AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America. Funded through advertising, AXN delivers 24 hours a day of action TV series, movies, animations and adventure-reality and lifestyle sports programmes. In the United States, AXN is used as a brand name for the streaming of Sony's television library on streaming service Joost. [edit] Channels There are several local versions of this channel as listed below: - AXN Adria - Available in Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.
- AXN Asia - Available in Brunei, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam
- AXN Brazil - Available in Brazil
- AXN Europe - Available in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.
- AXN Crime - Available in Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
- AXN Sci-Fi - Available in Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine & Kazakhstan.
- AXN Israel - Not available in Israel since the 4th of January 2009.
- AXN Latin America - Available in Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Caribbean, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia and Dominican Republic. It is controlled and broadcasted by Time Warner's HBO Latin America Group.
[edit] Series and shows The series and shows aired by AXN differ in each version of the channel since some series aired by AXN in one market may be in other channel's hands in another country. In some cases, U.S. shows that are broadcast dubbed by local networks will be broadcast in English with subtitles in the same market. There are some examples of series aired by AXN: - Asia: House, Lost, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Las Vegas, Supernatural, The Amazing Race (U.S. and Asian versions), Numb3rs, The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Damages,Wipeout,Chuck
- Brazil: Lost, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Shield, The Amazing Race, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Las Vegas, The Dead Zone, Criminal Minds, Kidnapped, Alias, Hack, Kingdom Hospital, The Collector, NCIS, Jericho, Dirty Sexy Money
- Central Europe: 18 Wheels of Justice, Alias, Andromeda,Battlestar Galactica ,BeastMaster, Charlie Jade, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, The Dead Zone, House, The District, The Guardian, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, In Justice, Jericho, Lost, Michael Hayes, Mutant X, Reaper, Regenesis, Rescue Me, Rude Awakening, Sheena, The Shield, Sliders, The Amazing Race, Star Trek: Enterprise
- Europe: Andromeda, The Collector, Fastlane, F/X: The Series, Highlander, Homicide: Life on the Street, Kidnapped, MacGyver, Michael Hayes, Mutant X, New York Undercover, Nash Bridges, Odyssey 5, Police Rescue, Quantum Leap, Relic Hunter, Criminal Minds, Sliders, Third Watch, The Shield
- India: 24, Alias, Andromeda, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Damages, House, Las Vegas, Nip/Tuck, Numb3rs, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Supernatural, The Shield, The Amazing Race, Fear Factor,Criss Angel Mindfreak,Wipeout
- Israel: Alias, Sliders, Smallville, MacGyver, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Eureka, The X-Files, The Shield, Kidnapped, Blade: The Series, Stargate SG-1, Bullrun, Fear Factor, Dr. Who, World's Wackiest Sports, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Dark Angel, Dark Angel Walker, Texas Ranger, Totally Outrageous Behaviour, Without a Trace, Armed and Famous, Renegade, Viper, Starsky & Hutch, SeaQuest, The Sentinel, Supernatural, Punk'd, Farscape, Most Shocking, Flash Gordon, 7 Days, Homicide: Life on the Street, Moonlight, Pimp My Ride
- Italy: Afterworld, Andromeda, Blood Ties, Breaking Bad, The Closer, The Collector, Damages, Fear Factor, .hack//Sign, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Kidnapped, Kung Fu, MacGyver, Man's Work, Michael Hayes, Mission: Impossible, Most Shocking, Murder, Mutant X, 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!, Seven Days, Sleeper Cell, Sliders, Starsky & Hutch, Strong Medicine, The Shield, Third Watch, Ultimate Force, The Vision of Escaflowne, Wire in the Blood, World's Most Amazing Videos (also called "Video Danger")
- Japan:Pushing Daisies, Dirt, Samantha Who?, Afterworld, Veronica Mars, Alias,Andromeda,LAX, The Amazing Race, Andromeda, Charlie's Angels, Charmed, CSI, CSI: Miami, Dark Angel, The Dead Zone, The Fugitive (Original), The Greatest American Hero, Hart to Hart, Invasion, Lost, Miami Vice, Moonlighting, Mutant X, Nash Bridges, Nikita, Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits (New), The Shield, Smallville, Stargate SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, The Twilight Zone (Original), V.I.P.
- Latin America: Alias, Jericho, Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Dead Zone, Las Vegas, Lost, The Shield, Star Trek: Enterprise, Law and Order Criminal Intent, The Amazing Race, Kidnapped, Runaway, Dirty Sexy Money, Damages, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,Blood Ties.
- Portugal: FlashForward,Charmed, Chuck, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Die Cleveren, ER, Hospital Central, JAG, Jericho, Medium, NCIS, Pacific Blue, Reaper, Stargate SG-1, The West Wing, Without a Trace, Gossip Girl, Damages, Waking the Dead, In Plain Sight, Castle
- Spain: FlashForward, Case Closed, Corrector Yui, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, ER, Die Cleveren, Hospital Central, InuYasha, JAG, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, Lupin III, NCIS, Notruf Hafenkante, Pacific Blue, Reaper, Resistiré, Stargate SG-1, The Law of Ueki, The West Wing, Without a Trace
[edit] Controversy In January 2007, AXN India was given a two month ban from the Indian government for airing the programme 'World's Sexiest Commercials', with the reasons of the show being "against good taste or decency" and "likely to affect public morality" .[1][2] This ban was lifted two weeks early on February 28, 2007 after AXN submitted an apology.[3] On April 25, 2007, AXN and nine other cable and satellite channels were banned in Bangladesh by the interim-government, by what it claimed were that the channels' operations were contrary to the Cable TV Network Operation Act 2006. The ban on AXN and a number of other channels was later lifted on May 27, 2007 [4] [edit] High definiton SPE Networks and MEASAT Satellite Systems agreed to distribute the high definition version of AXN across Asia Pacific[5]. On April 6, 2009, AXN began simulcasting in High Definition in Portugal. It's available on ZON TVCabo, meo and Cabovisão. [6] [edit] References [edit] External links
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