Sony MAX

Sony MAX logo
Country	India
Broadcast area	Sub-Sahara Africa
Headquarters	Mumbai
Programming
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Sony Pictures Television
Sister channels	Sony Channel
History
Launched	1 February 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-01)
Replaced	Animax
Closed	28 February 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-28)
Links
Website	sonymax.co.za
Availability (at the time of closure)
Streaming media
Black	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.

History

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]

Programming

• 1000 Ways to Die
• The Boondocks
• Cheaters
• Fatal Attractions
• Hardcore Pawn: Chicago
• Hole in the Wall
• Impractical Jokers
• South Beach Tow
• What Went Down (TV series)
• Takeshi's Castle
• Next

See also

• Sony MAX (Hindi)

References

External links

• Sony MAX website

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