Sony Entertainment Television Facts for Kids

This page is about the Indian television channel. For the television channels outside India formerly known as Sony Entertainment Television, see Sony Channel.

Quick facts for kids
Sony Entertainment Television
Programming

Country	India
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Language(s)	Hindi
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i/480i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Sony
Parent	Culver Max Entertainment
Sister channels	List Sony MAX Sony Max 2 Sony SAB Sony Yay Sony Aath Sony Pix Sony BBC Earth Sony Wah Sony Pal Sony Marathi Sony Diary HD
History
Launched	30 September 1995; 27 years ago
Availability

Streaming media
SonyLIV	watch now
YouTube	SET India on YouTube
Sling TV	Internet Protocol television

Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is a popular TV channel from India. It broadcasts shows in the Hindi language. This channel started on September 30, 1995. It is owned by a company called Culver Max Entertainment.

SET India has a very popular YouTube channel. It has over 149 billion total views. This makes it one of the most-viewed YouTube channels in the world. It also has over 160 million subscribers. This makes it one of the most-subscribed channels too.

Channel History
What's On SET?
Where You Can Watch SET
- Watching Outside India
About SonyLIV
Logos Through the Years
See also

Channel History

This TV channel began broadcasting in September 1995. It showed many different types of programs. These included exciting drama shows and fun reality shows. For a while, it also aired shows and movies from Disney Channel. This lasted until 2003.

SET also became famous for its detective show CID. Another popular show was Crime Patrol. Over the years, the channel changed its look. It updated its logo several times. In 2001, the logo became green. In 2016, it changed to purple. The most recent logo change happened in 2022. This new logo matches the look of SonyLIV.

What's On SET?

Where You Can Watch SET

Watching Outside India

"Sony Entertainment Television Asia" redirects here. For the now-defunct Southeast Asian television channel previously known as Sony Entertainment Television, see Sony Channel (Southeast Asian TV channel).

There is a special version of SET for people outside India. It used to be called Sony Entertainment Television Asia. This international version started on October 8, 1998. It is based in the United Kingdom. Many people in South Asian countries watch this channel. Some regions even have their own unique shows. You can find this international version in many different countries.

About SonyLIV

SonyLIV is a streaming service. It was launched in India in January 2013. Think of it like a huge online library of shows and movies. SonyLIV has content from all the Sony Entertainment Network channels.

It offers more than 700 movies to watch. You can also find over 40,000 hours of TV shows. These shows are in Hindi, English, and Tamil. In 2020, SonyLIV got a big update. It was called SonyLIV 2.0. This update gave it a new look and made it easier to use.