Sony Channel (Southeast Asian TV channel)

Sony Channel (formerly Sony Entertainment Television) was a Southeast Asian pay television channel broadcasting to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It was launched on 1 August 2008 as an entertainment channel, and adopted its current name on 15 October 2014.

Sony Channel

Country	Singapore Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Hong Kong
Broadcast area	Southeast Asia
Network	Sony Pictures Television
Slogan	It's Stylish. It's Stunning. It's Sassy.
Headquarters	No. 10 Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01 Hansapoint @ CBP Changi, Singapore Unit 15A BDO Equitable Tower, Makati City, Philippines
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscalled to 16:9 SDTV for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Sony Pictures Television
Sister channels	AXN Asia Animax Asia ONE TV (Korean) GEM TV SET Asia (Hindi) Sony MAX (Hindi)
History
Launched	August 1, 2008 (2008-08-01)
Closed	June 1, 2019 (2019-06-01) (Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore) May 31, 2019 (2019-05-31) (Indonesia and Thailand)
Former names	Sony Entertainment Television (2008-2014)

As a part of a plan to relaunch BeTV as Gem, all non-Asian programmes on BeTV were moved to Sony Channel, effective 15 October 2014.

After more than ten years of broadcast, Sony Channel ceased broadcast of across Asia including Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore is on 1 June 2019 at midnight while in Indonesia and Thailand the channel will be also ceased a day earlier. The channel programmed with the final episode of Superstore on that day, an ending with the season four finale encore "Employee Appreciation Day" as one of the last express from the U. S. telecast including full season binge before going off-the-air while a final farewell on-screen message card and the words "Sony Channel has ceased broadcasting in Asia. We thank you for continual support." Most of the favourite programs of Sony Channel will also be shown on AXN.