Sony BBC Earth

This article is about the Indian version of BBC Earth. For other uses, see BBC Earth and BBC Earth (TV channel).

Sony BBC Earth is a factual infotainment channel and Sony Pictures Networks India’s second joint venture with an international broadcaster, the first being Sony ESPN. It was launched on 6 March 2017 in both SD and HD feeds, the same day as the HD version of Star Gold Select.

Sony BBC Earth’s main competitors are National Geographic and Nat Geo Wild from Star, Discovery and Animal Planet from Discovery and History TV18 from AETN18.

2017–present

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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.

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BBC

UK TV:
BBC One (NI | SC | WA) | (England: E | EM | L | M | NE&C | NW | S | SE | SW | W | Y | Y&L) | Defunct: L&SE
BBC Two (NI | WA) | Defunct: SC | (England: E | EM | L | L&SE | M | NE&C | NW | S | SE | SW | W | Y&L)
BBC Three | BBC Four | BBC Scotland | BBC News | Euronews | BBC Parliament | CBBC | CBeebies | BBC Alba

Nations:
BBC Scotland | BBC Cymru Wales | BBC Northern Ireland

Defunct: BBC South East (former)

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BBC Studios

Part of the BBC

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UKTV

Part of BBC Studios

Other brands:
UKTV Play

Former channels:
Divested¹: Good Food | Home | Really

Defunct: CCXTV | Good Food | UK Horizons

Notes:
¹All UKTV lifestyle channels were fully-acquired by Discovery, Inc., which formerly had a half stake of UKTV until 2019.

¹50.01% owned by the BBC, 49.99% owned by AMC Networks.
²80% owned by Corus Entertainment, 20% owned by the BBC.
³Co-owned by Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁴Co-owned by ITV plc.
⁵Formerly a joint venture with The Times Group, which is now its sole owner.

Other Radio Operations: BBC Music Introducing | BBC Sounds

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BBC News

Part of the BBC

Nations:
Scotland: Reporting Scotland | An Là | The Nine
Wales: Wales Today | Newyddion
Northern Ireland: Newsline

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

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

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

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:

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

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

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.

Sony BBC Earth

2017–present

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