AXN
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Country | Europe Asia Latin America |
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Programming | |
Picture format | 16:9SDTV/HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sony Pictures Television |
History | |
Launched | September 21, 1997 |
Links | |
Website | www |
AXNis apay televisionchannel brand bySony Pictures Television,which was first launched in September 1997 in Asia.[1]Local versions have since been launched in several parts of the world, includingEurope,Asia,andLatin America,with some networks operated by others andlicensingthe AXN branding and graphical elements from SPT.
Funded throughadvertisingorsubscriptionfees, AXN primarily airs action genre and reality programming.
AXN Channels
[edit]There are various local versions of the channel, as listed below:
Current channels
[edit]Channel | Type | Country or region | Launch date |
AXN Asia | Licensed[note 1] | Asia/Singapore | September 21, 1997[1] |
AXN Spain | Owned | Spain | November 5, 1998[2] |
AXN Latin America | Latin America | August 1, 1999[3] | |
AXN Brazil | Brazil | ||
AXN Portugal | Portugal | November 5, 2002[4] | |
AXN CEE | Licensed[note 2] | Hungary,Poland,Czech Republic,Slovakia,Romania,Bulgaria | October 17, 2003[5] |
AXN South Korea | Licensed[note 1] | South Korea | July 2005[6] |
AXN Adria | Licensed | Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,North Macedonia,Montenegro,Serbia,andSlovenia | September 14, 2009[7] |
Former channels
[edit]Channel | Country or region | Launch date | Shutdown date | Replaced by |
AXN Japan | Japan | June 1, 1998 | October 1, 2023 | Action Channel |
AXN India | India | 8 January 1999 | June 30, 2020 | |
AXN Israel | Israel | November 16, 2000[8] | December 2008[9][10] | Hot Xtra Action |
Sony AXN Germany | Germany,AustriaandSwitzerland | November 1, 2004 | September 1, 2023 | AXN Black[note 3] |
AXN Italy | Italy | October 29, 2005 | February 28, 2017 |
Sister channels
[edit]Current channels
[edit]Channel | Type | Country or region | Replaced | Launch date |
AXN Black | Licensed[note 2] | Central Europe (except Hungary) | AXN Sci Fi | October 1, 2013 |
Licensed[note 3] | Germany,AustriaandSwitzerland | Sony AXN | September 1, 2023 | |
AXN Spin | Licensed[note 2] | Poland | January 11, 2012[11] | |
Romania | March 1, 2013[12] | |||
Balkans | March 2014[13] | |||
AXN White | Owned | Portugal | Sony Entertainment Television | April 14, 2012 |
Licensed[note 2] | Central Europe (except Hungary) | AXN Crime | October 1, 2013 | |
Licensed[note 3] | Germany,AustriaandSwitzerland | Sony Channel | September 1, 2023 | |
AXN Movies | Owned | Portugal | AXN Black | February 17, 2020 |
Spain | AXN White | May 1, 2023 |
Former channels
[edit]Channel | Country or region | Replaced | Launch date | Shutdown date | Replaced by |
AXN Crime | Central Europe | May 29, 2006 | October 1, 2013 | AXN White | |
AXN Sci Fi | AXN Black | ||||
Russia | April 13, 2013 | Sony Sci Fi | |||
Italy | November 8, 2010 | February 28, 2017 | |||
AXN Beyond | Asia | January 1, 2008 | April 2, 2012 | BeTV | |
AXN Mystery | Japan | November 4, 2008 | October 1, 2023 | Mystery Channel[note 1] | |
AXN Black | Portugal | Animax | May 9, 2011 | February 17, 2020 | AXN Movies |
Hungary | AXN Sci Fi | October 1, 2013 | October 2, 2017 | Sony Movie Channel | |
AXN White | Spain | Sony Entertainment Television | May 7, 2012 | May 1, 2023 | AXN Movies |
Hungary | AXN Crime | October 1, 2013 | October 2, 2017 | Sony Max | |
AXN Movies | Canada | Hollywood Storm | September 4, 2012[14] | November 3, 2015[15] | 00's Movies[note 4] |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abFlagg, Michael (September 27, 2000)."Singapore's AXN Cable Channel Brings Action to Stagnant Market".Wall Street Journal.ISSN0099-9660.RetrievedMay 15,2022.
- ^Gómez, Rosario G. (November 6, 1998)."Canal Satélite Digital refuerza su oferta de entretenimiento con series y películas de AXN".El País(in Spanish).ISSN1134-6582.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"TeleUno se llamará AXN a partir del próximo mes de agosto".PRODU.COM(in Spanish). May 17, 1999.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^Silva, Maggie (November 12, 2022)."AXN Portugal comemora 20 anos de grandes histórias".MHD(in European Portuguese).RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"Új kábelcsatornát indít a Sony – regionális központ Budapesten".24.hu(in Hungarian). October 8, 2003.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^Soo-Mee, Park (January 3, 2011)."AXN Creates Korea JV to Add Korean Content".The Hollywood Reporter.RetrievedApril 7,2024.
- ^Parabola.cz (September 13, 2009)."AXN Adria míří do zemí bývalé Jugoslávie".Parabola.cz(in Czech).RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"אמת בפרסום? ערוץ האקשן AXN ישודר בינתיים רק במתב".TheMarker.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"HOT מורידה מהאוויר את AXN - עקב משא ומתן שבסיומו לא הושגה הסכמה בין שתי החברות".TheMarker.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"דורי מדיה ספייק תפיק את הערוץ שיחליף את AXN".TheMarker.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"AXN Spin już w CYFRZE+, w CP później".SATKurier.pl.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^Blaga, Iulia."AXN Spin Launched in Romania - FilmNewEurope.com".www.filmneweurope.com.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"Telemach adds more channels".Broadband TV News.March 4, 2014.RetrievedJuly 27,2023.
- ^"Hollywood Suite brings Sony brands into its stable".Cartt.ca. Archived fromthe originalon June 4, 2012.RetrievedJune 1,2012.
- ^"Hollywood Suite to go by the numbers in rebranding its movie channels".Cartt.ca.RetrievedSeptember 12,2015.