AXN

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AXN

Launched	September 21, 1997
Owned by	Sony Pictures Entertainment
Website	http://www.axn.com/
Availability
Satellite
Astro (Malaysia)	Channel 701
Digital+ (Spain)	Channel 22
Sky Italia (Italy)	Channel 134
Tata Sky (India)	Channel 207
Dish TV (India)	Channel 455
Dialog TV (Sri Lanka)	Channel 7
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 25
Indovision (Indonesia)	Channel 42
Astro (Indonesia)	Channel 45
Telkom Vision (Indonesia)	Channel ??
Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland)	Channel 25
Cyfra+ (Poland)	Channel 29
N (Poland)	Channel 26
Boom TV (Romania)	Channel
Digi TV (Romania, Hungary, Czech R, Slovakia)	Channel
Dolce (Romania)	Channel
Focus Sat (Romania)	Channel
Max TV (Romania)	Channel
UPC Direct (Hungary, Czech R, Slovakia)	Channel
SKY PerfecTV! (Japan)	Channel 725
DirecTV (Chile)	Channel 216
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines)	Channel 17
Skylife (South Korea)	Channel 333
Cable
StarHub CableTV (Singapore)	Channel 19
First Media (Indonesia)	Channel 51
SkyCable (Philippines)	Channel 49
LBN Cable (Sri Lanka)	Channel N/A
UCS (Bangladesh)	Channel 34
J:COM (Japan)	Channel 252 (Digital) / Depend on Area (Analog)
TV Cabo (Portugal)	Channel 60
MEO (Portugal)	Channel 60
TrueVisions (Thailand)	Channel 25
RCS&RDS (Romania)	Channel 18
VTR (Chile)	Channel 38
Cable TV systems in Taiwan	Channel 67
HOT (Israel)	Channel 6 (Digital) / Channel 13 (Analog)
Internet Television
4th MEDIA (Japan)	Channel 441
i-TV (Romania)	Channel
NOW TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 512
HKBN bbtv (Hong Kong)	Channel 304

AXN is a pay-TV, cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on September 21, 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 U.S., AXN is used as a brand name for the streaming of Sony's television library on streaming service Joost.

1 Channels
2 Series and shows
3 Controversy
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Channels

There are several local versions of this channel as listed below:

AXN Japan - Available in Japan as part of the SKY PerfecTV! platform.

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 Beyond - Available in the Philippines and Hong Kong, and soon in the rest of Asia.

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 and Ukraine.

AXN India - Available in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan.

AXN Israel - Available in Israel.

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.

[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: The 4400, Andromeda, House, Lost, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Alias, Las Vegas, Supernatural, The Amazing Race (U.S. and Asian versions), Kidnapped, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Fear Factor, Numb3rs, The Shield, Nip/Tuck,Damages,

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

Central Europe: 18 Wheels of Justice, Alias, Andromeda,Battlestar Galactica ,BeastMaster, Charlie Jade, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY, The Dead Zone, House MD, The District, The Guardian, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, In Justice, Jericho, Lost, Michael Hayes, Mutant X, Regenesis, Sheena, The Shield, Sliders, The Amazing Race, Star Trek: Enterprise

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

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.

Italy: Afterworld, Andromeda, Bllod Ties, Damages, Fear Factor, Kung Fu: La leggenda continua, MacGyver, Man's Work, Mission: Impossible, Most Shocking, Murder, Mutant X, Odyssey 5, Quantum Leap - Viaggio nel tempo, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Sleeper Cell, Starsky & Hutch, The Collector, The Shield, Third Watch - Squadra Emergenza, Ultimate Force, Wire in the Blood, World's Most Amazing Videos (also called "Video Danger")

Japan: Alias, 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

Spain: 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

Portugal: Case Closed, Charmed, Corrector Yui, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Die Cleveren, ER, Hospital Central, InuYasha, JAG, Jericho, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo, Lupin III, Medium, NCIS, Pacific Blue, Reaper, Stargate SG-1, The Law of Ueki, The West Wing, Without a Trace

Israel: Alias, Sliders, Smallville, Eureka, The Shield, Kidnapped, Blade: The Series

[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]