AXN is a pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television, which was first launched in September 1997 in Asia.[1] Local versions have since been launched in several parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
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| Country | Europe Asia Latin America |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Constellation Place, Los Angeles, |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9 SDTV/HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sony Pictures Television |
| History | |
| Launched | September 1997 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
Funded through advertising and subscription fees, AXN primarily airs action genre and reality programming.
ProgrammingEdit
ItalyEdit
- Afterworld
- Andromeda
- Black Sails[2]
- Blood Ties
- Breaking Bad
- Charlie's Angels
- The Closer
- The Collector
- CSI: Cyber[2]
- Damages
- Fear Factor
- .hack//Sign
- Hawaii Five-0[2]
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Justified[2]
- Kidnapped
- Kung Fu
- MacGyver
- Man's Work
- Michael Hayes
- Mission: Impossible
- Most Shocking
- Murder
- Mutant X
- NCIS: New Orleans[2]
- The Net
- New York Undercover
- Noein
- Odyssey 5
- The Outer Limits
- Quantum Leap
- Painkiller Jane
- Planetes
- Plunkett & Macleane
- Rescue Me
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Scorpion[2]
- Seven Days
- The Shield
- Sleeper Cell
- Sliders
- Stargate Universe
- Starsky & Hutch
- Strong Medicine
- Third Watch
- Ultimate Force
- The Vision of Escaflowne
- Wire in the Blood
- World's Most Amazing Videos
IndiaEdit
- 24
- The 4400
- The Agency
- American Ninja Warrior
- Alias
- Beauty & the Beast
- Billions
- Blue Bloods
- Boomtown
- BrainDead
- The Brave
- Breaking Bad
- Bull
- Californication
- Caprica
- Charlie's Angels
- CHOSEN
- Chuck
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- CSI
- CSI: Cyber
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- Camelot
- Damages
- Dexter
- Doubt
- Elementary
- Extant
- Falling Skies
- The Firm
- Gossip Girl
- The Handmaid's Tale
- Hannibal
- Hawaii Five-0
- House MD
- Incorporated
- Justified
- Leverage
- Little Big Shots
- MacGyver
- Madam Secretary
- Minute to Win It
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- NCIS: New Orleans
- Nip/Tuck
- NUMB3RS
- Nurse Jackie
- Orphan Black
- Penny Dreadful
- Ray Donovan
- The Real Housewives of New York City
- Reckless
- Salvation
- Scorpion
- Seven Types of Ambiguity
- Sex and the City
- Sheena
- The Shield
- Sherlock
- Supernatural
- Teen Wolf
- Top Chef
- Undercover
- Vikings
- V.I.P.
- The Voice
- Under the Dome
- You
- Wipeout
- Zoo
DenmarkEdit
- Blue Bloods
- Scandal
- Alina’s Roses of Fireweed
- le Palm Guns’ wire
- 24
- NUMB3RS
- Alias
- Breaking Bad
- Burn Notice
- Chicago Fire
- Criminal Minds
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Cyber
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: New York
- Departure
- Dexter
- Gone
- House of Cards
- The Irish White House
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Major Crimes
- Mentalisten
- Murder In The First
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- NCIS: New Orleans
- Orphan Black
- Salvation
- Scorpion
- The Tudors
- Weeds
- Danish Blossom, O’Her La Soustanne
- Devious Maids
- Drop Dead Diva
- Army Wives
- The Borgias
- Castle
- Damages
- Fairly Legal
- Gossip Girl
- Law & Order
- Medium
- Missing
- Orange, O’Love y Ogehasta Sunflower
- Penny Dreadful
- Pretty Little Liars
- Private Practice
- Sanctuary
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Stargate Universe
- In Plain Sight
PortugalEdit
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- NCIS
- In Plain Sight
- Castle
- Leverage
- Memphis Beat
- Law & Order: UK
- The Mentalist
- Criminal Minds
- Perception
- The Borgias
- Once Upon a Time
- Las Vegas
- Missing
- The Firm
- The Pillars of the Earth
- The Mob Doctor
- Sherlock
- Hannibal
- XIII: The Series
- Private
- The Confession
- Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
- Lasko – Die Faust Gottes
- Cybill
- Homicide: Life on the Street
TurkeyEdit
- 24
- Alias
- Awake
- The Blacklist
- Blue Bloods
- Bones
- Breaking Bad
- Castle
- The Closer
- Cold Case
- Criminal Minds
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Cyber
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: New York
- Dexter
- Elementary
- Fargo
- The Good Wife
- Hannibal
- Hawaii Five-0
- Justified
- The Killing
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Leverage
- MacGyver
- Magnum P.I.
