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Asian pay television channel

Television channel

AXN (Asia)
Country Singapore
Broadcast area Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam[1]
Network KC Global Media Asia
Headquarters Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore
Programming
Language(s) English Malay Indonesian Mandarin Chinese Tamil Cantonese Thai Vietnamese (Subtitles)
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Ownership
Owner Sony Pictures Entertainment (2004-2020) KC Global Media Asia Entertainment
Sister channels AnimaxONE
History
Launched 21 September 1997; 27 years ago (1997-09-21)
Links
Website www.axn-asia.com
Availability
Terrestrial
LaoSat TV LCN
K+ LCN 11629 H
LaoSat TV LCN
MNC Vision Indonesia LCN 2535
Airtel digital TV Formerly LCN 162 (added 31 Dec 2017)

AXN logo (2001-2015)

AXN is an pan-Asian pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia, which is based in Singapore. It primarily airs action, police procedural, and crime-arrested shows, mostly came from North America. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, but the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa channels were sold to KC Global Media in January 2020.[2]

AXN's focus is the broadcast of American and British television programs. The programs are sourced from Sony Pictures Television, CBS Studios International, NBC Universal Television and Fremantle. These sources allow AXN to broadcast television program episodes on the same day they are broadcast in the United States. New, popular American movies are purchased from Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures. AXN also broadcasts programs specific to Southeast Asian audiences.

Upon its launch, in the late 1990s and early 21st century, AXN used to broadcast several anime series, many of them in Japanese audio with English subtitles and held annual anime festivals around Southeast Asia.[3][4] Its anime programming would later be moved to Animax Asia in 2004, the preparations for which Sony had been planning since the late 1990s.[4] In the last quarter of 2010, selected English-dubbed anime programs from Animax Asia were broadcast during mornings and late-afternoon. This feed was then made available in the Philippines only, but was discontinued in August 2016 as AXN would focus on its main programming.[_citation needed_]

Original productions

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There are two feeds for the channel. One is aimed only at viewers in Hong Kong and Thailand, the other is aimed towards the rest of the region. Programming on both feeds are the same, with the exception of local advertising. The Philippine feed also sometimes modifies its own programming due to broadcast issues.

AXN first launched its high-definition feed in Korea on 1 March 2009 which was later made available in Singapore on StarHub TV on 25 May 2010.[13] In Malaysia, it was launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro and 1 October 2023 on NJOI.[14] In Thailand it was launched on 12 July 2011 on TrueVisions; in India it was made available on Videocon D2H on 19 July 2014. The HD feed premiered in Sri Lanka on Dialog TV 2013. In the Philippines it was launched on 20 April 2015 on SkyCable, Sky Direct, Cignal and Singtel TV in Singapore.

  1. ^ "GET AXN". AXN Asia. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (7 January 2020). "Sony Pictures Sells Asia Channels to Former Executives Andy Kaplan and George Chien (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ Magz Ozbourne (1 December 2007). "AXN – Evolution". Television Asia. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b Flagg, Michael (27 September 2000). "Singapore's AXN Cable Channel Brings Action to Stagnant Market". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  5. ^ "The Amazing Race Asia is back after six years". The New Paper. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. ^ Donato, Jerry. "Born to play on The Apprentice Asia". philstar.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Asia's Got Talent Season 2 premiere topped ratings in Singapore". Asian Television Awards. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ^ ‘Reality television is here to stay’
  9. ^ The Duke at Telebisyon.net Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "EBuzz". AXN Asia. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  11. ^ Sony Style website Archived March 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ AXN Ultimate Escape Archived October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ AXN HD in Singapore Archived May 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ AXN HD in Malaysia Archived June 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine