Sony BBC Earth

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

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: Bangla: Sony Aath | Marathi: Sony Marathi

Sony Pictures Sports Networks: Cricket-focused: Sony Six ^HD | Combat sports–focused: Sony Ten 1 ^HD | Football-focused: Sony Ten 2 ^HD | Predominantly Hindi-language: Sony Ten 3 ^HD

International channels: SET (Asia)

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

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

Upcoming channels: Marathi: Sony Marathi HD | Sports: Sony Ten 4

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

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

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BBC

UK TV:
BBC One (HD) (NI | SC | WA) | (England: E | EM | L | M | NE&C | NW | S | SE | SW | W | Y | Y&L) | Defunct: L&SE
BBC Two (HD) (NI | WA) | Defunct: SC | (England: E | EM | L | L&SE | M | NE&C | NW | S | SE | SW | W | Y&L)
BBC Three (TV channel) (HD) | BBC Four (HD) | BBC Scotland (HD) | BBC News (HD) | Euronews | BBC Parliament | CBBC (HD) | CBeebies (HD) | 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 (+1, HD) | Home (+1) | Really

Defunct: Good Food (+1, HD) | 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

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

US Networks:
Sony Movie Channel | Cine Sony | GetTV

Hungary Networks:
AXN | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat3⁴ | Viasat6⁴

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Sony Pictures Television UK Networks

Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony)

Entertainment channels
Sony Channel

Movie channels
Sony Movies | Sony Movies Action | Sony Movies Classic

Children's channels
Pop | Pop Max | Tiny Pop

¹Currently owned by Trace.

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Indian TV channels:

Sony Pictures Sports Networks: Cricket-focused: Sony Six ^HD | Combat sports–focused: Sony Ten 1 ^HD | Football-focused: Sony Ten 2 ^HD | Predominantly Hindi-language: Sony Ten 3 ^HD

International channels: SET (Asia)

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

Upcoming channels: Marathi: Sony Marathi HD | Sports: Sony Ten 4

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

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

Other channels:
Animax | Game Show Network⁵ | Star Channel (Japan) | Lifetime (Latin America)⁶ | FMN⁷

¹Under license from WarnerMedia.
²Joint venture with BBC Worldwide.
³Joint venture with ESPN.
⁴Under license from Viasat.
⁵Formerly co-owned with AT&T, Sony acquired AT&T's stake of GSN in 2019.
⁶Joint venture with A+E Networks.
⁷Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁸Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁹Joint venture with WarnerMedia and Singtel.

2017–present

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