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For other TV channels named Sony Max, see Sony Max (India) and Sony Max (Hungary).

2011–2016

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2016–2019

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The channel closed/ceased operations on 28 February 2019 along with Sony Channel.^[1]

References

↑ Closure of the Sony Channels in Africa

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group:
Columbia Pictures | TriStar Pictures | Sony Pictures Animation | Sony Pictures Classics | Screen Gems | 3000 Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Sony Pictures Digital | Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | Sony Pictures Consumer Products | Provident Films | Eon Productions | Sony Pictures International Productions

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

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

Sony Pictures Television Studios:
Columbia Showcase Theatre | Crunchyroll | Embassy Row | 2waytraffic | Silver River Productions | Left Bank Pictures | AXN Original Production | Lean-M | GSN Originals | TriStar Television | Funimation (95%) (Crunchyroll (VRV) | Madman Anime Group | Funimation Channel) | Teleset (50%) | Silvergate Media | Starling | Gemstone Studios

Sony Pictures Television Networks:
AXN (HD): Latin America | South Korea | Sony AXN (Germany)
Other AXN-branded channels: AXN White (Spain | Portugal) | Japan | AXN Sci Fi | AXN Mystery | AXN Movies | Crime (South Korea)

Sony Channel: Latin America

US Networks: Sony Movies | Sony Cine | GetTV

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Sony Pictures Networks India

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: 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)

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 Network¹ | Star Channel (Japan) | Lifetime (Latin America)² | FMN (Indonesia)³

Theme Parks Columbia Pictures Aquaverse

Other assets: Sony Pictures Mobile | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions | AXN Sync | AXN Now | AXN Player | Movies Anywhere | Sony Pictures Studios | Madison Gate Records | Madhouse (5%)⁴

Former/defunct assets:
Film and television studios: The Burbank Studios | CBC Film Sales Corporation | Columbia Night at the Movies | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International | Embassy Home Entertainment | First Independent Films | First Release Home Entertainment | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films⁵ | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video⁵ | The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company | Jim Henson Pictures | Magic Window | Manga Entertainment UK | Musicvision | Rastar Films | RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video | Sony Wonder | SVS Triumph | Tri-Star Showcase | Triumph Films | Video Box Office | Screen Gems Television | Columbia Pictures Television | Columbia Pictures Television Distribution | Columbia TriStar Television | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television | Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group | Sony Pictures Television International | Sony Wonder Television | Screen Gems Network | Colex Enterprises | Spelling-Goldberg Productions | Tandem Productions | T.A.T. Communications Company | Embassy Communications | Embassy Pay Television | Embassy Pictures | Merv Griffin Enterprises | Rastar Television | Coca-Cola Telecommunications | Barris Industries | Barris Program Sales | Four D Productions | The Mimus Corporation | Diplomatic Productions | Culver Entertainment | Victory Television | Columbia/Embassy Television | Fearnet

Defunct television channels: United States: 3net⁶ | UK and Ireland: TruTV⁷ | Western Europe: AXN Italy | SET Portugal | SET Spain | Central and Eastern Europe: AXN Crime | Sony Channel (Baltics | Turkey) | Southeast Asia: Sony Channel | Sony BeTV | India: AXN | Sony ESPN⁸ | Sony Le Plex HD | Sony Rox HD | Sony Ten Golf HD | Canada: Sony Movie Channel | AXN Movies | Latin America: Sony Spin² | South Africa: Sony Channel | Sony Max
Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ⁹

Divested television channels: Southeast Asia:¹⁰ AXN | Gem | One | Animax | UK and Ireland: Sony Pictures Television UK Networks¹¹ (Sony Channel | Sony Movies | Sony Movies Classic | Sony Movies Action) | Netherlands: Film1¹² | Russia:¹³ Sony Channel Russia | Sony Sci-Fi | Sony Turbo | Central and Eastern Europe:¹⁴ AXN (Hungary, Poland, Romania) | AXN Black (Central Europe, Poland, Romania) | AXN White (Romania, Ukraine) | AXN Spin (Balkans, Poland, Romania) | Hungary¹⁴ (AXN | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat 3¹⁵ | Viasat 6¹⁵)
Video-on-demand: Crackle

¹Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
²Joint venture with A+E Networks.
³Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁴Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁵Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁶Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Discovery, Inc.
⁷Under license from WarnerMedia.
⁸Joint venture with ESPN.
⁹Joint venture with WarnerMedia and Singtel.
¹⁰Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹¹Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹²Sold to SPI International.
¹³Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁴Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁵Under license from Viasat.

