Sony Max 2 is a Hindi classic movie channel that shows Hindi movies released before the early 2000s, similar to Zee Classic , as well as lesser-known movies of the 2000s and 2010s, similar to Zee Bollywood and Star Gold 2 . It was launched in May 2014 and underwent a rebranding in April 2017.
2014–2022 [ ]
2014–2017 [ ]
The launch graphics were created by Australia-based Mark Boey, who also designed the graphics for Sony TV in 2013 and Sony Pal in 2014 (as part of the Ink Project design firm), as well as Zee ’s &TV in 2015. The theme colours were violet, purple and orange, and the popular FF Din font was used in on-air typography.
Since 2019, these graphics are being reused by sister Hindi movie channel Sony Wah , though with an orange-and-pink colour scheme.
Launch graphics (1 and 2 )
2017–2022 [ ]
Tagline: Yaad Rahega (‘It will be memorable’), 2017–present
Sony Max 2 Ident (Since 1 April 2017)
A new graphics package was introduced on 1 April 2017 wherein layers of a spiral shape change colours rapidly against a yellow background. The new on-screen typeface is the rare and little-known BigCity Grotesque.
2022–present [ ]
All Sony channels rebranded on 24th October 2022 with new logos and graphics.
Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Indian TV channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV HD , Sony Sab HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max HD (Other ), Sony Max 1 , Sony Max 2 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 Sports Network : Sony Sports Ten 1 HD , Sony Sports Ten 2 HD , Sony Sports Ten 3 HD (Hindi) , Sony Sports Ten 4 HD (Tamil and Telugu) , Sony Sports Ten 5 HD
International channels: SET (Asia) | Sony KAL
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 Six , Sony Kix , Sony Ten Golf HD and Sony ESPN HD, 2
Unlaunched: Sony Six 2 | Sony Tec
Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions
Notes:
1 Joint venture with BBC Studios .
2 Was a joint venture with ESPN .
Part of Sony
Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group :
Columbia Pictures (Ghost Corps ) | TriStar Pictures | Sony Pictures Animation | Sony Pictures Classics | Screen Gems (Scream Gems ) | 3000 Pictures 22 | Sony Pictures Imageworks | Sony Pictures Digital (Digital Productions ) | Sony Pictures Releasing (International ) | Sony Pictures Consumer Products | Provident Films | Sony Pictures International Productions
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment :
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Pictures Kids Zone | Kartoon Studios (7%)
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions :
Destination Films | Affirm Films | Stage 6 Films
Sony Pictures Television :
2waytraffic | 19 Entertainment | Affirm Originals | AXN Original Production | Columbia Showcase Theatre | Crunchyroll, LLC (95%)1 (Hayate ) | Embassy Row | Game Show Enterprises | Gemstone Studios | Intellectual Property Corporation | Left Bank Pictures | Maxine | Sharp Entertainment | Silver River Productions | Sony Pictures Television Kids | Sony Pictures Television Networks Original | Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction | Starling | Teleset (50%)
Sony Pictures Television Networks :
AXN: Asia | Latin America | Portugal and Spain
Other AXN-branded channels : AXN White (Portugal ) | AXN Movies (Spain | Portugal ) | Crime (South Korea)
Sony Channel : Latin America
Sony Movies : Latin America | United States (Sony Cine )
Other US Networks: Great Entertainment Television
Video-on-demand:
Crunchyroll | Sony Networks | Sony One | Sony Pictures Core
Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Indian TV channels:
Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV HD , Sony Sab HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max HD (Other ), Sony Max 1 , Sony Max 2 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 Sports Network : Sony Sports Ten 1 HD , Sony Sports Ten 2 HD , Sony Sports Ten 3 HD (Hindi) , Sony Sports Ten 4 HD (Tamil and Telugu) , Sony Sports Ten 5 HD
International channels: SET (Asia) | Sony KAL
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 Six , Sony Kix , Sony Ten Golf HD and Sony ESPN HD, 2
Unlaunched: Sony Six 2 | Sony Tec
Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions
Notes:
