AXN (Asia)

AXN
Launched 21 September 1997
Network Sony Pictures Television
Owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Picture format 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for SDTVs
Country Singapore (main)
Indonesia
Philippines
Malaysia
Taiwan
Broadcast area Australia
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Timor Leste
Vietnam
China
Hong Kong
Japan
Macau
South Korea
New Zealand
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Central Asia:
Tajikistan
Iran
Sister channel(s) Animax Asia
Sony Channel
Sony One (Korean)
GEM
SET Asia
Sony Max
Sony Mix
SAB TV
Website www.axn-asia.com
Availability
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia) Channel 701 (SD)
Channel 721 (HD)
TrueVisions (Thailand) Channel 336 (HD)
MNC Vision (Indonesia) Channel 154 (SD)
Channel 438 (HD)
Kristal-Astro (Brunei) Channel 701 (SD)
Channel 721 (HD)
OrangeTV (Indonesia) Channel 200
BiGTV (Indonesia) Channel 204 (SD)
Channel 205 (HD)
VTC Digital (Vietnam) Channel 9 (HD)
G Sat (Philippines) Channel 12 (SD)
Cignal (Philippines) Channel 121 (SD)
Channel 234 (HD)
PBS TV (Fiji) Channel 22
CBTV Sat (China) Channel 307
SKY Perfect (Japan) Channel 725
I Hits (Japan) Channel 232
JC Hits (Japan) Channel 757
SKY Perfect e2 (Japan) Channel 311
SkyLife (South Korea) Channel 66 (HD)
Sky Net (Myanmar) Channel 107 (SD)
CANAL+
(Myanmar)		 Channel 72
TransVision (Indonesia) Channel 301 (HD)
K+ (Vietnam) Channel 56
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 93 (SD)
Channel 116 (HD)
Skynindo
(Indonesia)		 Channel 30 (HD 800/77/99)
Channel 12 (C01/C02)
D-Sky (Taiwan) Channel 8
Sky Direct (Philippines) Channel 34 (HD)
Cable
StarHub TV (Singapore) Channel 511 (SD/HD)
First Media (Indonesia) Channel 51 (SD)
Channel 332 (HD)
SkyCable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) Channel 49 (SD)
Channel 247/737 (HD)
Channel 604
(Bacolod, Cebu, Davao, Baguio, Iloilo, Dumaguete and General Santos)
Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI) (Philippines) Channel 22 (SD)
Cablelink (Philippines) Channel 38
Macau Cable TV (Macau) Channel 62 (HD)
J:COM (Japan) Channel 252 (Digital)
South Luzon CATV (Philippines) Channel 304 (Digital)
Cable TV Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Channel 373 (SD)
Channel 315 (HD)
SCTV (Vietnam) Channel 63
HTVC (Vietnam) Channel 29/52
TrueVisions (Thailand) Channel 336 (HD)
MediaNet (Maldives) Channel 523 (SD)
Channel 814 (HD)
IPTV
Astro B.yond (Malaysia) Channel 721 (HD)
now TV (Hong Kong) Channel 512 (SD/HD)
Singtel TV (Singapore) Channel 304 (HD)
myTV Super(Hong Kong) Channel 502
Streaming media
4th MEDIA (Japan) Channel 441
AXN logo (2001-2015)

AXN Asia is a pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. AXN introduced their current logo before season 9 of The Voice on September 22, 2015 at 8.10 PM (MAL/SIN).

Programming

AXN primarily airs shows from the U.S. and U.K. (including selected shows produced/distributed by Sony Pictures Television), with new episodes airing on the same day after their U.S. telecast. The channel also airs original programming specifically made for Southeast Asian viewers, as well as movies from Sony's film studios (Columbia and TriStar) and other Hollywood film studios.

Anime programming

Upon its launch, in the late 1990s and early 21st century, AXN used to broadcast several anime series, many of them in Japanese audio with English subtitles and held annual anime festivals around Southeast Asia.[1][2] Its anime programming would later be moved to Animax Asia in 2004, the preparations for which Sony had been planning since the late 1990s.[2] 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 shut down in August 2016 as AXN would focus on its main programming.

Original productions

Feeds

  • AXN Southeast Asia (Panregional feed reaching most counties in the region)
  • AXN India
  • AXN Japan
  • AXN Korea (joint venture with CU Media)
  • AXN Philippines (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, and movies)
  • AXN Taiwan
  • AXN Beyond (later known as BeTV; now 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 advertisement and promo timings. This is also the case with the Philippine feed, which sometimes modifies its own programming due to broadcast issues.

AXN HD

AXN first launched its high-definition feed in Korea on 1 March 2009 and was later made available in Singapore on StarHub TV on 25 May 2010.[11] In Malaysia, it was launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro.[12] In Thailand it was launched on 12 July 2011 on TrueVisions and in India it was made availave on Videocon D2H in 19 July 2014 . It premiered in Sri Lanka on Dialog TV 2013. In the Philippines it was launched on 20 April 2015 on SkyCable, Sky Direct, Cignal and Singtel TV.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Magz Ozbourne (2007-12-01). "AXN - Evolution". Television Asia. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  2. 1 2 Michael Flagg (2000-09-27). "Singapore's AXN Cable Channel Brings Action to Stagnant Market". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
  3. ↑ "The Amazing Race Asia is back after six years". The New Paper. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  4. ↑ Donato, Jerry. "Born to play on The Apprentice Asia". philstar.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Asia's Got Talent Season 2 premiere topped ratings in Singapore". Asian Television Awards. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  6. ↑ ‘Reality television is here to stay’
  7. ↑ The Duke at Telebisyon.net Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ e Buzz at Telebisyon.net Archived January 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Sony Style website Archived March 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ AXN Ultimate Escape Archived October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ AXN HD in Singapore Archived May 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ↑ AXN HD in Malaysia Archived June 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
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