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Electronics/Technologies

Alpha | Bravia | Cyber-shot | Handycam | Memory Stick | Reader | InfoLithium | Sony DADC (CD | DVD | DVD Video | UMD | Blu-ray (3D, Ultra High Definition) | VHS (VHS-C) | Sony Mobile (Xperia) | Vaio (5%) | Walkman

Entertainment

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Sony Interactive Entertainment

Part of Sony

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Part of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Consoles
PlayStation | PlayStation 2 | PlayStation 3 | PlayStation 4 | PlayStation 5

Dedicated consoles
PlayStation Classic

Accessories
DualShock | Move | Wonderbook | VR

Software ranges
Greatest Hits | Essentials | PlayStation the Best | PSone Books | BigHit Series | Classics HD | Collection | Minis | PSone Classic | PSone Imports

Magazines
PlayStation Official Magazine - UK

PlayStation Network
Store | Plus | Now | VidZone | PlayMemories Online | Blog (Blogcast) | Access | Video

Other
Sony Entertainment Network | Productions | Studios

Predecessor
Super Disc

Defunct
EyeToy | Go!Cam | Go!Explore | Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | The Official Magazine | PlayStation (PSone) | 2 (PSX) | 3 | Portable (PSP Go) | TV | PlayTV | PocketStation | Home | Life | Qore | FirstPlay | Rewards | Digital Comics | Adhoc Party | Room for PSP | Go!Messenger | Go!View | PS2 Online (Central Station) | Mobile | Music | Music Unlimited | Underground | Vita | Vue

Studios
Worldwide: PlayStation Studios
North America: Bend Studio | Bluepoint Games | Insomniac Games | Naughty Dog | San Diego Studio | Santa Monica Studio | Sucker Punch Productions
Europe: Guerrilla Games | Housemarque | London Studio | Media Molecule | XDev
Asia: Japan Studio (Project Siren | PlayStation C.A.M.P! | Team Asobi) | Polyphony Digital
Related: Cellius | Gaikai | SN Systems

Franchises

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Main Games

Ape Escape | Ape Escape 2 | Ape Escape 3

Spin-offs
Pipo Saru 2001 | Saru! Get You! Million Monkeys | Racing | Saru! Get You! SaruSaru Big Mission | Ape Quest

Party games
Pumped & Primed | EyeToy: Monkey Mania | Academy | Academy 2 | PlayStation Move

Appearances
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

V • T • E Gran Turismo
Gran Turismo \| 2 \| 3: A-Spec \| Concept \| 4 \| PSP \| 5 \| 6 \| Sport Upcoming: 7

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Main Games

The Precursor Legacy | Jak II | Jak 3 | The Lost Frontier

Other Games
Jak X: Combat Racing | Daxter | Collection

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Ratchet & Clank

Main Games

Ratchet & Clank | Going Commando | Up Your Arsenal | Deadlocked |
Tools of Destruction | Quest for Booty | A Crack in Time | Into the Nexus | Rift Apart

Reimagining
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

Spin-offs
Size Matters | Secret Agent Clank | All 4 One | Collection | Full Frontal Assault

Mobile Games
Going Mobile | Clone Home | Before the Nexus

Films
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

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Main Games

The Thievius Raccoonus | Band of Thieves | Honor Among Thieves | Thieves in Time

Other Games
The Sly Collection | Bentley's Hackpack

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Main Games

Drake's Fortune | Among Thieves | Drake's Deception | A Thief's End

Other Games
Golden Abyss | Fight for Fortune | The Nathan Drake Collection | The Lost Legacy

