| Sony MAX | |
| Picture Format: | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Replaced: | Animax |
| Country: | India |
| Owner: | Sony Pictures Television |
| Area: | Sub-Sahara Africa |
| Headquarters: | Mumbai |
| Sister Channels: | Sony Channel |
| Availability Note: | (at the time of closure) |
| Online Serv 1: | Black |
| Online Chan 1: | Channel 204 |
Sony MAX was a general entertainment TV channel that was part of the DStv bouquet of Sub-Saharan Africa satellite channels owned by MultiChoice.
Sony MAX was the local South African version and subsidiary of the Sony Entertainment Television brand, which is seen in over 100 countries worldwide. Launched on 1 February 2011, Sony MAX offered 24 hours of foreign entertainment series, movies and reality programmes specially made for male audiences. It is also the sister channel of African-content channel launched by Sony after inspired from the Hindi-language movie channel from India, Sony MAX which only focuses on Bollywood films.
The channel, along with Sister channel Sony Channel, were discontinued on 31 October 2018 on DStv,[1] and on 28 February 2019 on Black.[2]