Cine Sony (Italian TV channel)

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Cine Sony
Cinesony.png
Country Italy
Broadcast area Italy
San Marino
Vatican City
Programming
Language(s) Italian
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Sony Pictures Television
Sister channels Pop
History
Launched7 September 2017;6 years ago (2017-09-07)
Closed11 July 2019;4 years ago (2019-07-11)
Replaced by Mediaset Extra 2
Links
Website cinesony.it
Availability
Terrestrial
Movistar Channel 55 (SD)
Telecable Channel 873

Cine Sony was an Italian free-to-air television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television.

Contents

The channel launched on 7 September 2017 and closed on 11 July 2019 after Sony Pictures Television sold off it and sister channel Pop's slots to Mediaset. Cine Sony's former slot would be used to launch a temporary channel called Mediaset Extra 2.

Programming

Owned by the Sony Pictures Television subsidiary of Sony Corporation, its programming consisted of documentaries, films, TV Series and shows produced from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The channel included contents from Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics. [1]

Film

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References

  1. "Cine Sony dal 7 settembre sul canale 55 del digitale terrestre. La programmazione" (in Italian). davidemaggio.it. 3 July 2017.