AXN
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Funded through advertising or subscription fees, AXN primarily airs action genre and reality programming.
AXN Channels
There are various local versions of the channel, as listed below:
Current channels
| Channel | Type | Country or region | Launch date |
| AXN Asia | Licensed[note 1] | Asia/Singapore | September 21, 1997[1] |
| AXN Spain | Owned | Spain | November 5, 1998[2] |
| AXN Latin America | Latin America | August 1, 1999[3] | |
| AXN Brazil | Brazil | ||
| AXN Portugal | Portugal | November 5, 2002[4] | |
| AXN CEE | Licensed[note 2] | Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria | October 17, 2003[5] |
| AXN South Korea | Licensed[note 1] | South Korea | July 2005[6] |
| AXN Adria | Licensed[note 2] | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia | September 14, 2009[7] |
Former channels
| Channel | Country or region | Launch date | Shutdown date | Replaced by |
| AXN Japan | Japan | June 1, 1998 | October 1, 2023 | Action Channel |
| AXN India | India | 8 January 1999 | June 30, 2020 | |
| AXN Israel | Israel | November 16, 2000[8] | December 2008[9][10] | Hot Xtra Action |
| Sony AXN Germany | Germany, Austria and Switzerland | November 1, 2004 | September 1, 2023 | AXN Black[note 3] |
| AXN Italy | Italy | October 29, 2005 | February 28, 2017 |
Sister channels
Current channels
| Channel | Type | Country or region | Replaced | Launch date |
| AXN Black | Licensed[note 2] | Central Europe (except Hungary) | AXN Sci Fi | October 1, 2013 |
| Licensed[note 3] | Germany, Austria and Switzerland | Sony AXN | September 1, 2023 | |
| AXN Spin | Licensed[note 2] | Poland | January 11, 2012[11] | |
| Romania | March 1, 2013[12] | |||
| Balkans | March 2014[13] | |||
| AXN White | Owned | Portugal | Sony Entertainment Television | April 14, 2012 |
| Licensed[note 2] | Central Europe (except Hungary) | AXN Crime | October 1, 2013 | |
| Licensed[note 3] | Germany, Austria and Switzerland | Sony Channel | September 1, 2023 | |
| AXN Movies | Owned | Portugal | AXN Black | February 17, 2020 |
| AXN Movies | Spain | AXN White | May 1, 2023 |
Former channels
| Channel | Country or region | Replaced | Launch date | Shutdown date | Replaced by |
| AXN Crime | Central Europe | May 29, 2006 | October 1, 2013 | AXN White | |
| AXN Sci Fi | AXN Black | ||||
| Russia | April 13, 2013 | Sony Sci Fi | |||
| Italy | November 8, 2010 | February 28, 2017 | |||
| AXN Beyond | Asia | January 1, 2008 | April 2, 2012 | BeTV | |
| AXN Mystery | Japan | November 4, 2008 | October 1, 2023 | Mystery Channel[note 1] | |
| AXN Black | Portugal | Animax | May 9, 2011 | February 17, 2020 | AXN Movies |
| Hungary | AXN Sci Fi | October 1, 2013 | October 2, 2017 | Sony Movie Channel | |
| AXN White | Spain | Sony Entertainment Television | May 7, 2012 | May 1, 2023 | AXN Movies |
| Hungary | AXN Crime | October 1, 2013 | October 2, 2017 | Sony Max | |
| AXN Movies | Canada | Hollywood Storm | September 4, 2012[14] | November 3, 2015[15] | 00's Movies[note 4] |
Notes
References
External links
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