Sony Spin
| Sony Spin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Launched | 1 May 2011 |
| Closed | 30 June 2014 |
| Owned by | Sony Pictures Television |
| Picture format | 4:3 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan | Brazil: Tá ligado? ("Are you on?") |
| Country |
Brazil (independent feed)[1] Venezuela |
| Language | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Broadcast area | Latin America |
| Headquarters | Latin America |
| Replaced | Animax |
| Replaced by | Lifetime |
| Sister channel(s) | Sony Entertainment Television, AXN, AXN Spin (Polish version) |
| Website | sonyspin.com |
Sony Spin was a Latin American pay television channel, launched on 1 May 2011, replacing the local version of Animax. It was shutdown in 1 July 2014 due to low ratings and reception.
History
Formerly known as Animax, it was Sony's first attempt to offer a 24-hour anime channel in Latin America, replacing Locomotion. On 1 July 2014, Sony Spin was removed from pay-TV providers and replaced with a localised variant of Lifetime, a television network targeted at female audiences.[2]
Programming
Former programming as of cancellation
Former programming
- 18 to Life
- Archer
- Being Human (North America)
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Black Cat
- Black Jack
- Bleach
- Blood+
- Call Me Fitz
- Clueless
- Dead Like Me
- Death Note
- Fate/stay night
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Gamers TV
- Get Backers
- Glory Daze
- Is She Really Going Out With Him?
- Jake & Blake
- Jane by Design
- Kenny vs. Spenny
- Look
- Lost
- Lost Girl (currently seen on AXN)
- Make It or Break It
- Melissa & Joey (currently seen on Canal Sony)
- Next Stop for Charlie
- The Nine Lives of Chloe King
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose
- Punk'd (only seen on Brazil)
- Rock Road
- Samurai 7
- Samurai X
- Sesiones con Alejandro Franco
- Sesiones Off Season
- State of Georgia
- Switched at Birth
- Teen Wolf (currently seen on Canal Sony)
- Time of Your Life
- Warp TV
Former programming as Animax
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- American Dreams
- The Best Years (repeats currently seen in Brazil on Multishow)
- Blood Ties
- The Boondocks
- Distraction
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- FusionA2 (not seen in Brazil, where a version was aired on MTV, as Estúdio Coca-Cola Zero)
- In the Qube
- Kaya
- Lil' Bush
- Living Lahaina
- Maui Fever
- The Middleman
- Planet Survival
- Ruby and the Rockits
- Spaceballs: The Animated Series
- The Prince of Tennis
- Twin Spica
- The Twelve Kingdoms
Translation and dubbing teams
Several dubbing studios have participated in the translation of the aforementioned series for their premiere on Animax, and are located in key countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela. After Animax's arrival in 2005, numerous series were translated and dubbed into Spanish and Portuguese languages, including Blood+, The Twelve Kingdoms, Steel Angel Kurumi, Noir, Wolf's Rain, Martian Successor Nadesico, Galaxy Angel and others.
References
- ↑ ANMTV - Animax: Sony anuncia regionalização de seus canais no Brasil.
- ↑ "Sony Spin es sacado de varias cableoperadoras de Latinoamérica". anmtvla.com. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
