Sony Pix
Indian English movie channel
Sony Pix (formerly known as Set Pix) is an India-based English language pay television movie channel owned by Sony Pictures Networks. It is available widely in the Indian subcontinent (excluding Pakistan and Bhutan) The channel mainly airs American live action and animated Hollywood movies in English.
01History
Sony PIX launched in April 2006 as a library re-run English movie channel until 31 March 2011. From 2006 to 2011, the channel broadcast various classic old American English movies. On 1 April 2011, the channel was revamped and started airing new and some popular content from Sony Pictures until 2017.
From 2013, Sony PIX signed a deal with Metro Goldwyn Mayer to premiere the studio's new titles on television; with this deal Sony PIX aired James Bond films and Hobbit series.
From 2015, Sony PIX signed a deal with NBCUniversal to air Universal Pictures latest releases. Furthermore, in 2018, Sony PIX signed a movie content deal with Warner Bros latest releases.
02Programming
Currently, Sony PIX has movie distribution license with Sony Pictures.
03Sports
Since its launch Sony PIX broadcast FIFA Football events up till 2015.
04Premiere nights
Sony PIX holds movie premiere events in selected cities which allows fans to watch movies before their release.
05Sony Le Plex HD
Sony Le Plex HD was the second English Movie channel from Culver Max Entertainment this channel was discontinued on 31 December 2018.
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