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This article is about the International Pay-TV Cable and Satellite TV Channel. For the German Version that is formely known as AXN until 2019, see Sony AXN. For the Defunct Indian version of AXN, see AXN (Indian TV channel).
AXN
AXN logo (2015).svg
SloganAction REDefined
Programming
Picture format16:9 SDTV HDTV
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Television
History
LaunchedJune 22, 1997
Links
Websitewww.axn.com

AXN is a pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television, which was first launched on June 22, 1997. Local versions have since been launched in several parts of the world, including Europe, Japan, Asia, and Latin America. Funded through advertising and subscription fees, AXN primarily airs action genre and reality programming.

Channels

There are various local versions of the channel, as listed below:

Operating channels

Discontinued channels

  • AXN Beyond - Broadcast in Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. On April 2, 2012 this channel is now known as BeTV.
  • AXN Crime- Was available in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. On July 12, 2013, Sony announced that AXN Sci Fi and AXN Crime would be replaced by AXN Black and AXN White.[1] On October 1, AXN Crime is replaced by AXN White.
  • AXN Black Hungary - Broadcast in Hungary
  • AXN India - Broadcast in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. (On 30 June 2020, AXN ceased all operations in India for both its SD and HD feeds.)[1]
  • AXN Italy - Broadcast in Italy.
  • AXN Israel - Broadcast in Israel. (The channel was closed on January 14, 2009.)
  • AXN White Hungary - Broadcast in Hungary.
  • AXN Sci Fi - Broadcast in Italy.

As part of a brand licensing agreement with Sony, Canadian broadcaster Hollywood Suite launched an AXN-branded movie network in 2012 known as AXN Movies, a re-branding of its network Hollywood Storm.[2] The channel was discontinued on November 3, 2015, as part of the re-formatting of Hollywood Suite's channels to use decade-based formats.[3]

References

  1. ^ "AXN, AXN HD Will Be Taken Offline June 30, Sony Pictures Networks India Reveals". NDTV. June 1, 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Hollywood Suite brings Sony brands into its stable". Cartt.ca. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Hollywood Suite to go by the numbers in rebranding its movie channels". Cartt.ca. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

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