AXN (Asia)

AXN Asia is a pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television and KC Global Media. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Television, but the Southeast Asian and South Korean channels were sold to KC Global Media in January 2020.

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. Its anime programming would later be moved to Animax Asia in 2004, the preparations for which Sony had been planning since the late 1990s. 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
 The Amazing Race Asia - a local version of the American reality competition series The Amazing Race; the fifth season premiered in 2016.
 The Apartment
 The Apprentice Asia -  premiered in 2013
 Asia's Got Talent -  premiered in 2015; second season premiered in 2017; 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
 The Duke - men's lifestyle magazine talk show; season 1 premiered in 2009
 e-Buzz - entertainment news show, hosted by Jaymee Ong; ongoing
 The Kitchen Musical (was available in Singapore)
 Sony Style - lifestyle and entertainment magazine show sponsored by Sony; seasons 2 & 3 hosted by Oli Pettigrew
 Ultimate Escape - holiday adventure show; the first season aired from October 29, 2007 to November 19, 2007

Feeds

 AXN Southeast Asia (Panregional feed reaching most countries 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. In Malaysia, it was launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro. 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
 Animax Asia
 AXN
 BeTV (former TV channel)
 Sony Channel (Asia) (former TV channel known as SET South East Asia)
 ONE
 GEM
 SET Asia (India region)

References

External links
 
 Official India website
 Official Taiwan website 
 Official Korea website 
 Official Japan website 

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