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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 […]

New OTT service launches in Hungary

Telenor Hungary has launched a new OTT TV service, MyTV, offering live TV, catch-up TV and video-on-demand across a range of internet connected devices and screens. The servicewill deliver 14 channels initially, covering news, kids, sport and general interest programming. The channels at launch include AXN, AXN White, AXN Black, Duna, Duna World, Fashion Box, […]

Sony’s AXN Black acquires lifestyle series

Sony Pictures Television’s pay TV channel AXN Black has picked up a package of lifestyle titles from Canada-based distributor Peace Point. Sony launched the AXN Black and AXN White channel brands in Central and Eastern Europe earlier this year with the new former replacing AXN Sci-Fi and the latter AXN Crime in the region. AXN […]

Upcoming Sony Central Europe channel buys 100 hours from Electus

New Sony Pictures Television-operated Central European channel AXN Black has bought more than 100 hours of programming from US-based multimedia studio Electus. Shows included in the deal with Electus’ global programming arm Electus International are CMT’s unscripted series Dog and Beth: On the Hunt and TNT’s reality competition series The Hero, plus Car Lot Rescue, […]

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 […]