| AXN (Asia) | |
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| Picture Format: | HDTV 1080i |
| Network: | KC Global Media Asia |
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| Country: | Singapore |
| Area: | Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Palau, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam[1] |
| Headquarters: | Number 10, Changi Business Park Central 2 #03-01, Hansapoint @ Changi Business Park, Changi, Singapore |
| Terr Serv 1: | TrueVisions |
| Terr Chan 1: | LCN 336 |
| Terr Serv 2: | MNC Vision |
| Terr Chan 2: | LCN 154 |
| Terr Serv 3: | Astro |
| Terr Chan 3: | LCN 701 |
| Terr Serv 4: | Transvision |
| Terr Chan 4: | LCN 301 |
| Terr Serv 5: | K Vision |
| Terr Chan 5: | LCN 90 |
| Terr Serv 6: | Dialog TV |
| Terr Chan 6: | LCN 111 |
| Terr Serv 7: | Skynet |
| Terr Chan 7: | LCN 28 |
| Terr Serv 8: | StarHub TV |
| Terr Chan 8: | LCN 511 |
| Terr Serv 9: | Cignal TV |
| Terr Chan 9: | LCN 121 |
| Terr Serv 10: | SatLite |
| Terr Chan 10: | LCN 93 |
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AXN is a pan-Asian pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia and headquartered in Singapore. The channel primarily airs action shows, notably police procedural dramas, with most of its content originating in North America. Formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, AXN's operations in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa were sold to KC Global Media in January 2020.[2]
AXN launched in September 1997. In its early years, during the late 1990s and early 2000s, AXN featured a variety of anime series, many of which were broadcast in Japanese with English subtitles. The channel also organised annual anime festivals across Southeast Asia, catering to the growing interest in Japanese animation within the region.
Briefly, in 2025, the channel incorporated sporting events to its schedule; its portfolio included pan-regional broadcast rights to LIV Golf tournaments in the 2025 season[3] and selected Taiwan Professional Basketball League games, which are currently only available on its official YouTube channel.[4]
In 2004, AXN's anime content was transitioned to its sister channel, Animax Asia, a move that had been in the works since the late 1990s. Despite this, in the late 2010s, AXN began to reintroduce certain English-dubbed anime programs from Animax Asia during morning and late-afternoon time slots in the Philippines. This was discontinued in August 2016 as AXN shifted its focus back to its core content.
The channel maintains two primary feeds: one tailored exclusively for viewers in Hong Kong and Thailand, and another for the broader Southeast Asian audience. Programming is the same across feeds other than local advertising, though the Filipino feed also occasionally adjusts its programming due to specific broadcast considerations.
AXN first launched its high-definition feed in South Korea on 1 March 2009. The feed was made available in Singapore on StarHub TV starting on 25 May 2010.[14] In Malaysia, it launched on 16 June 2010 on Astro and 1 October 2023 on NJOI.[15] In Thailand it 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 in 2013. In the Philippines, it launched on 20 April 2015. It also launched on SkyCable, Sky Direct, Cignal and Singtel TV in Singapore.
