AXN is a pay television channel owned 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. Funded through advertising and

subscription The subscription business model is a business model in which a customer must pay a recurring price at regular intervals for access to a product or service. The model was pioneered by publishers of books and periodicals in the 17th century, and ...

fees, AXN primarily airs action genre and reality programming.

Programming

Italy

* ''Afterworld'' * ''Andromeda'' * ''Blood Ties'' * ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...

'' * '' The Closer'' * ''The Collector'' * ''Damages'' * ''

Fear Factor ''Fear Factor'' is an American stunt/ dare game show that first aired on NBC from 2001 to 2006 and was initially hosted by comedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan. The show was adapted by Endemol USA from the original Dutch series titled ''Now or ...

'' * '' .hack//Sign'' * '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' * ''Kidnapped'' * ''Kung Fu'' * ''MacGyver'' * '' Man's Work'' * ''Michael Hayes'' * ''Mission: Impossible'' * '' Most Shocking'' * ''Murder'' * ''Mutant X'' * ''The Net'' * '' New York Undercover'' * '' Noein'' * '' Odyssey 5'' * ''The Outer Limits'' * ''Quantum Leap'' * ''Painkiller Jane'' * '' Planetes'' * '' Plunkett & Macleane'' * ''Rescue Me'' * ''

Ripley's Believe It or Not! ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims. Originally a newspaper panel, the ''Believe It or Not'' feat ...

'' * ''Seven Days'' * '' The Shield'' * ''Sleeper Cell'' * '' Sliders'' * '' Stargate Universe'' * ''

Starsky & Hutch ''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a ''Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by th ...

'' * ''

Strong Medicine ''Strong Medicine'' is an American medical drama with a focus on feminism, feminist politics, health issues and class conflict that aired on the Lifetime Television, Lifetime network from 2000 to 2006. It was created and produced in part by Who ...

'' * '' Third Watch'' * '' Ultimate Force'' * '' The Vision of Escaflowne'' * '' Wire in the Blood'' * '' World's Most Amazing Videos''

India

* ''24'' * '' The 4400'' * ''The Agency'' * '' American Ninja Warrior'' * ''Alias'' * ''Beauty & the Beast'' * ''Billions'' * ''Blue Bloods'' * ''Boomtown'' * ''

BrainDead ''BrainDead'' is an American political satire science fiction comedy-drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King. The series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary film-maker who takes a job working for he ...

'' * ''The Brave'' * ''

'' * ''Bull'' * ''Californication'' * ''

Caprica ''Caprica'' is an American science fiction drama television series. A spin-off prequel of the re-imagined '' Battlestar Galactica'' (2004), Caprica is set 58 years before the main series. ''Caprica'' shows how humanity first created the Cylo ...

'' * ''

Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...

'' * ''CHOSEN'' * ''Chuck'' * ''Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'' * ''CSI'' * '' CSI: Cyber'' * '' CSI: Miami'' * '' CSI: NY'' * '' Camelot'' * ''Damages'' * ''Dexter'' * ''Doubt'' * ''Elementary'' * ''Extant'' * ''

Falling Skies ''Falling Skies'' is an American science fiction television series set in a Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic era, created by Robert Rodat and Executive producer#Motion pictures and television, executive produced by Steve ...

'' * ''The Firm'' * '' Gossip Girl'' * ''The Handmaid's Tale'' * ''Hannibal'' * ''Hawaii Five-0'' * ''House MD'' * ''Incorporated'' * ''Justified'' * ''Leverage'' * '' Little Big Shots'' * ''MacGyver'' * ''Madam Secretary'' * ''Minute to Win It'' * ''NCIS'' * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * '' NCIS: New Orleans'' * '' Nip/Tuck'' * ''NUMB3RS'' * '' Nurse Jackie'' * '' Orphan Black'' * ''Penny Dreadful'' * '' Ray Donovan'' * '' The Real Housewives of New York City'' * ''Reckless'' * ''Salvation'' * ''Scorpion'' * ''Seven Types of Ambiguity'' * '' Sex and the City'' * ''Sheena'' * '' The Shield'' * ''Sherlock'' * ''Supernatural'' * ''Teen Wolf'' * '' Top Chef'' * ''Undercover'' * ''Vikings'' * ''V.I.P.'' * ''The Voice'' * ''Under the Dome'' * ''You'' * ''Wipeout'' * ''Zoo''

Denmark

* '' Blue Bloods'' * '' Scandal'' * ''Alina’s Roses of Fireweed'' * ''le Palm Guns’ wire'' * ''24'' * '' NUMB3RS'' * '' Alias'' * ''

'' * ''

Burn Notice ''Burn Notice'' is an American espionage television series created by Matt Nix, which originally aired on the USA Network for a total of seven seasons from June 28, 2007, to September 12, 2013. The show stars Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, ...

