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| cable serv 18 = [[United Communication Service|UCS]] <small>(Bangladesh)</small>
| cable serv 18 = [[United Communication Service|UCS]] <small>(Bangladesh)</small>
| cable chan 18 = Channel 31
| cable chan 18 = Channel 31
| cable serv 19 = [[MediaNet]] <small>(Maldives)</small>
| cable serv 19 = [[Kigjack Cable TV]] <small>(Philippines)</small>
| cable chan 19 = Channel 523
| cable chan 19 = Channel 46 (SDTV)
| cable serv 20 = [[Macau Cable TV]] <small>(Macau)</small>
| cable serv 20 = [[MediaNet]] <small>(Maldives)</small>
| cable chan 20 = Channel 62
| cable chan 20 = Channel 523
| cable serv 21 = J:COM <small>(Japan)</small>
| cable serv 21 = [[Macau Cable TV]] <small>(Macau)</small>
| cable chan 21 = Channel 252 (Digital)
| cable chan 21 = Channel 62
| cable serv 22 = Mountain View Satellite Corporation <small>(Baguio, Benguet, and parts of Region 1)</small>
| cable serv 22 = J:COM <small>(Japan)</small>
| cable chan 22 = Channel 39
| cable chan 22 = Channel 252 (Digital)
| cable serv 23 = [[TrueVisions]] <small>(Thailand)</small>
| cable serv 23 = Mountain View Satellite Corporation <small>(Baguio, Benguet, and parts of Region 1)</small>
| cable chan 23 = Channel 52 (SD)<br>Channel 129 (HD)
| cable chan 23 = Channel 39
| cable serv 24 = [[TrueVisions]] <small>(Thailand)</small>
| cable chan 24 = Channel 52 (SD)<br>Channel 129 (HD)
| adsl serv 1 = [[Astro B.yond]] <small>(Malaysia)</small>
| adsl serv 1 = [[Astro B.yond]] <small>(Malaysia)</small>
| adsl chan 1 = Channel 721 ([[HDTV|HD]])
| adsl chan 1 = Channel 721 ([[HDTV|HD]])

Revision as of 06:43, 19 May 2015

AXN Asia
CountrySingapore
NetworkSony Pictures Television
HeadquartersNo. 10 Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01
Hansapoint @ CBP
Changi, Singapore
Ownership
OwnerSony Pictures Entertainment

AXN Asia is a pay-TV, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment row under permission with AXN name trademark American Film Channel Film Channel It is available in throughout the 19 countries around the Asia-Pacific region (Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand). AXN Asia delivers 24 hours a day of action TV series, movies, and adventure-reality and lifestyle sports programs.[2]

Current programming

New

Reruns

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. This feed is available in the Philippines territory only.

† - English audio dub, Available in the Philippines only. ‡ - Japanese language audio with English subtitles, Available in the Philippines only.

Original productions

  • AXN Feeds
    • AXN Pan-regional (SEA: South East Asia)
    • AXN India
    • AXN Indonesia (Same as the SEA feed with local advertisements)
    • AXN Japan
    • AXN Korea (Joint venture with CU Media)
    • AXN Pakistan (Same as Indian feed only local advertising)
    • AXN Philippines (Separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, Anime Programming from Animax Philippines and Movies but locally produced show "Ten" will not be shown in SEA feed)
    • AXN Singapore (Separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements)
    • AXN Taiwan
  • AXN Beyond (now known as BeTV)
    • AXN Beyond Pan-regional
    • AXN Beyond Philippines
    • AXN Beyond Malaysia

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 and AXN India share the same program content and schedules; however, advertising is different on both beams.

AXN HD

AXN broadcasts all of their dramas in high definition. The network is available in HD in Korea on 1 March 2009 and was 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] and in Thailand was launched on 12 July 2011 on TrueVisions channel 12 and in India was launched on 19 July 2014 on Videocon D2H channel 176. It premiered in Sri Lanka on Dialog TV's HD package in 2013 and occupies channel slot 90. In Philippines was launched on 20 April 2015 on SkyCable channel 247.

See also

References

  1. ^ SkyCable Channel Guide
  2. ^ About AXN
  3. ^ Magz Ozbourne (2007-12-01). "AXN - Evolution". Television Asia. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  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
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