Sony ESPN

Country	India
Broadcast area	Indian subcontinent
Network	Sony Pictures Sports Network
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Programming
Language(s)	Malayalam Bengali Kannada English Hindi Tamil Telugu
Ownership
Owner	ESPN Inc. (50%) Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd (50%)
Sister channels	List Sony TV Sony Max Sony Max 2 Sony SAB Sony Six Sony Mix Sony Aath AXN Sony BBC Earth Sony Yay Sony Pix Sony Ten Sony Wah Sony Pal Sony LIV Sony Marathi
History
Launched	8 April 2015 (2015-04-08) (as Sony Kix) 16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) (as Sony ESPN)
Closed	30 March 2020 (2020-03-30)
Former names	Sony Kix (2015–2016)

Sony ESPN was an Indian pay television sports channel which was a joint venture between ESPN Inc. and Sony Pictures Networks India. The channel targeted the Indian subcontinent including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. It was part of the Sony Pictures Sports Network group.

History

The channel launched on 8 April 2015 as Sony Kix, coinciding with the 2015 Indian Premier League.^[1]

In October 2015, Multi Screen Media announced a partnership with ESPN International, which would include the rebranding of Sony Kix as Sony ESPN, and collaboration on digital properties (including partnerships with properties such as ESPNcricinfo). The venture returned the ESPN brand to Indian television for the first time since Star India rebranded its ESPN Star Sports channels as Star Sports in 2013.^[2][3] The relaunch occurred on 17 January 2016 in standard and high-definition, coinciding with the 2016 Australian Open.^[4]

On 18 July 2017, the channel became part of Sony Pictures Sports Network following SPN's acquisition of TEN Sports.^[5]

The channel was shut down on 30 March 2020.^[6]