Sony Entertainment Television (abbreviated as SET) is an Indian

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-language

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channel that was launched in 1995 and is owned by

Culver Max Entertainment Culver Max Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Trade name, trading as Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN or SPNI), is an Indian media conglomerate owned by Sony Pictures Television. SPN manages and operates 26 television channels, the streaming media platf ...

, a division of

Sony Pictures 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 ...

History

This channel was launched on 8 October 1995 which started airing many dramatic and reality shows. It also started airing all

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shows and Disney movies until 2003. It also aired ''CID'' and '' Crime Patrol''. In 2006, Sony made an adaptation of the famous show Big Brother,

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. It also made an adaptation of American show

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, Fear Factor India but all these shows were moved to

Colors TV Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of Soap opera, family dramas, Comedy, comedies, fantasy shows, youth-oriented Rea ...

. The channel also started international broadcasting, under the name ''Sony Entertainment Television Asia'' (SET Asia). The 'Asia' name was dropped effective from December 2016. In 2001, it changed its logo to a green colour. In November 2016, it changed its logo to a purple colour. In 2022, it changed its logo to match that of

SonyLIV Sony LIV is an Indian subscription video-on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Culver Max Entertainment. Sony LIV was introduced in 2013 as the first OTT service in India. As a streaming service, it provides live sports, origina ...

Programming

Associated channels

Sony SAB

Sony SAB Sony SAB is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment Culver Max Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Trade name, trading as Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN or SPNI), is an Indian media ...

is an Indian

-language

channel owned by

Sony Pal

Sony Pal Sony Pal (stylised as Sony पल) (Hindi for Moment) is an Indian free-to-air television channel that was launched on 1 September 2014. It was initially aimed at women with women-oriented Hindi-language programming, now focused on family-orient ...

(stylised as Sony पल) (Hindi for Moment) is an Indian pay television channel that was launched on 1 September 2014. It was initially aimed at women with women-oriented

Hindi-language Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the Government of India, alongside English, and is the ''lin ...

programming, now focused on family-oriented programming. The channel is owned by

. The channel is available on

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and

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in USA.

Sony Kal

Sony Kal is an Indian-based international television service owned by

, itself owned by

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. It was launched on 28 January 2022, and distributes Indian soap operas and other television programs in the United States and Canada. It is available on platforms such as Xumo,

, and TCL.

References

External links

* {{SET Shows Sony Pictures Networks India Television stations in Mumbai Hindi-language television channels in India Sony Pictures Entertainment Television channels and stations established in 1995 Entertainment-related YouTube channels Hindi-language YouTube channels 1995 establishments in Maharashtra Culver Max Entertainment