| Sony Max | |
| Owner: | Sony |
| Parent: | Culver Max Entertainment |
| Country: | India |
| Headquarters: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Area: | India South Africa Bangladesh United Kingdom Ireland Nepal Singapore Macau Hong Kong Canada United States Thailand |
| Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Sister Channels: | See List of channels owned by Culver Max |
| Terr Serv 1: | Airtel Digital (India) |
| Terr Chan 1: | Channel 201 Channel 202 (HD) |
| Terr Serv 4: | Sky UK |
| Terr Chan 4: | Channel 715 Channel 895 (HD) |
| Online Serv 1: | Sling TV |
| Online Chan 1: | Internet Protocol television |
| Online Serv 2: | SonyLIV |
| Online Chan 2: | Live |
| Terr Serv 2: | D2h (India) |
| Terr Chan 2: | Channel 201 Channel 202 (HD) |
| Terr Serv 3: | Dish TV (India) |
| Terr Chan 3: | Channel 343 channel 342 (HD) |
| Terr Serv 7: | Zuku TV (Kenya) |
| Terr Chan 7: | Channel 907 |
| Terr Serv 8: | Akash DTH (Bangladesh) |
| Terr Chan 8: | Channel 262 |
| Terr Serv 6: | Tata Play (India) |
| Terr Chan 6: | Channel 314 Channel 312 (HD) |
| Terr Serv 5: | Sun Direct (India) |
| Terr Chan 5: | Channel 330 |
Sony Max is an Indian pay television entertainment channel which is a sister channel to Sony Entertainment Television, operated by Culver Max Entertainment. The channel started broadcasting on 20 July 1999[1] and is available internationally. It launched a HD simulcast version on 25 December 2015.[2] [3]
Its main audience attraction, other than Hindi-language movies, was the Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League (IPL),[4] which the channel had been broadcasting since the tournament's launch in 2008 till 2017, after which it sold the broadcasting rights to Star Sports. It also airs complimentary cricket talk show programmes like Extraaa Innings T20. It occasionally airs Hollywood movies and WWE matches in Hindi. Sony Max is one of the most watched television channels of India,[5] as of July 2018 the second most popular in the country,[5] as well as the top Bollywood channel in the UK that month, ahead of rivals like Zee Cinema.[6]
160px|centreSony Max 2 is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment and launched in 2014. It is the second Indian channel launched by Sony which is focused solely on old Hindi-language movie broadcasts, being the sister channel of Sony Max. It primarily targets audiences interested in classic Bollywood films, offering a dedicated platform for nostalgia and entertainment.[7] [8] [9]
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Sony Wah, launched on 8 May 2016, is an Indian television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment. It is targeted towards audience of small towns and rural areas in the country and its programming consists on Hindi-language movies and southern Indian films dubbed in that language.[10]