AXN (Asian TV channel)
Asian pay television channel
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AXN is a pan-Asian pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia and headquartered in Singapore. The channel primarily airs action shows, notably police procedural dramas, with most of its content originating in North America. Formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, AXN's operations in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa were sold to KC Global Media in January 2020.[2]
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| Country | Singapore |
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| Broadcast area | Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam[1] |
| Network | KC Global Media Asia |
| Headquarters | Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore |
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| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
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| Launched | 21 September 1997 |
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| Website | www |
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| Terrestrial | |
| TrueVisions | LCN 336 |
| MNC Vision | LCN 154 |
| Astro | LCN 701 |
| Transvision | LCN 301 |
| K Vision | LCN 90 |
| Dialog TV | LCN 111 |
| Skynet | LCN 28 |
| StarHub TV | LCN 511 |
| Cignal TV | LCN 121 |
| SatLite | LCN 93 |
History
AXN launched in September 1997[citation needed]. In its early years, during the late 1990s and early 2000s, AXN featured a variety of anime series, many of which were broadcast in Japanese with English subtitles. The channel also organised annual anime festivals across Southeast Asia, catering to the growing interest in Japanese animation within the region.[citation needed]
Briefly, in 2025, the channel incorporated sporting events to its schedule; its portfolio included pan-regional broadcast rights to LIV Golf tournaments in the 2025 season[3] and selected Taiwan Professional Basketball League games, which are currently only available on its official YouTube channel.[4]
Anime programmes
In 2004, AXN's anime content was transitioned to its sister channel, Animax Asia, a move that had been in the works since the late 1990s. Despite this, in the late 2010s, AXN began to reintroduce certain English-dubbed anime programs from Animax Asia during morning and late-afternoon time slots in the Philippines. This was discontinued in August 2016 as AXN shifted its focus back to its core content.[citation needed]
Original productions
- Adventure Your Way (adventure show hosted by Atom Araullo)
- The Amazing Race Asia (a local version of the American reality competition series The Amazing Race, with the fifth season premiering in 2016[5])
- The Apartment
- The Apprentice Asia (premiered in 2013,[6] revived as The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition in 2021)
- Asia's Got Talent (premiered in 2015, second season aired in 2017[7], 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 16 January 2008.[8])
- The Duke (men's lifestyle magazine talk show premiering in 2009.[9])
- e-Buzz (entertainment news show hosted by Jaymee Ong, no longer running.[10])
- The Kitchen Musical (was available in Singapore)
- Sony Style (lifestyle and entertainment magazine show sponsored by Sony, with seasons two and three hosted by Oli Pettigrew[11])
- Ultimate Escape (holiday adventure show whose first season aired from 29 October 2007 to 19 November 2007[12])
- Project GO (business reality competition[13] premiering in 2021)
Feeds
The channel maintains two primary feeds: one tailored exclusively for viewers in Hong Kong and Thailand, and another for the broader Southeast Asian audience. Programming is the same across feeds other than local advertising, though the Filipino feed also occasionally adjusts its programming due to specific broadcast considerations.[citation needed]
- AXN Southeast Asia (based in Singapore)
- AXN Philippines (separated from the SEA feed, including local advertisements and movies)
- AXN Taiwan (separated from the SEA feed, including local advertisements and movies)
- AXN Vietnam (SEA feed delayed with certain programming replaced)
Former feeds
- AXN India
- AXN Japan (separated from the SEA feed, including local advertisements, sold to Nojima in 2021 and relaunched as Action Channel using subtitles in October 2023)
- AXN Korea (joint venture with CU Media airing local shows alongside international shows, replaced by NXT in 2025)
- AXN Mystery (separated from the SEA feed, including local advertisements, sold to Nojima in 2021 and relaunched as Mystery Channel using subtitles in October 2023)
- AXN Beyond (later known as BeTV, Sony Channel; now defunct)
AXN HD
AXN first launched its high-definition feed in South Korea on 1 March 2009. The feed was made available in Singapore on StarHub TV starting on 25 May 2010.[14] In Malaysia, it launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro and 1 October 2023 on NJOI.[15] In Thailand it launched on 12 July 2011 on TrueVisions. In India, it was made available on Videocon D2H on 19 July 2014. The HD feed premiered in Sri Lanka on Dialog TV in 2013. In the Philippines, it launched on 20 April 2015. It also launched 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 (former TV channel)
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