SynopsisSony Pictures Networks India has unveiled its festive season content slate. This slate includes fiction, reality, movies, regional programming, and live sports. Sony LIV is positioned as the digital home for all SPNI offerings. The lineup features established shows and new homegrown concepts. This diverse content aims to connect with audiences across India.IANSSPNI unveils festive content slate spanning Hindi, regional entertainment and sportsSony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) today unveiled its festive-season content slate, bringing together fiction, reality, movies, regional programming and live sports across television and digital platforms.The company said the slate reflects its strategy of building a content-first, platform-agnostic and multilingual entertainment business. The line-up includes established intellectual properties, global formats adapted for Indian audiences and new homegrown concepts.Sony LIV is also positioning itself as the digital home of SPNI’s entertainment and sports offerings under the new brand proposition, ‘It All LIVs Here’.Also Read: Sony Pictures Networks India profit climbs 16% in FY26 as sports drive growthThe festive slate is headlined by Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 18, which premieres on Sony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV. The new season returns with the campaign thought ‘Sochna Padega’ and continues the show's focus on knowledge, aspiration and life-changing stories.The Hindi entertainment line-up also includes cricket star Rohit Sharma, who will make his entertainment debut with his own show on the network. Actor Ajay Devgn will host Crime Patrol 2026, a true-crime series based on real-life cases. Indian Game Show, hosted by Bharti Singh and Harssh Limbachiyaa, will bring celebrities together for a series of challenges.SPNI’s digital offering includes Scam 2010, a Sony LIV, Birla Studios and Applause Entertainment series directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Hansal Mehta. The series chronicles the rise and fall of a massive financial empire.The company is also expanding its regional programming. Padma Shri awardee Madhuri Dixit will host Kon Honar Crorepati, the Marathi edition of the KBC format. For Tamil audiences, Sony LIV will offer MasterChef Tamil, featuring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Tamil Idol, the first Tamil adaptation of the global singing competition format, with music maestro A.R. Rahman leading the search for Tamil Nadu’s next singing talent.On the sports front, Sony Sports Network’s Festival of Sports will run from August 15 to December 1, featuring the India tour of Sri Lanka, Women’s T20 Asia Cup, Asian Games and India’s all-format tour of New Zealand. The company said the calendar will offer more than three months of international cricket and multi-sport action.Commenting on the slate, Gaurav Banerjee, Managing Director & CEO, Sony Pictures Networks India, said: "India’s entertainment landscape is increasingly being shaped by audiences who move freely across languages, genres and screens. Our focus is therefore on building compelling intellectual properties and stories that can connect with audiences wherever and however they choose to watch. This festive slate brings that approach to life. It combines some of our most enduring franchises with new formats, marquee talent, a growing regional portfolio and an exceptional calendar of live sport. From Kaun Banega Crorepati and our new Hindi entertainment properties to our offerings in Marathi and Tamil, we are building a wider and more diverse content portfolio, with our television network and Sony LIV working together to take it to audiences across India.”SPNI said the slate underlines its content-first approach and growing multilingual portfolio, with its television network and Sony LIV serving as complementary platforms.According to the company, SPNI comprises 29 premium channels in SD and HD formats, including its Hindi, Marathi and Bangla entertainment channels, movie channels, Sony Sports Network, Sony YAY!, Sony PIX and Sony BBC Earth. Its digital portfolio includes Sony LIV, while Studio NEXT is its independent production venture for original content and intellectual properties for television and digital media. The network reaches more than 700 million viewers in India and is available in over 150 countries.Read More News on...moreless