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

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 | 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.

Other assets:
BBC Select | BritBox⁴ | BBC Studios Home Entertainment | BBC Studios Distribution | Demon Music Group

Notes
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

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:

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 Network⁴ | Lifetime (Latin America)⁵ | FMN (Indonesia)⁶

Theme Parks: Columbia Pictures Aquaverse

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.

Sony BBC Earth

2017–present

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