Sony Channel (German TV channel)

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Sony Channel
Sony Channel Logo 2019.svg
Country Germany
Broadcast area Germany, Austria
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s) German
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Sony Pictures Television
Sister channels Sony AXN
History
Launched22 April 2013;9 years ago (2013-04-22)
Former namesSony Entertainment Television
(2013-2016)
Links
Website www.sonychannel.de

Sony Channel is a German pay cable and satellite channel owned by Sony Pictures Television, based in Munich.

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History

Broadcasting started at 11:11 on 22 April 2013. [1] During its first years of broadcast, the channel was exclusively available for Deutsche Telekom until March 2016, when it became widespread among different providers such as Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia, Kabelkiosk and Magine TV.

The managing directors are John O. Fukunaga, Andrew Jay Kaplan and Karen Elisabeth Marsh, whose headquarters are in Munich. On December 15, 2016, the channel was renamed into Sony Channel and it later expanded its availability to Austria. [2] [3]

Logos

Programming [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Neuer Pay-TV-Sender Sony Entertainment Television startet heute (in German), 2013-04-22, retrieved 2016-12-17
  2. ↑ "Sony Entertainment TV wird Sony Channel". TV Digital (in German). 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  3. ↑ Sony Entertainment TV erstrahlt in neuem Glanz (in German), 2016-11-16, retrieved 2016-12-17
  4. ↑ "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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