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.
AXN channels
There are various local versions of the channel, as listed below:
Current channels
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|Channel||Type||Country or region||Launch date
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| AXN Asia
|Licensed
|Asia/Singapore
|September 21, 1997
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|AXN Latin America
|Latin America
| rowspan="2" |August 1, 1999
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|AXN Brazil
|Brazil
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|AXN Portugal
|Portugal
|November 5, 2002
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|AXN CEE
| rowspan="2" |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
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|Channel||Country or region||Launch date||Shutdown date||Replaced by
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|AXN Japan
|Japan
|June 1, 1998
|October 1, 2023
|Action Channel
|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
|}
Sister channels
Current channels
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|Channel||Type
|Country or region||Replaced
|Launch date
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| rowspan="2" | AXN Black
|Licensed
|-
|Romania
|
|March 1, 2013
|-
|Balkans
|
|March 2014
|-
| rowspan="3" |AXN White
|Owned
|Portugal
|Sony Entertainment Television
|April 14, 2012
|-
|Licensed
|-
| rowspan="2" | 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
|-
| rowspan="2" |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
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