# AXN (Asian TV channel)

AXN is a pan-Asian pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia, which is based in Singapore. It primarily airs action, police procedural, and crime-arrested shows, mostly came from North America. The network was formerly wholly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, but the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa channels were sold to KC Global Media in January 2020.

## Programming

AXN's focus is the broadcast of American and British television programs. The programs are sourced from Sony Pictures Television, CBS Studios International, NBC Universal Television and Fremantle. These sources allow AXN to broadcast television program episodes on the same day they are broadcast in the United States. New, popular American movies are purchased from Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures. AXN also broadcasts programs specific to Southeast Asian audiences.

### Anime programmes

Upon its launch, in the late 1990s and early 21st century, AXN used to broadcast several anime series, many of them in Japanese audio with English subtitles and held annual anime festivals around Southeast Asia. Its anime programming would later be moved to Animax Asia in 2004, the preparations for which Sony had been planning since the late 1990s. In the last quarter of 2010, selected English-dubbed anime programs from Animax Asia were broadcast during mornings and late-afternoon. This feed was then made available in the Philippines only, but was discontinued in August 2016 as AXN would focus on its main programming.

## 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; the fifth season premiered in 2016.
* The Apartment
* The Apprentice Asia - premiered in 2013, revived as The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition in 2021.
* Asia's Got Talent - premiered in 2015; second season premiered in 2017; 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 January 16, 2008
* The Duke - men's lifestyle magazine talk show; season 1 premiered in 2009
* e-Buzz - entertainment news show, hosted by Jaymee Ong; ended
* The Kitchen Musical (was available in Singapore)
* Sony Style - lifestyle and entertainment magazine show sponsored by Sony; seasons two and three hosted by Oli Pettigrew
* Ultimate Escape - holiday adventure show; the first season aired from October 29, 2007, to November 19, 2007

## Feeds

There are two feeds for the channel. One is aimed only at viewers in Hong Kong and Thailand, the other is aimed towards the rest of the region. Programming on both feeds are the same, with the exception of local advertising. The Philippine feed also sometimes modifies its own programming due to broadcast issues.
* AXN Southeast Asia (based in Singapore)
* AXN Korea (joint venture with CU Media. Airs Local shows along with international shows)
* AXN Philippines (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, and movies)
* AXN Taiwan (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, and movies)

### Former feeds

* AXN India
* AXN Japan (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, sales to Nojima in 2021 and relaunced as Action Channel [ja] used subtitles in October 2023)
* AXN Mystery Japan (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, sales to Nojima in 2021 and relaunced as Mystery Channel [ja] used subtitles in October 2023)
* AXN Beyond (later known as BeTV, Sony Channel; now defunct)

## AXN HD

AXN first launched its high-definition feed in Korea on 1 March 2009 which was later made available in Singapore on StarHub TV on 25 May 2010. In Malaysia, it was launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro and 1 October 2023 on NJOI. In Thailand it was 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 2013. In the Philippines it was launched on 20 April 2015 on SkyCable, Sky Direct, Cignal and Singtel TV in Singapore.