AXN (Asian TV channel)

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AXN (Asia)
CountrySingapore
Broadcast areaCambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand[1]
NetworkKC Global Media Asia
HeadquartersNumber 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore
Programming
Language(s)
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Ownership
Owner
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment
    (2004-2020)
  • KC Global Media Asia (2020-present)
Sister channels
GEM
History
Launched21 September 1997; 26 years ago (1997-09-21)
Closed29 March 2021 (SD Feed, Malaysia) 30 June 2020 (SD Feed, India)
Links
Websitewww.axn-asia.com
Availability
Terrestrial
LaoSat TVLCN
K+LCN 11629 H
LaoSat TVLCN
MNC Vision IndonesiaLCN 2535
Airtel digital TVFormerly 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, officially showcasing content by Mediacorp. 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]

Programming

AXN primarily airs American and British shows (including selected shows from Sony Pictures Television, as well as third-party content from

NBCUniversal Television and Fremantle), with new episodes airing on the same day of their U.S. telecast. The channel also airs original programming specifically made for Southeast Asian viewers as well as Hollywood box office movies from Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia and TriStar
).

Anime programming

Upon its launch, in the late 1990s and early 21st century, AXN used to broadcast several

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

Feeds

  • AXN Southeast Asia (based in Singapore)
  • AXN India
  • AXN Japan
  • AXN Korea (joint venture with CU Media. Airs Local shows along with international shows)
  • AXN Philippines (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, and movies)
  • AXN Taiwan (Different from Asian Feed)
  • Sony Channel
    )
  • AXN Beyond Malaysia
  • AXN Beyond Pan-regional
  • AXN Beyond Philippines

There are two feeds for the channel. One is aimed at viewers in Hong Kong and Thailand only, while the other one 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 HD

AXN first launched its high-definition feed in Korea on 1 March 2009 which was later made available in Singapore on

Cignal and Singtel TV
in Singapore.

See also

References

  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

External links

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