1 Joint venture with BBC Studios .
2 Was a joint venture with ESPN .
Other channels:
Crunchyroll Channel | Game Show Network 3 (Game Show Central ) | Lifetime (Latin America) 4 | FMN (Indonesia)5
Sony Pictures Experiences:
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema | Columbia Pictures Aquaverse | Wonderverse
Other assets:
Sony Pictures Mobile | Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions | AXN Sync | AXN Now | AXN Player | Movies Anywhere | Sony Pictures Studios | Sony Pictures Virtual Reality | Madison Gate Records | Great American Pure Flix | Madhouse (5%)6
Former/defunct assets:
Film and television studios: AnimeLab | Barris Industries | Barris Program Sales | The Burbank Studios 30 | CBC Film Sales Corporation | Chorion | Coca-Cola Telecommunications 27 | Colex Enterprises 31 | Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors 32 | Columbia/Embassy Television | Columbia Night at the Movies | Columbia Pictures Television | Columbia Pictures Television Distribution | Columbia TriStar Television | Columbia TriStar Domestic Television | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International | Culver Entertainment | Diplomatic Productions | Embassy Communications | Embassy Home Entertainment | Embassy Pay Television | Embassy Pictures | Fearnet | First Independent Films | First Release Home Entertainment | Four D Productions | Funimation Channel | Funimation Films | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films 8 | Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video 8 | Merv Griffin Enterprises | The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company | Jim Henson Pictures | Lean-M 21 | Madman Anime Group | Magic Window | Manga Entertainment UK | The Mimus Corporation | Musicvision | Navarre Corporation 29 | Nozomi Entertainment | Pop | PITS Films | Rastar Films | Rastar Television | RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video | Screen Gems | Screen Gems Network | Skybound Galactic 2 | Sony Pictures Entertainment Visual Works 7 | Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group | Sony Pictures Television International | Sony Wonder | Sony Wonder Television 26 | Spelling-Goldberg Productions | Starling 23 | Sunbow Entertainment 28 | SVS Triumph | Tandem Productions | T.A.T. Communications Company | Tri-Star Showcase | TriStar Television | Triumph Films | Victory Television | Video Box Office
Defunct television channels: United States: 3net 9 | UK and Ireland: TruTV 10 | Western Europe: AXN (Italy) | AXN Sci Fi (Italy) | Pop (Italy) | Cine Sony (Italy) | Sony Entertainment Television (Portugal | Spain ) | Central and Eastern Europe: AXN Crime | Sony Channel (Baltics 12 | Turkey ) | Sony Turbo 10 | Sony Çocuk | Sony Mutfak | Sony Max (Turkey) | Southeast Asia: Sony Channel | Sony BeTV | Sony Pix Thriller | India: AXN | Sony ESPN 13 | Sony Le Plex HD | Sony Rox HD | Sony Ten Golf HD | Canada: Sony Movie Channel | AXN Movies | Latin America: Sony Spin 4 | South Africa: Sony Channel | Sony Max | Star Channel (Japan) | Israel: AXN
Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ 13 | United States: VRV | Funimation
Divested television channels: Southeast Asia:14 AXN | Gem | One | Animax | Japan:20 AXN | AXN Mystery | Animax | Kids Station | Sony Channel | UK and Ireland: Sony Pictures Television UK Networks 15 (Sony Channel | Sony Movies | Sony Movies Classic | Sony Movies Action ) | Netherlands: Film1 16 | Russia:17 Sony Channel Russia | Sony Sci-Fi | Sony Turbo | Central and Eastern Europe:18 AXN (Hungary , Poland , Romania ) | AXN Black (Central Europe , Poland , Romania ) | AXN White (Romania ) | AXN Spin (Balkans , Poland , Romania ) | Hungary:18 AXN | Viasat 2 | Viasat 3 19 | Viasat 6 19 | Viasat Film | Germany:24 Sony Channel | Sony AXN | Taiwan:25 Sony Super TV | Korea:AXN
Video-on-demand: Crackle
Other : Sony Pictures DVD Center