AXN
Launched	May 22, 1997
Owned by	Sony Pictures Entertainment
Website	http://www.axn.com/
Availability
Satellite
Dish Network Mexico	Channel 213
Digital+ (Spain)	Channel 22
Sky Italia (Italy)	Channel 120
Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland)	Channel 35
Cyfra+ (Poland)	Channel 49
N (Poland)	Channel 30
Boom TV (Romania)	Channel
Digi TV (Romania, Hungary, Czech R, Slovakia)	Channel
Dolce (Romania)	Channel 157
Focus Sat (Romania)	Channel
Max TV (Romania)	Channel
UPC Direct (Hungary, Czech R, Slovakia)	Channel
DirecTV (Latin America)	Channel 216
SKY México (Mexico and Central America)	Channel 213
ZON TVCabo (Portugal)	Channel 60
Meo Sat (Portugal)	Channel 61
	Channel 48
TotalTV (Croatia)	Channel 14
TATA Sky (India)	Channel 207
Bulsatcom (Bulgaria)	Channel
Cable
ZON TVCabo (Portugal)	Channel 60
SBB (Serbia)	Channel 265
RCS&RDS (Romania)	Channel 18
VTR (Chile)	Channel 38
Cabovisão (Portugal)	Channel 30
UPC Romania	Channel 103 (digital with DVR) Channel 93 (digital)
SBB (Serbia)	Channel 265
NET (Brazil)	Channel 34
UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones	Channel 54
Cablevisión (Argentina)	Channel 40
Telmex (Colombia)	Channel 47
IPTV
Vodafone Casa TV (Portugal)	Channel 60
Meo (Portugal)	Channel 61
Open IPTV (Serbia)	Channel 613
now TV (Hong Kong)	Channel 512
UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones (Colombia)	Channel 54
Internet television
i-TV (Romania)	Channel
Meo (Portugal)	Channel 61

AXN (short for AXioN) 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 and subscription fees, 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.

Channels[link]

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, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam
• AXN Beyond - Available in Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, and soon in the rest of Asia. In April 2, 2012 this channel is now known as BeTV.
• AXN Black - Available in Portugal.
• AXN Brazil - Available in Brazil.
• AXN Crime - Available in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
• AXN Europe - Available in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.
• AXN India - Available in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives and Nepal.
• AXN Japan - Available in Japan as part of the SKY PerfecTV! platform
• AXN Korea - Available in South Korea
• AXN Central & South America - Available in Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia and Dominican Republic.
• AXN Pakistan - Available in Pakistan
• AXN Portugal - Available in Portugal
• AXN Sci Fi - Available in Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine & Kazakhstan.
• AXN Israel - The channel was deleted on the 14th of January 2009.
• AXN Spin HD - Available in Poland.
• AXN White - Available in Portugal and Spain

Series and shows[link]

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 broadcasted by local networks will be broadcast with dubbed (Portuguese (Brazil), German, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Spanish, Japanese, English and Russian) or subtitled (Spanish (Latin America), Croatian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Malay, Bengali, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Indonesian, Mongol, Nepalese, Urdu, Sinhalese, Korean, Taiwanese, Thai, Khmer, Laotian, Vietnamese, Dzongkha, Ukrainian, Dhivehi and Kazakh) in the same market. There are some examples of series aired by AXN:

• Adria: Damages, Being Human, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, The Practice, Moonlighting, Six Feet Under, Californication, NCIS, FlashForward, Largo Winch, Sanctuary, Life Unexpected, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Stargate Atlantis, Canal Road, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Blood Ties, BeastMaster, Kidnapped, Water Rats, Primeval, Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall, Doctor Who (2005-)

• Asia: Chuck, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Damages, House, Las Vegas, Lost, Nip/Tuck, Numb3rs, So You Think You Can Dance, SUPERMODELME, Supernatural, The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series), The Amazing Race Asia, The Shield, Wipeout

• Brazil: Lost, CSI: Miami (moving in October to Canal Sony), CSI: NY, Raising The Bar, The Shield, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Las Vegas, The Dead Zone, Criminal Minds, Kidnapped, Alias, Hack, Kingdom Hospital, Damages, In Plain Sight, NCIS, Jericho, Dirty Sexy Money, FlashForward, Blood Ties, Castle.

• 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, ER, The Collector, Fastlane, F/X: The Series, Highlander, Homicide: Life on the Street, Kidnapped, MacGyver, Michael Hayes, Murder, She Wrote, Mutant X, New York Undercover, Nash Bridges, Odyssey 5, Police Rescue, Quantum Leap, Relic Hunter, Rush, Criminal Minds, Sliders, Third Watch, The Shield, Ghost Whisperer, Fear Itself, Lost, FlashForward, NCIS

• India/Pakistan: 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, Ghost Adventures, Minute To Win It"

• 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 and 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, Brothers & Sisters, 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, La Femme Nikita, Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits (1995), The Shield, Smallville, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, The Twilight Zone (Original), V.I.P.

• Latin America: Criminal Minds, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, The Dead Zone, Las Vegas, Lost, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Damages, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Castle, Breaking Bad, Detroit 1-8-7, Covert Affairs, The Border, NCIS, In Plain Sight, Unforgettable, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour, Missing, The River, The Firm

• Portugal: Insert Coin, Chuck, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, ER, Hospital Central, Medium, NCIS, Without a Trace, Damages, Waking the Dead, In Plain Sight, Castle, No Ordinary Family, Leverage, Memphis Beat, Rush, Law and Order: UK, The Mentalist, Criminal Minds, Supernatural, Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei, Notruf Hafenkante

• Spain: Insert Coin, FlashForward, Case Closed, Corrector Yui, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, ER, Gossip Girl, 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, The Cult, Die Cleveren

• Israel: Alias, Sliders, Smallville, MacGyver, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, La Femme Nikita, The District, Eureka, The X-Files, The Shield, Kidnapped, Blade: The Series, Stargate SG-1, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Bullrun, Fear Factor, Doctor Who, World's Wackiest Sports, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, Dark Angel, Walker, Texas Ranger, Totally Outrageous Behavior, World's Most Amazing Videos, Without a Trace, Armed & Famous, Renegade, Viper, Starsky and Hutch, SeaQuest DSV, The Sentinel, Supernatural, Punk'd, Farscape, Most Shocking, Flash Gordon, 7 Days, Homicide: Life on the Street, Moonlight, Pimp My Ride

Controversy[link]

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]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official hub site, with links to the local versions
• AXN Sci-Fi hub site, with links to the local versions
• AXN Crime hub site, with links to the local versions
• AXN Black hub site, with links to the local versions (redirect to Portuguese site for now)
• SET Asia
• Television Asia

Direct link to local AXN versions :
Asia:

• AXN Japan
• AXN India
• AXN Korea
• AXN Taiwan
• AXN Asia

Europe:

• AXN Austria / Germany / Switzerland
• AXN Bulgaria
• AXN Croatia
• AXN Czech Republic
• AXN Hungary
• AXN Italy
• AXN Macedonia
• AXN Poland
• AXN Portugal
• AXN Black
• AXN Romania
• AXN Serbia
• AXN Slovakia
• AXN Slovenia
• AXN Spain

North America:

• AXN Mexico

South America:

• AXN Brazil

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