'' * '' Chicago Fire'' * '' Criminal Minds'' * '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * '' CSI: Cyber'' * '' CSI: Miami'' * '' CSI: New York'' * '' Departure'' * ''

Dexter Dexter may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Dexter, the main character of the American animated series ''Dexter's Laboratory'' that aired from 1996 to 2003 * Dexter, a fictional character in the British Diary of a Bad Man#Main, web series ''Diar ...

'' * ''

Gone Gone may refer to: Grammar * Gone, the past participle of go (verb) ** Have gone or have been, contrasting verb forms in some contexts Arts, entertainment, and media Film * ''Gone'', a 2002 a thriller written, directed by and starring Tim Chey ...

'' * '' House of Cards'' * ''The Irish White House'' * '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' * '' Major Crimes'' *'' Mentalisten'' * '' Murder In The First'' * ''

NCIS NCIS or N.C.I.S. may refer to: Law enforcement * National Criminal Intelligence Service, the predecessor to the Serious Organised Crime Agency of the United Kingdom * Naval Criminal Investigative Service, a United States law enforcement and intelli ...

'' * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * '' NCIS: New Orleans'' * '' Orphan Black'' * '' Salvation'' * '' Scorpion'' * '' The Tudors'' * '' Weeds'' * ''Danish Blossom, O’Her La Soustanne'' * '' Devious Maids'' * '' Drop Dead Diva'' * ''

Army Wives ''Army Wives'' is an American drama television series that followed the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families. The series premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007, and ran for seven seasons, ending on June 9, 2013. The sh ...

'' * '' The Borgias'' * ''

Castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

'' * '' Damages'' * '' Fairly Legal'' * '' Gossip Girl'' * ''

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering on ...

'' * '' Medium'' * ''

Missing Missing or The Missing may refer to: Film * ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young * ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras * ''Missing'' (2007 film) (''Vermist''), a Bel ...

'' * ''Orange, O’Love y Ogehasta Sunflower'' * '' Penny Dreadful'' * '' Pretty Little Liars'' * '' Private Practice'' * '' Sanctuary'' * '' Star Trek: Enterprise'' * '' Stargate Universe'' * '' In Plain Sight''

Portugal

* '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * '' CSI: Miami'' * '' CSI: NY'' * ''NCIS'' * '' In Plain Sight'' * ''Castle'' * ''Leverage'' * '' Memphis Beat'' * '' Law & Order: UK'' * '' The Mentalist'' * '' Criminal Minds'' * ''Perception'' * ''The Borgias'' * ''Once Upon a Time'' * ''Las Vegas'' * ''Missing'' * ''The Firm'' * ''The Pillars of the Earth'' * '' The Mob Doctor'' * ''Sherlock'' * ''Hannibal'' * '' XIII: The Series'' * ''Private'' * ''The Confession'' * '' Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' * ''

Lasko – Die Faust Gottes ''Lasko – Die Faust Gottes'' (English: ''God's Fist'') is a German action television series, an RTL co-production with ORF. First aired on 18 June 2009, it is set in a monastery and involves martial arts. The main character is a monk named Las ...

'' * '' Cybill'' * '' Homicide: Life on the Street''

Turkey

* '' 24'' * '' Alias'' * '' Awake'' * '' The Blacklist'' * '' Blue Bloods'' * '' Bones'' * ''

'' * ''

'' * '' The Closer'' * '' Cold Case'' * '' Criminal Minds'' * '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' * '' CSI: Cyber'' * '' CSI: Miami'' * '' CSI: New York'' * ''

'' * '' Elementary'' * ''

Fargo Fargo usually refers to: * Fargo, North Dakota, United States * ''Fargo'' (1996 film), a crime film by the Coen brothers * ''Fargo'' (TV series), an American black comedy–crime drama anthology television series Fargo may also refer to: Othe ...

'' * '' The Good Wife'' * ''

Hannibal Hannibal (; xpu, 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ''Ḥannibaʿl''; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Puni ...

'' * '' Hawaii Five-0'' * '' Justified'' * '' The Killing'' * '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' * '' Leverage'' * '' MacGyver'' * '' Magnum P.I.'' * '' The Mentalist'' * '' Necessary Roughness'' * ''

'' * '' NCIS: Los Angeles'' * '' NCIS: New Orleans'' * '' Parenthood'' * '' Ray Donovan'' * ''

Rizzoli & Isles ''Rizzoli & Isles'' is an American crime drama television series starring Angie Harmon as Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as Maura Isles. Based on the series of ''Rizzoli & Isles'' novels by Tess Gerritsen, the plot follows Boston Homicide polic ...

