Sony Entertainment Television

This article is about the Indian television channel. For the television channels outside India formerly known as Sony Entertainment Television, see Sony Channel.

Sony Entertainment Television (abbreviated as SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel that was launched in 1995 and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a division of Sony Pictures.^[1]

Sony Entertainment Television

Logo used since October 24, 2022, along with other sister channels
Country	India
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Programming
Language(s)	Hindi
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Culver Max Entertainment
Sister channels	See List of channels owned by Culver Max
History
Launched	October 8, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-10-08)
Links
Website	setindia.com
Availability - Available on all major Indian DTH & Cables.
Terrestrial
DVB-T2 (India)	Check local frequencies
Streaming media
SonyLIV	Watch now
YouTube	SET India on YouTube
Sling TV	Internet Protocol television

History

This channel was launched on 8 October 1995 which started airing many dramatic and reality shows.^[2] It also started airing all Disney Channel shows and Disney movies until 2003. It also aired CID and Crime Patrol.^[3][4][5] In 2006, Sony made an adaptation of the famous show Big Brother, Bigg Boss.^[6] It also made an adaptation of American show Fear Factor, Fear Factor India but all these shows were moved to Colors TV.

The channel also started international broadcasting, under the name Sony Entertainment Television Asia (SET Asia). The 'Asia' name was dropped effective from December 2016.^[7]

In 2001, it changed its logo to a green colour. In November 2016, it changed its logo to a purple colour. In 2022, it changed its logo to match that of SonyLIV.^[8]

Programming

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television

Associated channels

Sony SAB

Sony SAB is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment.^[9][10]

Sony Pal

Sony Pal (stylised as Sony पल) (Hindi for Moment) is an Indian pay 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.^{[11][better source needed]} The channel is owned by Culver Max Entertainment.^[12] The channel is available on Dish Network and Sling TV in USA.^[13]

Sony Kal

Sony Kal is an Indian-based international television service owned by Culver Max Entertainment, itself owned by Sony. It was launched on 28 January 2022, and distributes Indian soap operas and other television programs in the United States and Canada. It is available on platforms such as Xumo, Sling TV, and TCL.^[14][15][16]