AXN (German TV channel)

Sony AXN is a German language pay-TV channel from Sony Pictures Television that mainly offers feature films and series as well as reality formats and lifestyle broadcasts. The German version of the international AXN was launched on 1 November 2004 and was known simply as "AXN" until October 2019.

Sony AXN
LaunchedNovember 1, 2004 (SD)
February 1, 2011 (HD)
July 1, 2015 (as a German subfeed of AXN Europe)
ClosedJuly 1, 2015 (As a localised German feed)
October 17, 2019
Owned bySony Pictures Television
Picture format576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Broadcast areaGermany, Austria, Switzerland
HeadquartersMunich, Germany
Formerly calledAXN (2004-2019)
Sister channel(s)Sony Channel
Websitewww.sonyaxn.de
Availability
Cable
Kabel Deutschland (Germany)Channel 310 (SD) / Channel 331 (HD)
Unitymedia (Germany)Channel 528 (SD) / Channel 228 (HD)
NetCologne (Germany)Channel 302 (HD)
Kabelkiosk (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)Channel ? (HD)
Liwest (Austria)Channel 239 (HD)
UPC (Switzerland)Channel 164 (Deutschswizz)
Channel 464 (Romandy & Ticino)
SFR (Luxembourg)Channel 135
IPTV
Telekom Entertain (Germany)Channel 202 (SD/HD)
A1 TV (Austria)Channel 505 (SD) / Channel 605 (HD)
Streaming media
Magine TV (Germany)-

Distribution and history

Sony AXN reaches 5.9 million subscribers via satellite (Sky, Austriasat), Kabel (Kabel Deutschland, Unitymedia, Kabelkiosk, Liwest, Cablecom), IPTV (Telekom Entertain, Swisscom, Sunrise, A1 Telekom) and online streaming (Magine TV).[1]

An HD simulcast version can be received via Telekom Entertain since 1 February 2011.[2] A Kabelkiosk connection took place on 26 June 2012[3], followed by Sky on 4 October 2012[4] and Kabel Deutschland on 15 October.[5]

Since the beginning of September 2014, the channel has been shown in the payment service offered by the IPTV provider Magine TV.

On 8 September 2015, Sony Pictures Television announced that AXN Deutschland would also take over the new global design and channel logo. The conversion and takeover took place as of 9 October 2015.[6][7]

On 24 October 2016, the distribution of the channel via Sky Deutschland in Germany and Austria ceased, as no agreement could be reached between Sony and Sky.[8]

On 17 October 2019, the channel was renamed to "Sony AXN" and again adopted a new logo.[9]

Programming[10]
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References
  1. "Über | Willkommen im Bad Boys Club". www.sonyaxn.de (in German).
  2. AXN HD ab 1.2. bei Entertain – Verhandlung mit Konkurrenz digitalfernsehen.de
  3. "Kabelkiosk mit neuen HD-Sendern - Spiegel TV Wissen HD". www.digitalfernsehen.de (in German).
  4. "Sky erweitert marktführendes HD-Angebot: AXN HD ab 4. Oktober für Sky Kunden über Satellit verfügbar (31.08.2012)". info.sky.de (in German).
  5. "Über eine Million HD-Abos bei Kabel Deutschland ". Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  6. "AXN bekommt weltweit neues Sender-Design". DWDL.de (in German).
  7. "Frischer Look für den Sony-Pay-Sender – Maurizio Vitale gibt AXN ein neues Design" (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  8. "Keine Einigung: AXN künftig nicht mehr bei Sky" (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. "Sony verpasst seinen Pay-TV-Sendern einen neuen Look" (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  10. "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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