Other Media
Eye of Indra | The Fourth Labyrinth

Live Action:
Uncharted

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Games

WipEout | 2097/XL | 64 | Wip3out | Fusion | Pure | Pulse | HD/Fury | 2048 | Omega Collection | Rush

AG Racing League

Teams
AG Systems | Assegai | Auricom | EG-X (EG-R | Xios) | FEISAR | Goteki 45 | Harimau | Icaras | Mirage | Piranha | Qirex | Tigron | Triakis | Van-Über
Defunct: G-Tech

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Main Games

God of War | God of War II | Chains of Olympus | God of War III | Ghost of Sparta | Ascension | God of War (2018 video game) | Ragnarök

Other Games
Betrayal | Collection | Origins Collection

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Main Games

Resistance: Fall of Man | Resistance 2 | Resistance 3

Other Games
Resistance: Retribution | Resistance: Burning Skies

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A Guerrilla Games franchise

Main Games
Killzone | Killzone 2 | Killzone 3 | Killzone: Shadow Fall

Other Games
Killzone: Liberation | Killzone: Mercenary

Defunct
989 Studios (989 Sports) | Bigbig Studios | Contrail | Evolution Studios | Guerrilla Cambridge | Incognito Entertainment | Studio Liverpool | Sony Online Entertainment | Team Soho | Zipper Interactive

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Sony Music Entertainment

Part of Sony

Flagship labels
Columbia Records | RCA Records | Epic Records | Arista Records

Other labels/properties
604 Records | Arista Nashville | Ariola Records | Bad Boy Records | Century Media Records | Columbia Nashville | Columbia SevenOne | DefStar Records | Freebandz | Legacy Recordings | Madison Gate Records | Milan Records | Nickelodeon Records | Now That's What I Call Music! | Philadelphia International Records | Pink Floyd Records | Provident Label Group | RCA Inspiration | RCA Records Nashville | RED Music | Sony Music Publishing (EMI Production Music | Extreme Music) | Sony Classical | Sony Masterworks | Sony Music Entertainment Japan (Aniplex | Peanuts Worldwide (39%)¹ | Sony Creative Products) | Sony Music Latin | Syco Music | The Orchard | Thirty Tigers | Ultra Music | Vevo

Defunct/Former
American Recordings | Aware Records | Bang Records | Bell Records | Bertelsmann Music Group | Buddah Records | CBS Records International | Colgems Records | Colpix Records | Columbia Graphophone Company | Creation Records | EMI Music Publishing | Fox Records | Jive Records | J Records | LaFace Records | Loud Records | Nickelodeon Video | Relativity Records | Sony Wonder² | Sony Music Soundtrax | TriStar Music | TVT Records | Zomba Label Group | Def Jam Recordings

Notes
¹ Co-owned with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%).
² Now a label of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group:
Columbia Pictures | TriStar Pictures | Sony Pictures Animation | Sony Pictures Classics | Screen Gems | 3000 Pictures | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Sony Pictures Digital | Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | Sony Pictures Consumer Products | Provident Films | Eon Productions | Sony Pictures International Productions

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

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

Sony Pictures Television Studios:
Columbia Showcase Theatre | Crunchyroll | Embassy Row | 2waytraffic | Silver River Productions | Left Bank Pictures | AXN Original Production | Lean-M | GSN Originals | TriStar Television | Funimation (95%) (Crunchyroll (VRV) | Madman Anime Group | Funimation Channel) | Teleset (50%) | Silvergate Media | Starling | Gemstone Studios

Sony Pictures Television Networks:
AXN (HD): Latin America | South Korea | Sony AXN (Germany)
Other AXN-branded channels: AXN White (Spain | Portugal) | Japan | AXN Sci Fi | AXN Mystery | AXN Movies | Crime (South Korea)

Sony Channel: Latin America

US Networks: Sony Movies | Sony Cine | GetTV

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Sony Pictures Networks India

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: 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)

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 Network¹ | Star Channel (Japan) | Lifetime (Latin America)² | FMN (Indonesia)³

