Sony ESPN

Sony ESPN was a sports channel owned by Sony Pictures Networks India, under licence from ESPN. Launched in April 2015 as Sony Kix, it rebranded in January 2016 to Sony ESPN.

After rival broadcaster Star (which used the ESPN brand in India until 2013) was acquired by The Walt Disney Company (which owns the ESPN brand internationally) in March 2019, it was announced on 14 March 2020 that Sony ESPN SD and HD would be discontinued on 30 March along with Sony Mix, a Hindi music channel. Sony ESPN will most likely be replaced by Sony Ten 4.

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Sony Kix

2015–2016

Sony Kix was Sony Pictures Networks India's second sports channel after Sony Six, which was launched in 2012. Sony Kix was launched on 8 April 2015 in advance of Season 8 of the Indian Premier League. This launch came two days after that of sister channel AXN HD.

Sony ESPN

2016–2020

In late 2015, ESPN re-entered the Indian subcontinent in partnership with Sony Pictures Networks India (its previous Indian venture, ESPN Star Sports, was disbanded in 2013). Therefore, the Sony Kix name turned out to be short-lived, as it was rebranded to Sony ESPN on 17 January 2016.

An HD feed was launched on the same day.

Later, on 18 July 2017, all of Sony Pictures Networks' sports channels (consisting of Sony Six and the Ten Sports Network—Ten 1, Ten 2, Ten 3 and the now-defunct Ten Golf HD—that SPN had acquired from ZEEL in March 2017) rebranded to follow this logo format, with the word Sony on top and the name of the channel in a white rectangle below.

Sony ESPN ceased broadcasting on 30 March 2020, along with its HD version and sister channel Sony Mix. These shutdowns are similar to the shutdowns of Sony Le Plex HD, Sony Rox HD and Sony Ten Golf HD on New Year’s Eve 2018.

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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 (HD upcoming)

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 and Sony Ten 4 (upcoming)

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: Sony Marathi HD | 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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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:

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: Sony Marathi HD | 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(Other) | 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 WarnerMedia and Singtel.

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Indian Premier League

Current franchises:

Former franchises:
Deccan Chargers | Gujarat Lions | Kochi Tuskers Kerala | Pune Warriors India | Rising Pune Supergiant

Broadcasters (Indian subcontinent):
Sony (2008–2017): Sony Max (2008–2017) | Sony Max HD (2011–2012) | Sony Six (HD) (2013–2017) | Sony ESPN (HD) (2016–2017) |
Match show: Extraaa Innings T20

Star (2018–2022): Star Sports 1 (all languages, SD/HD) and Star Sports Select 1 (SD/HD) | Star Maa Movies and Jalsha Movies (SD/HD) | Star Suvarna Plus | Hotstar | JioTV