AXN Sci Fi was a European
pay television
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series channel of
Sony Pictures Television
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. It was available in
Italy
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,
Poland
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,
Hungary
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,
Ukraine
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,
Romania
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,
Kazakhstan
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and
Bulgaria
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on
Sky Italia
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,
Boom TV
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, Bulsatcom,
Cyfra Plus
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, Cyfrowy Polsat,
Digi TV,
Dolce
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, iNES,
Max TV
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and
N. The channel was launched in
Czech Republic
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and
Slovakia
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in October 2007.
On 11 July 2011, Sony announced that AXN Sci Fi and
AXN Crime
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would be replaced by AXN Black and AXN White.
On 1 October, AXN Sci Fi was replaced by AXN Black, however Italy edition was unaffected.
On 28 February 2017, the channel was discontinued in Italy.
Logos
AXN Sci-Fi - Logo.png, 2006 — 2015
AXN Sci-Fi logo (2015).svg, 2015 — 2017
AXN SciFi 2015.png, Horizontal logo
Series
See also
*
AXN
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 th ...
*
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 ...
References
External links
AXN Sci-Fi site, with links to the local versions
AXN
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Television channels and stations established in 2006
Science fiction television channels
Television networks in Bulgaria
Television in Hungary
Defunct television channels in Poland
Defunct television channels in Romania
Movie channels
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