Sony MAX (South African TV channel)

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Sony MAX
Sony max za logo.jpg
Sony MAX South Africa logo
CountrySouth Africa
Broadcast areaSub-Sahara Africa
HeadquartersMumbai
Programming
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Television
Sister channelsSony Channel
History
Launched1 February 2011; 10 years ago (2011-02-01)
ReplacedAnimax
Closed28 February 2019; 2 years ago (2019-02-28)
Links
Websitesonymax.co.za
Availability
(at the time of closure)
Satellite
DstvChannel 128
Streaming media
BlackChannel 204
Former logo (2011-2016)

Sony MAX was a general entertainment TV channel that was part of the DStv bouquet of Sub-Saharan Africa satellite channels owned by MultiChoice.

History[]

The Sony MAX was the local South African version and subsidiary of the Sony Entertainment Television brand, which is seen in over 100 countries worldwide. It was launched on 1 February 2011, Sony MAX delivers 24-hours of foreign entertainment series, movies and reality programmes specially made for male audiences. It is also the sister channel of African-content channel launched by Sony after inspired from the Hindi-language movie channel from India, Sony MAX which only focus on Bollywood films.

The channel, along with Sister channel Sony Channel, were discontinued on 31 October 2018 on DStv,[1] and on 28 February 2019 on Black.[2]

Programming[]

See also[]

  • Sony MAX (Hindi)

References[]

  1. ^ Darmalingum, Yuveshen (2018-10-01). "DStv to stop airing Sony channel and Sony Max as from end of October". NexTV News Africa. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  2. ^ Sony Pictures Television Networks decides to leave Africa as the Sony Channel and Sony MAX are yanked from Cell C black TV with Thinus. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021

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