Sony SAB
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Country | India |
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Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Headquarters | Mumbai,Maharashtra |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Hindi |
Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to 16:9576ifor theSDTVfeed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sony |
Parent | Culver Max Entertainment |
Sister channels | SeeList of channels owned by Culver Max |
History | |
Launched | 23 April 1999 |
Former names | SAB TV (1999–2011) |
Links | |
Website | Sony SAB |
Availability - Available on all major Indian DTH & Cables. | |
Terrestrial | |
DVB-T2(India) | Check local frequencies |
Streaming media | |
SonyLIV | Watch Sony SAB TV Live(India) |
Sling TV | Internet Protocol television |
Sony SABis an IndianHindi-languagegeneral entertainmentpay televisionchannel owned byCulver Max Entertainment.[1][2]The channel was launched on 23 April 1999, the channel was formerly known asSAB TV.
History
[edit]Sony SAB was launched as SAB TV by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari under their company Sri Adhikari Brothers (thus the acronym) on 23 April 1999. At first, it was launched as a Hindi-language comedy channel. Sony Pictures Networks took over SAB TV in March 2005[3][4]and rebranded it as Sony SAB, with a new focus on general entertainment[5]and eventually turning itself into a youth channel.[6]In 2008, Sony SAB changed its appeal to being a Hindi-language generalist network. However, it was only after September 2011, when the logo changed to 'Sony SAB' officially renewing the channel's name.[7]
Thehigh-definitionfeed of the channel was launched on 5 September 2016.[8]
Yes Bossis one of the longest-running show on the channel. AfterYes Boss,Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmahbecame the longest-running show.[9]
Programming
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Will Sony SAB's rebranding efforts pay off? - The Financial Express".financialexpress.29 July 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 4 August 2019.Retrieved4 August2019.
- ^"Watch Sony SAB HD Live at SonyLiv".20 July 2023.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Adhikaris sell SAB TV brand to Sony for $13 m".The Financial Express (India).14 March 2005.Archivedfrom the original on 21 August 2017.Retrieved21 August2017.
- ^indiantelevision Team (11 May 2005)."Smart Buy: Making of the Sony-Sab deal".Indiantelevision Dot Com.Archivedfrom the original on 9 April 2018.Retrieved21 August2017.
- ^"SAB TV shifts from pure comedy to general entertainment".28 October 2005.Archivedfrom the original on 14 January 2018.Retrieved14 January2018.
- ^"SAB TV reinvents itself".Hindustan Times.27 June 2008.Archivedfrom the original on 7 May 2018.Retrieved8 December2022.
- ^Mohanty, Meera (30 August 2008)."SAB to reposition itself as family-oriented comedy channel".Archivedfrom the original on 19 October 2021.Retrieved17 October2018.
- ^"SAB HD to launch on 5 September".TelevisionPost.Archived fromthe originalon 2 September 2016.Retrieved24 July2017.
- ^"Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah: It's been 10 years, 2500 episodes but Tapu Sena, Gokuldham members feel like it's just the beginning".Mumbai Mirror.Archivedfrom the original on 20 September 2020.Retrieved7 May2020.
- Television stations in Mumbai
- Television channels and stations established in 1999
- Hindi-language television stations
- Sony Pictures Networks India
- Hindi-language television channels in India
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Entertainment-related YouTube channels
- Hindi-language YouTube channels
- Culver Max Entertainment
- Indian television stubs