'' * '' Scorpion'' * '' The Shield'' * '' Suits'' * '' Teen Wolf'' * '' True Blood'' * '' Without a Trace''

Germany (Sony AXN)

* ''

18 Wheels of Justice ''18 Wheels of Justice'' is an American crime drama series that aired from 2000 to 2001 on TNN. It starred Lucky Vanous as federal agent Michael Cates (posing as a truck driver, with a Kenworth T2000 semi-truck), and G. Gordon Liddy as Jacob Cal ...

'' * '' 19-2'' * ''Absentia'' * ''

'' * ''Californication'' * '' Chicago P.D.'' * ''Common Law'' * ''Dexter'' * ''Drei Engel für Charlie'' * ''Elementary'' * ''Flashpoint'' * ''

'' * ''Hawaii Fünf-Null'' * ''Highlander'' * '' House of Lies'' * ''Hustle'' * ''Kingdom'' * '' Knight Rider'' (2008) * ''Magnum'' * ''Police Rescue – Gefährlicher Einsatz'' * ''Power'' * ''Relic Hunter – Die Schatzjägerin'' * ''Rush'' * ''The Firm'' * ''The District – Einsatz in Washington'' * ''The Shield – Gesetz der Gewalt'' * '' True Justice'' * ''Yellowstone''

Channels

There are various local versions of the channel, as listed below:

Operating channels

*AXN Adria - Available in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. * AXN Asia - Available in Brunei, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, Cambodia, Indonesia,

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, Maldives,

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

, Macau, Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam (sold to KC Global Media) * AXN Black - Available in Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. *AXN Brazil - Available in Brazil. *

AXN White AXN White is a channel operated by Sony Pictures Television International Networks Europe. Its programming is focused on comedy and romantic television series and movies. The channel was launched in Portugal on 14 April 2012 and in Spain on 7 May ...

- Available in Spain, Andorra,

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia. Formerly

AXN Crime AXN Crime was a European movie channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is broadcast eighteen hours per day, between 11:00 am and 03:00 am. It was available in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria on Boom TV, Bulsatcom, Cyfra Plus ...

. *AXN Europe - Available in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain. * Sony AXN - Available in Austria, Germany and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. *AXN Hungary - Available in Hungary *AXN Middle East - Available in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Qatar,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and Yemen *AXN Japan - Available in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

* AXN Korea - Available in South Korea (sold to KC Global Media) *AXN Latin America - Available in Mexico,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Central America, Peru,

Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...

, Paraguay, Uruguay, Jamaica and Dominican Republic. * AXN Portugal - Available in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique *AXN Movies - Available in Portugal, Angola, Mozambique *

AXN Spin AXN Spin is a television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television International. When was launched was aimed primarily at a younger audience, which broadcasts reality shows, cartoons, anime and television series, but now shows reruns of other AXN ...

- Available in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Romania, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. *AXN Turkey - Available in Turkey. *AXN Mystery - Available in

*AXN Now - VOD service *AXN Pacific - Available in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, New Zealand, Tuvalu

Discontinued channels

* AXN Beyond - Broadcast in Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. The channel was replaced with BeTV on 2 April 2012 *

- Was available in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, The Czech Republic and Slovakia. * AXN Black Hungary - Broadcast in Hungary * AXN Italy - Broadcast in Italy. *AXN Netherlands - Broadcast in Netherlands from 2012 to 2020. *AXN Israel - Broadcast in Israel. (closed January 14, 2009) * AXN White Hungary - Broadcast in Hungary. *

AXN Sci Fi AXN Sci Fi was a European pay television series channel of Sony Pictures Television. It was available in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Romania, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria on Sky Italia, Boom TV, Bulsatcom, Cyfra Plus, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digi TV, D ...

- Broadcast in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Slovakia *

AXN India AXN was an Indian pay television channel that was owned by Sony Pictures Networks. Funded through advertising and subscription fees, AXN primarily focused on action genre and reality programming. History AXN launched in the Indian subcontinen ...

- broadcast in India *AXN Black Portugal - Broadcast in Portugal As part of a brand licensing agreement with Sony, Canadian broadcaster

Hollywood Suite Hollywood Suite is a group of four Canadian specialty channels, each either majority-owned or wholly owned by Hollywood Suite Inc., a privately held broadcasting company based in Toronto, Ontario. The four channels are primarily devoted to classi ...

launched an AXN-branded movie network in 2012 known as AXN Movies, a re-branding of its network Hollywood Storm. The channel was discontinued on November 3, 2015, as part of the re-formatting of Hollywood Suite's channels to use decade-based formats.

References

External links

Official hub site, with links to the local versions

AXN White hub site, with links to the local versions

AXN Black hub site, with links to the local versions

AXN Spin hub site, with links to the local versions

Sony Entertainment Television hub site, with links to the local versions

SET Asia

Sony Television Asia
{{Authority control Sony Pictures Television Television channels and stations established in 1997