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Sigma TV

Commercial television network in Cyprus

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ7478408 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sigma TV is a commercial television network in Cyprus.

History

It began broadcasting on April 3, 1995. It is geared to 18–45 year old viewers. It broadcasts a mix of original and popular foreign programming. As a general entertainment channel, its broadcast library includes children's shows, sports, news, movies, series and popular telenovelas from Latin America.

Sigma was affiliated with Alpha TV (Greece) from January 2010 to January 2016. Sigma later affiliated with Skai TV and MAD TV. It has secured rights to broadcast shows from foreign language studios.

SigmaLive

SigmaLive is a cooperation between Sigma TV and DIAS Publishing House to publish their programming and news online. The portal is the host for the online version of the INBusiness magazine.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sigma TV” as commercial television network in Cyprus. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sigma, Commercial and television.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2010, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sigma, Commercial and television providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sigma TV”, the useful work is to connect “commercial television network in Cyprus” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7478408. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995, 2010 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sigma TV” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.