Cinemax (Asia)
Cinemax is a Southeast Asian pay television channel part of the HBO Asia network. It features action and suspense films like its US counterpart. Cinemax is headquartered in WarnerMedia Asia office in Singapore.
| Cinemax | |
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| Launched | August 1996 |
| Network | HBO Asia |
| Owned by | HBO Asia Pte Ltd (WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks Asia Pacific) Home Box Office, Inc. (WarnerMedia Entertainment) (WarnerMedia/AT&T) |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Slogan | Fully loaded for your entertainment |
| Country | Singapore |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Asia |
| Formerly called | Max (March 2009–November 2012) |
| Sister channel(s) |
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| Website | http://www.cinemaxasia.com/ |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 503 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Net (Myanmar) | Channel 29 (SD) Channel 107 (HD) |
| CANAL+ (Myanmar) | Channel 29 |
| Cignal (Philippines) | Channel 57 (SD) |
| Sky Direct (Philippines) | Channel 45 (SD) |
| MNC Vision (Indonesia) | Channel 8 (SD) Channel 402 (HD) |
| Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 412 (HD) Channel 432 (SD) |
| DishHD (Taiwan) | Channel 6726 |
| G Sat (Philippines) | Channel 78 |
| Dialog TV (Sri Lanka) | Channel 84 |
| Transvision (Indonesia) | Channel 109 (HD) |
| Dish Home (Nepal) | Channel 501 (SD) Channel 927 (HD) |
| Skynindo (Indonesia) | Channel 59 (HD 800/77/99) Channel 79 (C01/C02) |
| OrangeTV (Indonesia) | Channel 157 |
| GMM Z (Thailand) | Channel 50 (HD) |
| Thaicom 5 (Thailand) | 3440 H 30000 5/6 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| SkyCable / Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 36 (SD) Channel 198 (HD) |
| SkyCable Zamboanga City | Channel 38 (Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines) |
| Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) | Channel 41 |
| Pioneer Cable Vision Inc. (PCVI) (Baybay City, Philippines) | Channel 6 (SD) |
| Cablelink (Philippines) | Channel 81 |
| First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 290 (SD) Channel 310 (HD) |
| Cable Star Iloilo (Iloilo City, Philippines) | Channel 38 |
| Macau Cable TV (Macau) | Channel 134 |
| Space Time Network (Kathmandu , Nepal) | Channel 513 |
| PCCTV (Cambodia) | Channel 152 |
| IPTV | |
| now TV (Hong Kong) | Channel 113 |
| Singtel TV (Singapore) | Channel 424 (HD) |
| StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 611 (HD) |
| Net TV Nepal (Nepal) | Channel 404 (HD) |
History
Cinemax (1996–2009)
Cinemax Asia is the secondary channel of HBO Asia was launched in August 1996, it is a 24-hour movie channel which features movies in horror, suspense, thriller and action. Cinemax Asia features Thriller Cinemax on Thursday, Action Cinemax on Friday while Cinemax Superstars on weekend.
In Malaysia, it was launched on Astro on Channel 18 replacing the ill-fated MGM Gold on 24 August 1998.
Max (2009–2012)
In March 2009, Cinemax Asia was rebranded as "Max Asia" to appeal to male viewers. Max Asia's logo has been redesigned as well in line with the rebranding. Under registered permission HBO Network, Max Asia is American Movies channel becomes.[1][2][3][4]
Cinemax (2012–present)
Max changes its id and promos red theme and logo with a more bolder approach to match its American counterpart, with new Action Movies and Thriller Movies and now a competitor to Fox Action Movies
Logo
Logo used in 2001-2008
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Logo used in 2009-2012 after rebranded
Cinemax's New Logo in 2012-2016- Cinemax's logo used from 2017–Present
MAX By HBO logo (2017-2020)
References
- "Advertising, Marketing, Media, Digital, PR News & more". Campaign Asia. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)