Sony TEN
| Sony Pictures Sports Network Sony Pictures Networks India |
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| Launched | 1 April 2002 |
| Owned by | Sony Pictures Networks |
| Picture format |
SONY TEN 1, SONY TEN 2 and SONY TEN 3: 4:3 576i (SDTV) SONY TEN 1 HD, SONY TEN 2 HD, SONY TEN 3 HD and SONY TEN Golf HD: 16:9 720p (HDTV) |
| Slogan | Go-Beyond (Sports inspiring Life) |
| Country | India |
| Language | English, Hindi |
| Broadcast area | Indian subcontinent |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Formerly called | "Sony TEN 1": TEN 1 (2016-2017), TEN Sports (2002-2016) "Sony TEN 2": TEN 2 (2016-2017), TEN Action (2010-2016), Zee Sports (2005-2010) Sony TEN 3: TEN 3 (2016-2017), TEN Cricket (2010-2016) |
| Sister channel(s) | |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Reliance Digital TV | Channel 505 (SD) Channel 523 (HD) |
| Tata Sky | Channel 471 (SONY TEN 1) Channel 470 (SONY TEN 1 HD) Channel 474 (SONY TEN 2) Channel 476 (SONY TEN 3) Channel 477 (SONY TEN Golf HD) |
| Dish TV | Channel 610 (SONY TEN 1 HD) Channel 611 (SONY TEN 1) Channel 613 (SONY TEN 2) Channel 615 (SONY TEN 3) Channel 644 (SONY TEN Golf HD) |
| Dialog TV | Channel 13 |
| TelkomVision | Channel 113 |
| Sun Direct |
Channel 506 sat serv 7=Dishtv Lanka sat chan 7=Channel 2646(SONY TEN 1)Channel 982 (SONY TEN 1 HD) Channel 512 (SONY TEN 2) Channel 515 (SONY TEN 3) |
| Airtel digital TV | Channel 285 (SONY TEN 1 ) Channel 286 (SONY TEN 1 HD) Channel 287 (SONY TEN 2) Channel 289 (SONY TEN 3) |
| Indovision | Channel 310 |
| Videocon d2h | Channel 411 (SONY TEN 1) Channel 80 (SONY TEN 1 HD) Channel 413 (SONY TEN 2) Channel 415 (SONY TEN 3) |
| Dish Home Nepal | Channel 606 (SONY TEN 1) Channel 607 (SONY TEN 2) Channel 608 (SONY TEN 3) Channel 946 (SONY TEN 1 HD) |
| Cable | |
| Asianet Digital TV(India) | Channel 307 |
| MediaNet (Maldives) | Channel 302 |
| DEN | Channel 408 |
| Sim TV (Nepal) | Channel 705 |
| IPTV | |
| Peo TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 38 |
Channel 506 sat serv 7=Dishtv Lanka
Sony TEN is a cluster of sports television channels based in India. It generally refers to television channels branded as Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3 and their HD broadcasts known as Sony TEN 1 HD, Sony TEN 2 HD, Sony Ten 3 HD and Sony TEN Golf HD. The channels mainly feature Cricket, Football, Golf and Professional Wrestling events. The name Sony TEN is made up by combining names of two television companies called "Sony Pictures Networks" and "TEN Sports Network".
In January 2001, Taj Television Limited was established in Dubai Media city. The company started 24 hour Ten Sports channel as key channel on their portfolio since 1st April 2002. Taj Television Limited established Taj Television India Private Limited as a sub office in India to expand their brand in India.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) of India launched "Zee Sports" channel in year 2005 as their 24 hour sports broadcasting channel. Later, in November 2006, ZEEL acquired Taj Television India Private Limited as a subsidiary. A new channel named "TEN Cricket" was launched as a dedicated channel to Cricket. Zee Sports re-branded to TEN Action in 2010 and feature adventures sports and non-cricket content such as Tennis and Football. TEN also started a separate broadcast aiming Pakistan.
In August 2016, ZEEL's Dr. Subash Chandra announced that the company is negotiating with Sony Pictures Networks to sell its sports channel bouquet TEN Sports. The agreement was signed in September 2016 and the acquisition was planed to be two phased. With the completion of the first phase of the acquisition the Sony Pictures Network expanded their sport channel cluster to 9 channels including SONY TEN 1, SONY TEN 1 HD, SONY TEN 2, SONY TEN 3, and SONY TEN Golf HD along with the existing channels Sony SIX and Sony Six HD, Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD. On 18th July 2017 with completion of the acquisition, existing channels were re-branded with 'SONY' prefix and another two channels SONY TEN 2 HD and SONY TEN 3 HD were launched. The acquisition is said to be a deal worth $385 million.
The Sony Pictures Sports network owns long term broadcast rights for the five cricket boards in South Africa, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
It's Pakistani feed broadcasts a mix of original TEN Sports content from Dubai Media City headquarters and Cricket matches of International Cricket Council, Asian Cricket Council etc.
Following the acquisition of broadcast rights to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, WWE, Formula 1 and UEFA Champions League, the "Ten Sports" channel operated by Taj Television became established as the most watched sports channel on India and Sri Lanka.
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