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AXN Sci Fi

2006–2010

2010–2013

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AXN Black

2013–2016

2016–2017

Sony Movie Channel

2017–present

In 2017, AXN Black Hungary was replaced by Sony Movie Channel, since AXN Black’s male-oriented role is served by Viasat 6 in Hungary.

Greek media company Antenna Group acquired the entire Central and Eastern European TV business of Sony Pictures Entertainment on 1 October 2021.

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Television channels:

Greece: ANT1 | Makedonia TV | Cyprus: ANT1 Cyprus
Romania: Kiss TV¹ | Magic TV¹ | Rock TV¹ | AXN² | AXN Black² | AXN White² | AXN Spin²
Hungary:² AXN | Sony Max | Sony Movie Channel | Viasat 3³ | Viasat 6³
Poland:² AXN | AXN Black | AXN Spin
Central Europe:² AXN | AXN Black | AXN White
Balkans:² AXN Spin
International: ANT1 Satellite, Pacific (Australia) and Europe
Video-on-demand (Greece): ANT1 Next

Radio stations:
Greece: Rythmos 94.9 | Easy 97.2
Romania:¹ Kiss FM | Magic FM | Rock FM

Other assets:
Daphne Communications | Niki Publishing | Heaven Music

Former assets:
Defunct: ANT1 Prime | Blue
Divested: Prva⁴ (Plus | B92 | Max | Kick | Life | Files | World | Play Radio | Prva Radio) | Nova TV⁵
| Planet TV⁶ (2 | PLUS)

¹Acquired from ProSiebenSat.1 Media.
²Acquired from Sony Pictures Entertainment
³Under license from Viasat.
⁴Sold to Kopernikus Corporation.
⁵Sold to Modern Times Group and later to Advance Media. Currently owned by United Group.
⁶First sold to Telekom Slovenije and later to TV2 Csoport. Formerly a joint venture.

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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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