Sony Pal

Sony Pal (stylised as Sony पल) (Hindi for Moment) is an Indian free-to-air^[1] 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.^{[2][3][better source needed]} The channel is owned by Culver Max Entertainment.^[4] The channel is available on Dish Network and Sling TV in USA and Canada.^[5][6][7]

Sony Pal

Country	India
Headquarters	Mumbai
Programming
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Sony
Parent	Culver Max Entertainment
Sister channels	See List of channels owned by Culver Max
History
Launched	1 September 2014
Links
Website	sonypal.in
Availability
Streaming media
Sony LIV	Sony pal live

History

Sony Pal was launched on 1 September 2014 originally as a pay-TV channel, with Juhi Chawla as its ambassador.^[8] The channel mostly aired women-centric reality shows^[9] to compete with mainstream Hindi GECs like Star Plus, ZEE TV, Colors whose core TG is also women-oriented.

The channel had a low audience share^[10] of 11,000 during the first weeks of its launch, as compared to other channels like Life OK, Star Plus, Zee TV and Colors TV.^[11] Due to this, the channel ceased its business operations on 13 February 2015,^[12] broadcasting re-runs of Sony TV and Sony SAB shows.^[13]

The channel was then rebranded and turned into free-to-air TV channel, as it started syndication of former SET and Sony SAB series like Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, CID and Baalveer. Sony Pal started gathering a fair audience share by 2016.^[14]The Chennal was pay television channel for 3 years after that from 1 April 2025 it returns to DD free dish along with other channels^[15]

Programming

Original series

Year	Show
2014	Dil Hai Chota Sa Choti Si Asha
	Khushiyon Kii Gullak Aashi
	Piya Basanti Re
	Simply Baatien With Raveena
	Tum Saath Ho Jab Apne
2014–2015	Ek Rishta Aisa Bhi
	Hamari Sister Didi
	Sinhasan Battisi
	Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai