Sony Channel is a German pay cable and satellite channel owned by

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production and distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures Entertainme ...

, based in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

History

Broadcasting started at 11:11 on 22 April 2013. 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 Vodafone GmbH is a mobile telecommunications operator in Germany headquartered in Düsseldorf. It provides mobile phone, LTE, 5G, cable internet, landlines, cable TV, and IPTV services. As of the third quarter of 2021, Vodafone GmbH has more ...

, Kabelkiosk and Magine TV. The managing directors are John O. Fukunaga, Andrew Jay Kaplan and Karen Elisabeth Marsh, whose headquarters are in

. On December 15, 2016, the channel was renamed into Sony Channel and it later expanded its availability to Austria.

Logos

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Programming

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'' ''(1993 - Jede Revolution hat ihren Preis)'' (2018–present) *''

Agatha Christie's Poirot ''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Her ...

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Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

'' (2014–present) *'' Anna Pihl'' ''(Anna Pihl - Auf Streife in Kopenhagen)'' (2013-2016) *''

Baron Noir ' (screened as ''Republican Gangsters'' in some markets) is a French political drama television series which premiered on Canal+ on 8 February 2016. The series was developed by Eric Benzekri and Jean-Baptiste Delafon. Premise Baron Noir is the p ...

'' (2017–present) *''

Call My Agent ! ''Call My Agent!'' (french: Dix pour cent, lit=Ten Percent) is a French comedy-drama television series that premiered on France 2 on 14 October 2015. The series depicts talent agents at the fictional agency ASK (''Agence Samuel Kerr'') and their ...

'' ''(Dix pour cent)'' (2017–present) *''

Cenerentola ' (''Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant'') is an operatic '' dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera '' Cendrillon' ...

'' ''(Cenerentola: Ein italienisches Märchen)'' (2014-2016) *''Clan'' (2014-2016) *'' Cranford'' (2015–present) *''

D'Artagnan et les Trois Mousquetaires Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the F ...

(2005)'' ''(Die drei Musketiere)'' (2013–2015) *''

Downton Abbey ''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States o ...

'' (2014–present) *'' Emma'' (2016–present) *''

Frikjent ''Frikjent'' ("Acquitted") is a 2015 Norwegian TV series. In the UK, the series is shown on Walter Presents. Content In season one, Aksel Nilsen ( Nicolai Cleve Broch) was tried 20 years ago for the murder of 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Karine Han ...

'' ''(Lifjord - Der Freispruch)'' (2016–present) *'' Gran Hotel'' (2013–present) *''

John Rabe John Heinrich Detlef Rabe (23 November 1882 – 5 January 1950) was a German businessman and Nazi Party member best known for his efforts to stop war crimes during the Japanese Nanjing Massacre (also known as Nanking) and his work to prot ...

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Little Dorrit ''Little Dorrit'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Cl ...

'' ''(Klein Dorrit)'' (2017–present) *''

Lost Girl ''Lost Girl'' is a Canadian supernatural drama television series that premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010, and ran for five seasons. It follows the life of a bisexual succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, as she learns to control ...

'' (2013-2016) *'' Malcolm in the Middle'' ''(Malcolm mittendrin)'' (2013-2016) *'' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' ''(Miss Fishers mysteriöse Mordfälle)'' (2014–present) *''

Mr Selfridge ''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/WGBH for broadcast on IT ...

'' (2014–present) *'' Mustat lesket'' ''(Black Widows - Rache auf Finnisch)'' (2015–present) *''

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'' ''(Napoleon)'' (2013-2015) *''

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'' (2017–present) *'' Partners in Crime'' (2017–present) *''

Poldark ''Poldark'' is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, published from 1945 to 1953 and continued from 1973 to 2002. The first novel, '' Ross Poldark'', was named for the protagonist of the series. The novel series was adapted twice ...

'' (2016–present) *''

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Scott & Bailey ''Scott & Bailey'' is a British police procedural series that debuted on ITV on 29 May 2011 and concluded on 27 April 2016. The series stars Suranne Jones, Lesley Sharp, Amelia Bullmore, Nicholas Gleaves, Danny Miller and Pippa Haywood. The s ...

'' (2015–present) *'' Solsidan'' ''(The Sunny Side)'' (2018–present) *'' Spin'' ''(Spin - Paris im Schatten der Macht)'' (2014–present) *'' Spiral'' ''(Engrenages - Im Fadenkreuz der Justiz)'' (2015–present) *'' Tess of the D'Urbervilles'' ''(Tess)'' (2016–present) *''

The Bletchley Circle ''The Bletchley Circle'' is a television mystery drama series, set in 1952–53, about four women who worked as codebreakers at Bletchley Park. Dissatisfied with the officials' failure to investigate complex crimes, the women join to investigat ...

'' (2014–present) *'' The Borgias'' ''(Borgia)'' (2013–present) *'' The Great Train Robbery'' ''(Der große Eisenbahnraub)'' (2014–present) *''

The Honourable Woman ''The Honourable Woman'' is a 2014 British political spy thriller television miniseries in eight parts, directed and written by Hugo Blick for the BBC and SundanceTV. Featuring Maggie Gyllenhaal in the title role, it aired on BBC Two in the ...

'' (2015–present) *''

The Mob Doctor ''The Mob Doctor'' is an American television drama that aired on Fox from September 17, 2012, to January 7, 2013, as a part of the 2012–13 network television season. The series was created by Josh Berman and Rob Wright and is based on the boo ...

'' ''(Mob Doctor)'' (2013, 2015-2016) *''

The Mystery of Edwin Drood ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium ...

'' ''(Das Geheimnis des Edwin Drood)'' (2016–present) *'' The Tunnel'' ''(The Tunnel - Mord kennt keine Grenzen)'' (2014–present) *'' Un village français'' ''(Un village français - Überleben unter deutscher Besatzung)'' (2014–present) *''

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References

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* {{Television in Germany Television channels and stations established in 2013 Television stations in Germany Television stations in Austria German-language television stations Sony Pictures Television Mass media in Munich