Theme Parks Columbia Pictures Aquaverse

Other assets: Sony Pictures Mobile | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions | AXN Sync | AXN Now | AXN Player | Movies Anywhere | Sony Pictures Studios | Madison Gate Records | Madhouse (5%)⁴

Former/defunct assets:
Film and television studios: The Burbank Studios | CBC Film Sales Corporation | Columbia Night at the Movies | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International | Embassy Home Entertainment | First Independent Films | First Release Home Entertainment | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films⁵ | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video⁵ | The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company | Jim Henson Pictures | Magic Window | Manga Entertainment UK | Musicvision | Rastar Films | RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video | Sony Wonder | SVS Triumph | Tri-Star Showcase | Triumph Films | Video Box Office | Screen Gems Television | Columbia Pictures Television | Columbia Pictures Television Distribution | Columbia TriStar Television | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television | Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group | Sony Pictures Television International | Sony Wonder Television | Screen Gems Network | Colex Enterprises | Spelling-Goldberg Productions | Tandem Productions | T.A.T. Communications Company | Embassy Communications | Embassy Pay Television | Embassy Pictures | Merv Griffin Enterprises | Rastar Television | Coca-Cola Telecommunications | Barris Industries | Barris Program Sales | Four D Productions | The Mimus Corporation | Diplomatic Productions | Culver Entertainment | Victory Television | Columbia/Embassy Television | Fearnet

Defunct television channels: United States: 3net⁶ | UK and Ireland: TruTV⁷ | Western Europe: AXN Italy | SET Portugal | SET Spain | Central and Eastern Europe: AXN Crime | Sony Channel (Baltics | Turkey) | Southeast Asia: Sony Channel | Sony BeTV | India: AXN | Sony ESPN⁸ | Sony Le Plex HD | Sony Rox HD | Sony Ten Golf HD | Canada: Sony Movie Channel | AXN Movies | Latin America: Sony Spin² | South Africa: Sony Channel | Sony Max
Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ⁹

Divested television channels: Southeast Asia:¹⁰ AXN | Gem | One | Animax | UK and Ireland: Sony Pictures Television UK Networks¹¹ (Sony Channel | Sony Movies | Sony Movies Classic | Sony Movies Action) | Netherlands: Film1¹² | Russia:¹³ Sony Channel Russia | Sony Sci-Fi | Sony Turbo | Central and Eastern Europe:¹⁴ AXN (Hungary, Poland, Romania) | AXN Black (Central Europe, Poland, Romania) | AXN White (Romania, Ukraine) | AXN Spin (Balkans, Poland, Romania) | Hungary¹⁴ (AXN | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat 3¹⁵ | Viasat 6¹⁵)
Video-on-demand: Crackle

¹Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
²Joint venture with A+E Networks.
³Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁴Joint venture with Nippon Television.
⁵Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁶Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Discovery, Inc.
⁷Under license from WarnerMedia.
⁸Joint venture with ESPN.
⁹Joint venture with WarnerMedia and Singtel.
¹⁰Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹¹Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹²Sold to SPI International.
¹³Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁴Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁵Under license from Viasat.

Finance
Sony Financial Holdings | Sony Assurance | Sony Bank (SmartLink Network) | Sony Life (Aegon Sony Life)

Defunct/Former
Aiwa | Betamax | Cassette Memory (Micro) | MGM Holdings (20%) | MicroMV | MiniDisc | Sony Dynamic Digital Sound | Trinitron | WEGA

Special: Slogans

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Television services:

DStv | GOtv | Box Office | Showmax

M-Net channels:
M-Net HD | 1Magic | M-Net City | Africa Magic | Maisha Magic | Zambezi Magic | Pearl Magic | 1KZN | Akwaaba Magic | Vuzu
M-Net Movies (1 | 2 | 3 | 4)

SuperSport channels:
Blitz | Grandstand | PSL (South Africa only) | Premier League | LaLiga | Football Plus | Football | Variety | Action | Golf | Motorsport | Tennis | WWE | Máximo

Other assets:
Irdeto

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