MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment has launched its animation channel Animax on Hong Kong Cable.

The channel is seen on five dedicated services in Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Asia, South East Asia and Japan across Asia.

Hong Kong Cable Television Limited is Hong Kong's leading pay television service provider, offering a 31 channel service, to about 540,000 subscribers. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of i-CABLE Communications Limited, Hong Kong's only fully integrated communications company that owns and operates one of the two broadband networks with near universal coverage; creates its own multi-media contents; and offers pay television and Internet access including broadband services concurrently.

The total household reach Animax garnered across Asia comes around 14 million. According to a World Screen report, the channel has become the leading international channel on Kabelvision in Indonesia.

Animax was able to achieve a reach of over eight million cable and satellite homes within four days of its launch in India.