- The Mentalist
- Necessary Roughness
- NCIS
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- NCIS: New Orleans
- Parenthood
- Ray Donovan
- Rizzoli & Isles
- Scorpion
- The Shield
- Suits
- Teen Wolf
- True Blood
- Without a Trace
Germany (Sony AXN)Edit
- 18 Wheels of Justice
- 19-2
- Absentia
- Breaking Bad
- Californication
- Chicago P.D.
- Common Law
- Dexter
- Drei Engel für Charlie
- Elementary
- Flashpoint
- Hannibal
- Hawaii Fünf-Null
- Highlander
- House of Lies
- Hustle
- Kingdom
- Knight Rider (2008)
- Magnum
- Police Rescue – Gefährlicher Einsatz
- Power
- Relic Hunter – Die Schatzjägerin
- Rush
- The Firm
- The District – Einsatz in Washington
- The Shield – Gesetz der Gewalt
- True Justice
- Yellowstone
ChannelsEdit
There are various local versions of the channel, as listed below:
Operating channelsEdit
- AXN Adria - Available in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
- AXN Asia - Available in Brunei, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Maldives, Myanmar, Macau, Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam (sold to KC Global Media)
- AXN Black - Available in Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- AXN Brazil - Available in Brazil.
- AXN White - Available in Spain, Andorra, Equatorial Guinea, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia. Formerly AXN Crime.
- AXN Europe - Available in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.
- Sony AXN - Available in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
- AXN Hungary - Available in Hungary
- AXN Middle East - Available in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Syria and Yemen
- AXN Japan - Available in Japan
- AXN Korea - Available in South Korea (sold to KC Global Media)
- AXN Latin America - Available in Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Central America, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Jamaica and Dominican Republic.
- AXN Portugal - Available in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
- AXN Movies - Available in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique
- AXN Spin - Available in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Romania, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.
- AXN Turkey - Available in Turkey.
- AXN Mystery - Available in Japan
- AXN Now - VOD service
- AXN Pacific[citation needed] - Available in Australia, New Zealand, Tuvalu
Discontinued channelsEdit
- AXN Beyond - Broadcast in Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. The channel was replaced with BeTV on 2 April 2012
- AXN Crime - Was available in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, The Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- AXN Black Hungary - Broadcast in Hungary
- AXN Italy - Broadcast in Italy.
- AXN Netherlands - Broadcast in Netherlands from 2012 to 2020.
- AXN Israel - Broadcast in Israel. (closed January 14, 2009)
- AXN White Hungary - Broadcast in Hungary.
- AXN Sci Fi - Broadcast in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovakia
- AXN India - broadcast in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan
- AXN Black Portugal - Broadcast in Portugal
- AXN Pakistan - Broadcast in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan
As part of a brand licensing agreement with Sony, Canadian broadcaster Hollywood Suite launched an AXN-branded movie network in 2012 known as AXN Movies, a re-branding of its network Hollywood Storm.[3] The channel was discontinued on November 3, 2015, as part of the re-formatting of Hollywood Suite's channels to use decade-based formats.[4]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Flagg, Michael (September 27, 2000). "Singapore's AXN Cable Channel Brings Action to Stagnant Market". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sony Pictures Television festeggia i 10 anni di AXN Italia ed annuncia nuove serie televisive". Everyeye Serie TV (in Italian). Retrieved February 26, 2023.
- ^ "Hollywood Suite brings Sony brands into its stable". Cartt.ca. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ "Hollywood Suite to go by the numbers in rebranding its movie channels". Cartt.ca. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
External linksEdit
- Official hub site, with links to the local versions
- AXN White hub site, with links to the local versions
- AXN Black hub site, with links to the local versions
- AXN Spin hub site, with links to the local versions
- Sony Entertainment Television hub site, with links to the local versions
- SET Asia
- Sony Television Asia