AXN

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AXN is a pay TV broadcaster from Sony Pictures Entertainment , which mainly broadcasts feature films and series, but also reality formats and lifestyle programs. AXN went on air for the first time on September 21, 1998, and since then over 30 localized branches have been founded worldwide. The German version was launched on November 1st, 2004.

Sony AXN in German-speaking countries

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Sony AXN
TV station ( private law )
Program type Division program
reception DVB-S , cable and IPTV
Start of transmission November 1, 2004 ( D )
owner Sony Pictures Television Deutschland GmbH Networks
executive Director Robert Niemann
List of TV channels
Website

Sony AXN reaches 5.9 million subscriber households in Germany, Austria and Switzerland via satellite ( Sky , Austriasat), cable ( Vodafone Kabel Deutschland , Unitymedia , Kabelkiosk , Liwest , Cablecom ) and IPTV ( Entertain , Swisscom , Sunrise, A1 Telekom ) and online streaming ( Magine TV ).

An HD simulcast version has been available since February 1, 2011 at Deutsche Telekom via the Entertain platform. An activation via cable kiosk took place on June 26, 2012, followed by Sky on October 4, 2012 and Kabel Deutschland on October 15.

On September 8, 2015, Sony Pictures Television announced that AXN Germany will also adopt the new, globally uniform design and station logo. The conversion and takeover will take place on October 9, 2015.

On October 24, 2016, the distribution for AXN via Sky in Germany and Austria was discontinued because no agreement could be reached between Sony and Sky.

AXN was renamed Sony AXN on October 17, 2019 and at the same time got a new station logo.

Reception in Germany, Austria & Switzerland

Germany

Satellite: Astra 19.2 ° East: Diveo

Cable: Vodafone , Unitymedia , PŸUR , NetCologne

IPTV: Prime Video Channels , Telekom Magenta TV , Vodafone

Austria

Satellite: Astra 19.2 ° East: HD Austria

Cable: Liwest

IPTV: A1 & Prime Video Channels

Switzerland

Cable: UPC Cablecom

IPTV: Teleclub , Sunrise & Swisscom

broadcasts

TV Shows

Station logos

  • Channel logo until October 8, 2015

  • The AXN HD logo until October 8, 2015

  • Channel logo from October 9, 2015 to October 17, 2019 in Germany, since October 9, 2015 in other countries

  • AXN HD logo since October 9, 2015 (in Germany until October 2019)

  • Current Sony AXN logo since October 17, 2019 in Germany

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.axn.de/about
  2. ↑ AXN HD from 1.2. at Entertain - negotiation with competition at digitalfernsehen.de
  3. ↑ Cable kiosk with new HD channels - Spiegel TV Wissen HD
  4. ↑ Sky expands market-leading HD offering: AXN HD will be available to Sky customers via satellite from October 4th
  5. ↑ Over a million HD subscriptions with Kabel Deutschland ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kabeldeutschland.com
  6. ↑ DWDL.de: "Shackles finally blown up" - AXN gets a new transmitter design worldwide
  7. ↑ kress.de: Fresh look for the Sony Pay channel - Maurizio Vitale gives AXN a new design
  8. ↑ DWDL.de GmbH: No agreement: AXN will no longer be with Sky - DWDL.de. Retrieved September 21, 2016 .
  9. ↑ DWDL de GmbH: Sony is giving its pay TV channels a new look. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Channel list from PŸUR. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .