Sony Pal
Hindi general entertainment channel
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-oriented programming. The channel is owned by Sony Pictures Networks. The channel is available on Dish Network and Sling TV in USA and Canada.
01History
Sony Pal was launched on 1 September 2014 originally as a pay-TV channel, with Juhi Chawla as its ambassador. The channel mostly aired women-centric reality shows to compete with mainstream Hindi GECs like Star Plus, ZEE TV, Colors whose core TG is also women-oriented.
The channel had a low audience share of 11,000 during the first weeks of its launch, as compared to other channels like Life OK, Star Plus, Zee TV and Colors TV. Due to this, the channel ceased its business operations on 13 February 2015, broadcasting re-runs of Sony TV and Sony SAB shows.
The channel was then rebranded and turned into free-to-air TV channel, as it started syndication of former SET and Sony SAB series like Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, CID and Baalveer. Sony Pal started gathering a fair audience share by 2016. The Channel was pay television channel for 3 years after that from 1 April 2025 it returns to DD free dish along with other channels
02Programming
Original series
Sources and credits
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