Sony Channel (commonly referred to on-air as Sony) is a

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channel that broadcasts TV series and movies. It is owned by

Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and rec ...

and distributed by

Ole Distribution Ole Distribution is a company which owns several pay television networks in the region of Latin America. The company was founded as a joint venture between Warner Bros. Discovery and Ole Communications. Distributed channels Ole Distribution ...

. It was the first pan-regional basic-tier channel that offered programming in English with Spanish subtitles.

History

Sony Channel was launched in August 1995 as Sony Entertainment Television, a basic cable television channel. In Mexico, it was first available on Televisa's Cablevisión cable TV system in March 1996 followed by its launch in Brazil that same year. Unlike most television networks in Latin America, which air all imported shows dubbed in

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or Portuguese, Sony started airing its programming with subtitles, which led to its role as a regional TV leader. In 2011, the Sony Pictures channels in Brazil gained greater autonomy from the Spanish-language feeds, and as part of that, it was announced that CSI: Crime Scene Investigation would return to Canal Sony in Brazil, while in the rest of the region, that show remained airing on

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. In October 2011, CSI: Miami was picked up by Sony Channel Brazil. In 2015, HBO Latin America (now Ole Distribution) switched from subtitles to dubbing in most of its channels, including Sony and AXN, which has caused some criticism among viewers. The networks appeal to its users to use the channel's

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audio track to view programming in its original language.

Logos

File:Sony Entertainment Television logo 1995.svg, Sony Entertainment Television (1995 - 2007) File:Canal Sony.svg, Sony Entertainment Television (2007 - 2014) File:Canal Sony logo monochrome.svg, Canal Sony (2014 - 2019) File:Sony Channel Logo 2019.svg, Sony Channel (2019 - 2023) File:Sony Channel LA 2023.png, Sony Channel (2023 - present) File:Sony Channel horizontal logo.svg, Horizontal Logo

Programs

References

External links

Sony Channel Latin America

Sony Channel Brazil
{{Sony Corp Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Entertainment Television channels and stations established in 1995 Sony Entertainment Television