AXN
Pay television channel (launched 1997)
AXN is a pay television channel brand by Sony Pictures Television, which was first launched in September 1997 in Asia. Local versions have since been launched in several parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, and Latin America, with some networks operated by others and licensing the AXN branding and graphical elements from SPT.
Funded through advertising or subscription fees, AXN primarily airs action genre and reality programming.
01AXN channels
There are various local versions of the channel, as listed below:
Current channels
| Channel | Type | Country or region | Launch date |
| AXN Asia | Licensed | Asia/Singapore | September 21, 1997 |
| AXN Spain | Owned | Spain/Andorra | November 5, 1998 |
| AXN Latin America | Latin America | August 1, 1999 | |
| AXN Brazil | Brazil | ||
| AXN Portugal | Portugal | November 5, 2002 | |
| AXN CEE | Licensed | Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria | October 17, 2003 |
| AXN Adria | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia | September 14, 2009 |
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 | December 2008 | Hot Xtra Action |
| Sony AXN Germany | Germany, Austria and Switzerland | November 1, 2004 | September 1, 2023 | AXN Black |
| AXN Italy | Italy | October 29, 2005 | February 28, 2017 | |
| AXN South Korea | South Korea | July 2005 | January 2025 | NXT |
02Sister channels
Current channels
| Channel | Type | Country or region | Replaced | Launch date |
| AXN Black | Licensed | Central Europe (except Hungary) | AXN Sci Fi | October 1, 2013 |
| Licensed | Germany, Austria and Switzerland | Sony AXN | September 1, 2023 | |
| AXN Spin | Licensed | Poland | January 11, 2012 | |
| Romania | March 1, 2013 | |||
| Balkans | March 2014 | |||
| AXN White | Owned | Portugal | Sony Entertainment Television | April 14, 2012 |
| Licensed | Central Europe (except Hungary) | AXN Crime | October 1, 2013 | |
| Licensed | 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 | |
| AXN Crime | Licensed | Hungary | Viasat Film | September 1, 2026 |
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 | |
| 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 | November 3, 2015 | 00's Movies |
| AXN Ninja | South Korea | April 1, 2013 | July 21, 2027 | Ninja Channel |
Sources and credits
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- AXN logo (2015).svg by AXN, Public domain
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