AXN Italy | SET Portugal | SET Spain | Central and Eastern Europe: AXN Crime | Sony Channel (Baltics¹⁰ | Turkey) | Sony Turbo⁹ | Southeast Asia: Sony Channel | Sony BeTV | India: AXN | Sony ESPN¹¹ | Sony Le Plex HD | Sony Rox HD | Sony Ten Golf HD | Canada: Sony Movie Channel | AXN Movies | Latin America: Sony Spin³ | South Africa: Sony Channel | Sony Max | Star Channel (Japan)
Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ¹²

Divested television channels: Southeast Asia:¹³ AXN | Gem | One | Animax | UK and Ireland: Sony Pictures Television UK Networks¹⁴ (Sony Channel | Sony Movies | Sony Movies Classic | Sony Movies Action) | Netherlands: Film1¹⁵ | Russia:¹⁶ Sony Channel Russia | Sony Sci-Fi | Sony Turbo | Central and Eastern Europe:¹⁷ AXN (Hungary, Poland, Romania) | AXN Black (Central Europe, Poland, Romania) | AXN White (Romania, Ukraine) | AXN Spin (Balkans, Poland, Romania) | Hungary¹⁷ (AXN | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat 3¹⁸ | Viasat 6¹⁷)
Video-on-demand: Crackle

¹Co-owned with Aniplex.
²Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
³Joint venture with A+E Networks.
⁴Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁵Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁶Transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2005.
⁷Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁸Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Discovery, Inc.
⁹Under license from WarnerMedia.
¹⁰Sold to Duo Media Networks (Postimees Grupp).
¹¹Joint venture with ESPN.
¹²Joint venture with WarnerMedia and Singtel.
¹³Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹⁴Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹⁵Sold to SPI International.
¹⁶Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁷Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁸Under license from Viasat.

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