John Rossiter


Sony nears Hungarian channels acquisition

Sony Pictures Television is set to finalise its acquisition of Modern Times Group’s Hungarian Viasat3 and Viasat6 TV channels and Viasat Play VOD service after gaining regulatory approval. SPT said that it expects to close the deal in the coming days after getting the green light from the Hungarian Competition Authority. The news comes a […]

Sony buys Viasat channels from MTG

Sony Pictures Television has acquired the Viasat3 and Viasat6 free-to-air TV channels in Hungary from the Modern Times Group. The pair of entertainment channels will take SPT’s Hungarian offering to five and they will sit alongside the AXN, AXN White and AXN Black offerings in the Sony stable. Viasat3 is programmed with mainstream movies and […]

First original Polish drama for AXN

Sony Pictures Television channel AXN Central Europe is getting its first local production for the Polish market – a three-part crime miniseries based on a Swedish drama. Polish TV producer Greg Zgliński (One Long Winter Without Fire, Pitbull) is directing the currently unnamed series, which is based on TV4’s Swedish crime series Mordem I Sandhamn. […]

Sony launching new Black and White channels in Europe

Sony Pictures Television is launching new versions of its AXN channel in Central Europe. AXN is SPT’s action channel brand and the new channels are AXN Black and AXN White, which will replace AXN Sci-Fi and AXN Crime in the region. The Black and White brands have previously rolled out in Iberia, but this marks […]