AXN (Germany)

AXN
Launched 1 November 2004 (2004-11-01) (SD)
1 February 2011 (2011-02-01) (HD)
Owned by Sony Pictures Television
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Country Germany
Language German
Broadcast area Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Website www.axn.de
Availability
Cable
Kabel Deutschland (Germany) Channel 310 (SD) / Channel 331 (HD)
Unitymedia (Germany) Channel 528 (SD) / Channel 228 (HD)
NetCologne (Germany) Channel 302 (HD)
Kabelkiosk (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) Channel ? (HD)
Liwest (Austria) Channel 239 (HD)
UPC Switzerland (Switzerland) Channel 129 (HD)
IPTV
Telekom Entertain (Germany) Channel 202 (SD/HD)
A1 TV (Austria) Channel 505 (SD) / Channel 605 (HD)
Streaming media
Magine TV (Germany) -

AXN is a pay-TV station from Sony Pictures Television, which mainly offers feature films and series as well as reality formats and lifestyle broadcasts. The German version of AXN was launched on 1 November 2004.

Distribution

AXN reaches 5.9 million subscribers via satellite (Sky, Austriasat), Kabel (Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia, Kabelkiosk, Liwest, Cablecom), IPTV (Telekom Entertain, Swisscom, Sunrise, A1 Telekom) and online streaming (Magine TV).[1]

A HD simulcast version can be received via Telekom Entertain since 1 February 2011.[2] A Kabelkiosk connection took place on 26 June 2012[3], followed by Sky on 4 October 2012[4] and Kabel Deutschland on 15 October.[5]

Since the beginning of September 2014, the channel has been shown in the payment service offered by the IPTV provider Magine TV.

On September 8, 2015, Sony Pictures Television announced that AXN Deutschland will also take over the new global design and channel logo. The conversion and takeover took place as of October 9, 2015.[6][7]

On October 24, 2016 the distribution of AXN via Sky Deutschland in Germany and Austria ceased, as no agreement could be reached between Sony and Sky.[8]

Programming[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.axn.de/about
  2. ↑ AXN HD ab 1.2. bei Entertain – Verhandlung mit Konkurrenz bei digitalfernsehen.de
  3. ↑ Kabelkiosk mit neuen HD-Sendern – Spiegel TV Wissen HD
  4. ↑ Sky erweitert marktführendes HD-Angebot: AXN HD ab 4. Oktober für Sky Kunden über Satellit verfügbar
  5. ↑ "Über eine Million HD-Abos bei Kabel Deutschland ". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  6. ↑ DWDL.de: „Fesseln endgültig gesprengt“ – AXN bekommt weltweit neues Sender-Design
  7. ↑ kress.de: Frischer Look für den Sony-Pay-Sender – Maurizio Vitale gibt AXN ein neues Design
  8. ↑ DWDL.de GmbH. "Keine Einigung: AXN künftig nicht mehr bei Sky - DWDL.de" (in German). Retrieved 2016-09-21.
  9. ↑ "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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