Great! TV
British general entertainment channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Great! TV (stylized as GREAT! tv)[1][2] is a British-English language general entertainment channel in the United Kingdom owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited. It originally launched as Sony Entertainment Television on 7 April 2011.[3] However, it was closed on 6 February 2018 and replaced by Sony Crime Channel. It was brought back for a second time on 10 September 2019 when it replaced True Entertainment. The relaunched Sony Channel had different idents and programming than the former due to inheriting some programming from its predecessor True Entertainment and on 25 May 2021, following Narrative Capital's acquisition of Sony's channels, it was rebranded as Great! TV.
Country | United Kingdom |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 16:9 576i SDTV |
Timeshift service | Great! TV +1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sony Pictures Television (2011–21) Narrative Entertainment UK Limited (2021–present) |
Sister channels | Pop Pop Max Great! Real Great! Movies Great! Action Great! Romance |
History | |
Launched | 7 April 2011; 13 years ago (7 April 2011) (original) 10 September 2019; 4 years ago (10 September 2019) (relaunch) |
Replaced | Original Film 24 (SET) Open Access 3 (SET +1) Relaunch True Entertainment |
Closed | 6 February 2018; 6 years ago (6 February 2018) (original) |
Replaced by | Sony Crime Channel (original) |
Former names | Sony Entertainment Television (2011–16) Sony Channel (2016–21) |
Links | |
Website | greatnetwork.com/tv |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 50 Channel 62 (+1) |