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. It focuses on combat sports, especially WWE.
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.
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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 the now-defunct Ten Golf HD, which had rebranded in October 2015 after converting from a standard-definition (SD) 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 the logo style of fellow sports channel Sony ESPN (which closed down on 30 March 2020). Sony Ten 2 and 3 launched HD feeds on the same day. All the Sony sports channels also launched a new uniform graphics package.
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| 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 2 (classic movies) and Sony Wah | Kids: Sony Yay 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: Content production arm: Studio NEXT
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| Part of Essel Group
Indian TV channels: Hindi: Entertainment: Zee TV HD, &TV HD, Zee Anmol and Big Magic | Zindagi1 | Movies: Zee Cinema HD, &pictures HD, Zee Bollywood, Zee Classic, &xplor HD, Zee Action and Zee Anmol Cinema | Music/youth: Zing | Teleshopping: EZ Mall English: Entertainment: Zee Café HD | Movies: &flix HD and &privé HD | Lifestyle: Zee Zest HD Regional languages: Upcoming channels: News channels: (Zee Media Corp.) Digital news channels: Zee Tamil News | Zee Telugu News | Zee Kannada News | Zee Malayalam News | Zee Odisha News International channels: Arab world: Zee Aflam (movies) and Zee Alwan (entertainment) | United States: Zee Smile | Canada: Zee TV Canada | Russia: Zee TV | Thailand: Zee Nung | Indonesia: Zee Bioskop | Vietnam: Zee Phim | South Africa/Subsaharan Africa: Zee World, Zee One and Zee Bollynova | Ethiopia: Zee Alem | Francophone Africa: Zee Magic Non-television businesses: Video-on-demand services: Defunct channels: Divested channels:
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