GREAT! action



2005–2006	2006–2010	2010–2019	2019–2021	2021–2023	2023–2025	2025–present

Matinee Movies[]

2005–2006[]

Movies4Men[]

2006–2010[]

SVG NEEDED

2010–2019[]

Sony Movies Action[]

2019–2021[]

SVG NEEDED

On 10 September 2019, Movies4Men was rebranded as Sony Movies Action, as part of a major rebranding.

GREAT! movies action[]

2021–2023[]

After SPT UK Networks sold all its free-to-air channels to Narrative Capital, the four Sony-branded free-to-air channels in the UK adopted the GREAT! branding on 25 May 2021. As a result, Sony Movies Action was rebranded to GREAT! movies action.

GREAT! action[]

2023–2025[]

GREAT! movies action was rebranded as GREAT! action on 22 March 2023.

Great! Action[]

2025–present[]

Designer:

Unknown

Typography:

Unknown

Launched:

September 4^th, 2025

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Narrative Entertainment

owned by Narrative Capital Partners

The GREAT! Network:
Entertainment channels: GREAT! tv
Movie channels: GREAT! action | GREAT! movies | GREAT! mystery | GREAT! romance
On-demand: GREAT! player
Defunct: GREAT! comedy | GREAT! real

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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 Pictures Television Networks:
AXN: Asia | Latin America | Portugal and Spain
Other AXN-branded channels: AXN White (Portugal) | AXN Movies (Spain | Portugal)

Sony Channel: Latin America | Brazil

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

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	Joint venture with 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
³³	Joint Venture with 20th Century Studios

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