AXN

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.

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, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam
  • AXN Beyond - Available in the Philippines, 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.

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 (Sci-Fi Show), Andromeda, Blood Ties (TV series), Damages (TV series), Fear Factor, Kung Fu: La leggenda continua, MacGyver, Man's Work, Mission: Impossible, Most Shocking, Murder (TV series), Mutant X (TV series), Odyssey 5, Quantum Leap - Viaggio nel tempo, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Sleeper Cell (TV series), Starsky & Hutch, The Collector (TV series), 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

• Spain: Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei, Alias, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, ER, Excel Saga, Gossip Girl, Hospital Central, In Justice, InuYasha, JAG, Medium, NCIS, Outlaw Star, Pacific Blue, Samurai Champloo, Six Degrees, Sorcerous Stabber Orphen, Stingers, The Nine, The West Wing, Trigun, Without a Trace

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

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]

References

External links

• Official hub site, with links to the local versions
• AXN Italy
• AXN Japan
• AXN Sci-Fi site, with links to the local versions
• AXN Crime site, with links to the local versionsbg:AXN

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