{"id":8176,"date":"2018-01-23T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/sony-launch-free-air-crime-channel-u-k\/"},"modified":"2018-01-23T11:55:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:55:15","slug":"sony-to-launch-free-to-air-crime-channel-in-the-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/01\/23\/sony-to-launch-free-to-air-crime-channel-in-the-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony to Launch Free-to-Air Crime Channel in the U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) is launching the free-to-air Sony Crime Channel in the U.K. next month.<\/p>\n<p>True Crime will be merged with Sony Channel and rebranded as Sony Crime Channel, which goes live February 6. The lineup will include a mix of crime dramas and factual series, featuring titles such as\u00a0<em>Orange is the New Black<\/em>, <em>Line of Duty<\/em>, <em>Real Detective: North of the Border<\/em>, <em>Person of Interest<\/em>, <em>CSI<\/em>, <em>Deadly Women<\/em>, <em>Hustle<\/em> and <em>Law &amp; Order<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Crime Channel will be SPTN&#8217;s second Sony-branded free-to-air network in the U.K., following on the successful launch of Sony Movie Channel in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Marsh, the executive VP for Western Europe in the International Networks division, said: \u201cSony Crime Channel is a destination channel for audiences who want crime drama series and real-life factual stories under one roof. With a great lineup of programs including <em>Orange is the New Black<\/em>, <em>Line of Duty<\/em> and <em>Real Detective<\/em>, this channel launch underscores our commitment at Sony Networks to providing quality entertainment, free-to-air for the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) is launching the free-to-air Sony Crime Channel in the U.K. next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1494,457],"class_list":["post-8176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-sony-crime-channel","tag-sony-pictures-television-networks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sony to Launch Free-to-Air Crime Channel in the U.K. - 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