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Revision as of 10:58, 11 May 2011

AXN Asia
CountrySingapore
NetworkSony Pictures Television International
HeadquartersSuntec City Mall, Singapore
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Entertainment

AXN Asia is a pay-tv, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment. It is available in throughout the 18 countries around the Asia-Pacific region (Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand). AXN Asia delivers 24 hours a day of action TV series, movies, and adventure-reality and lifestyle sports programs.[2]

International programming

Anime programming

Upon its launch, in the late 1990s and early 21st century, AXN broadcast several anime series, much of them in their original Japanese audio with English subtitles, both in the mornings and evenings, and held annual anime festivals around Southeast Asia.[3][4] Its anime programming would later be transferred onto Animax Asia in 2004, the preparations of which Sony had been planning since the late 1990s.[4] In the last quarter of 2010, selected anime programs from Animax Asia which is dubbed in English language audio both in the mornings and evenings.

† - English language audio dub

Original productions

Related channels

  • AXN Beyond
  • AXN East Asia (South East Asia)
  • AXN India
  • AXN Japan
  • AXN Korea
  • AXN Pakistan (Same as Indian beam only local advertising)
  • AXN Philippines (Same as the SEA beam with some exclusive programming and local adverts.)
  • AXN Taiwan

There are two feeds of the Pan Asian feed, one is aimed at viewers in Hong Kong and Thailand only, while the other ones airs is aimed at the rest of South East Asia. The shows on both the feeds are same only different advertising and promo timings. This is also the case with the Philippine feed which sometimes carries or drops certain shows for reasons of programming rights. AXN Pakistan is a timeshift version of AXN India feed excluding the Indian adverts.

AXN HD

AXN broadcasts all of their dramas in high definition. The network is available in HD in Korea on 1 March 2009 and will launched in Singapore on StarHub TV Channel 559 on 25 May 2010.[10] In Malaysia it was launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro channel 721.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ SkyCable Channel Guide
  2. ^ About AXN
  3. ^ Magz Ozbourne (2007-12-01). "AXN - Evolution". Television Asia. {{cite web}}: Text "2009-09-30" ignored (help)
  4. ^ a b Michael Flagg (2000-09-27). "Singapore's AXN Cable Channel Brings Action to Stagnant Market". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  5. ^ AXN Ultimate Escape
  6. ^ ‘Reality television is here to stay’
  7. ^ e Buzz at Telebisyon.net
  8. ^ Sony Style website
  9. ^ The Duke at Telebisyon.net
  10. ^ AXN HD in Singapore
  11. ^ AXN HD in Malaysia

External links


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