AXN (Asian TV channel)

AXN is a pan-Asian pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia based in Singapore. It primarily airs action, police procedural, and reality shows. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, but were later sold to KC Global Media in January 2020.^[1]

AXN (Asia)

Country	Singapore
Broadcast area	List Southeast Asia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, Maldives, Palau, Sri Lanka (as AXN Asia) Taiwan (as AXN Taiwan)
Headquarters	Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore
Programming
Language(s)	English Malay Indonesian Vietnamese
Picture format	1080i HDTV
Ownership
Owner	KC Global Media Asia
Sister channels	Animax ONE GEM
History
Launched	21 September 1997 (1997-09-21)
Closed	29 March 2021 (SD Feed, Malaysia)
Links
Website	axn-asia.com (Asia) axn-taiwan.com (Taiwan)

AXN logo (2001-2015)

Programming

AXN primarily airs American and British shows (including selected shows from Sony Pictures Television, as well as third-party content from CBS Studios International, NBCUniversal Television and Fremantle), 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 Hollywood box office movies from Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia and TriStar) was officially formal and full launched on 13 June 2021 after successfully completes its first movie transmission from Singapore with Killshot and successfully completes its first movie transmission from its regional headquarters at Changi Business Park, Singapore with Jurassic Park and The Lost World: Jurassic Park on 20 and 27 June 2021.

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.^[2][3] Its anime programming would later be moved to Animax Asia in 2004, the preparations for which Sony had been planning since the late 1990s.^[3] 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 discontinued in August 2016 as AXN would focus on its main programming.^{[citation needed]}

Original productions

• The Amazing Race Asia - a local version of the American reality competition series The Amazing Race; the fifth season premiered in 2016.^[4]
• The Apartment
• The Apprentice Asia - premiered in 2013,^[5] revived as The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition in 2021.
• Asia's Got Talent - premiered in 2015; second season premiered in 2017;^[6] third season to air in late 2018.
• Cash Cab Asia
• The Contender Asia - Muay Thai boxing reality show similar to The Contender; season 1 premiered on January 16, 2008^[7]
• The Duke - men's lifestyle magazine talk show; season 1 premiered in 2009^[8]
• e-Buzz - entertainment news show, hosted by Jaymee Ong; ongoing^[9]
• The Kitchen Musical (was available in Singapore)
• Sony Style - lifestyle and entertainment magazine show sponsored by Sony; seasons two and three hosted by Oli Pettigrew^[10]
• Ultimate Escape - holiday adventure show; the first season aired from October 29, 2007, to November 19, 2007^[11]

Feeds

Current

• AXN Southeast Asia (Panregional feed reaching most countries in the region)
• AXN Japan
• AXN Korea (joint venture with CU Media. Airs Local shows along with international shows)
• AXN Philippines (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, and movies)
• AXN Taiwan (Different from Asian Feed)

Defunct

• AXN India
• 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.^[12] In Malaysia, it was launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro and NJOI.^[13] In Thailand it was launched on 12 July 2011 on TrueVisions and in India it was made available on Videocon D2H on 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 in Singapore.

See also

• Animax
• AXN
• AXN Beyond (former TV channel)
• BeTV (former TV channel)
• Sony Channel (Asia) (former TV channel known as SET South East Asia)
• ONE
• GEM

References

1. Littleton, Cynthia (January 7, 2020). "Sony Pictures Sells Asia Channels to Former Executives Andy Kaplan and George Chien (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
2. Magz Ozbourne (2007-12-01). . Television Asia. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
3. Michael Flagg (2000-09-27). "Singapore's AXN Cable Channel Brings Action to Stagnant Market". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
4. "The Amazing Race Asia is back after six years". The New Paper. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
5. Donato, Jerry. "Born to play on The Apprentice Asia". philstar.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
6. "Asia's Got Talent Season 2 premiere topped ratings in Singapore". Asian Television Awards. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
7. ‘Reality television is here to stay’
8. The Duke at Telebisyon.net February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
9. e Buzz at Telebisyon.net January 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
10. Sony Style website March 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
11. AXN Ultimate Escape October 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
12. AXN HD in Singapore May 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
13. AXN HD in Malaysia June 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website
• Official India website 2014-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Official Taiwan website (in Chinese)
• Official Japan website (in Japanese)
• AXN Asia Schedule
• AXN Asia on YouTube