Sony Ten 1 is an Indian sports channel owned by Sony Pictures Sports Networks, which acquired it and the other Ten Sports-branded channels from Zee in 2017.
The channel was launched in 2002 as Ten Sports. It was acquired by Zee in 2006, which renamed it to Ten 1 in 2016. Zee eventually sold the Ten Sports network to Sony Pictures Networks India in March 2017.
Ten Sports
2002–2016
An Emirati company named Taj Television launched Ten Sports on 1 April 2002, making it one of the first sports channels in India after Star Sports, ESPN and the government-owned DD Sports, which were launched in the 1990s.
Zee bought 50% of Taj Television in 2006[1][2] to complement its Zee Sports channel (later Ten Action, now Sony Ten 2); this stake was greatly increased in 2010.[3]
Ten HD: 2011–2016
Ten HD was launched on 15 August 2011 along with HD feeds of Zee TV, Zee Cinema and Zee Studio.
Ten 1
2016–2017
Zee rebranded the Ten Sports network on 29 March 2016, introducing a new slogan, Never stop. Ten Sports was renamed to Ten 1, Ten Action to Ten 2, Ten Cricket to Ten 3 and Ten HD to Ten 1 HD.
The new logo style was on the basis of that of Ten Golf HD, which had rebranded in October 2015 after converting from a standard-definition channel into a high-definition (HD) channel.
Sony Ten 1
2017–present
In 2017 ZEEL sold the Ten Sports Network to Sony Pictures Networks India. All the Ten channels, along with Sony Six, rebranded on 18 July 2017 to match Sony ESPN’s logo style. In addition, Sony Ten 2 and 3 launched HD feeds. All the Sony sports channels also launched a new uniform graphics package.
References
| 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 | Music: Sony Mix | Kids: Sony Yay Sony Pictures Sports Networks: Sony ESPN (HD)2 | Sony Six (HD) | Sony Ten 1 (HD), Sony Ten 2 (HD) and Sony Ten 3 (HD) International channels: SET (Asia) Video-on-demand: Sony LIV Defunct channels: Sony Rox HD (Hindi music) | Sony Le Plex HD (English movies) | Sony Ten Golf HD Upcoming channels: Sony Marathi HD | Sony Ten 4 Content production arm: Studio NXT
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| Parent: Essel Group (Sister companies: Dish TV | d2h)
Indian TV channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV (HD), &TV (HD), Zee Anmol and Big Magic | Movies: Zee Cinema (HD), &pictures (HD), Zee Bollywood, Zee Classic, &xplor HD, Zee Action and Zee Anmol Cinema | Music: Zee ETC Bollywood | Youth: Zing | Teleshopping: EZ Mall English: Entertainment: Zee Café (HD) | Movies: &flix (HD) and &privé HD | Lifestyle: Living Foodz (HD) | Travel: Living Travelz Regional languages: News channels: (Zee Media Corp.) International channels: Arab world: Zee Aflam (movies) and Zee Alwan (entertainment) | United States: Zee Living and Zee Smile | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo | Germany/Poland: Zee.One | Russia: Zee TV | Thailand: Zee Nung | Indonesia: Zee Bioskop | Philippines: Zee Sine | Vietnam: Zee Phim | South Africa/Subsaharan Africa: Zee World and Zee Bollynova | Francophone Africa: Zee Magic Non-television businesses: Film production: Zee Studios and Zee Studios International | Music label: Zee Music Company | Theatrical production: Zee Theatre | Live events: Zee Live Video-on-demand services: India: Zee5 (Zindagi) | Latin America and US Hispanic: Zee Mundo Play Defunct channels: Divested channels:  |
