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| Type | Sports |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Broadcast area | Indian subcontinent |
| Network | Culver Max Entertainment |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Hindi Malayalam Telugu Tamil |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i 4:3 for SDTV simulcasts) |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | Culver Max Entertainment |
| Sister channels | See List of channels owned by Culver Max |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 2002 |
| Founder | Sony |
| Former names | TEN SPORTS (2002-2017) SONY TEN (2017-2022) SONY SIX (2012-2022) |
| Links | |
| Website | sonysportsnetwork |
The Sony Sports Network, formerly known as the Sony Pictures Sports Network and also known as Sony TEN, is a group of Indian pay television sports channels owned by Culver Max Entertainment.
The original TEN Sports channel was first established on 1 April 2002 by Abdul Rahman Bukhatir. It was acquired by the Essel Group in 2010 and was added to Essel's existing Zee Sports channel, launched in 2005. After the acquisition, Zee launched two new channels, TEN Cricket and TEN Golf, and rebranded Zee Sports as TEN Action.
In August 2016, Sony Pictures Networks India acquired all of the sports channels under Zee from Essel. In 2017, the networks were formally merged with Sony's existing Sony ESPN and Sony Six channels as the Sony Pictures Sports Network, with the TEN channels rebranded as Sony TEN. The channels were then rebranded as the Sony Sports Network in October 2022, with all five channels now carrying the "Sony Sports Ten" prefix.