MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Networks – Asia, has announced that from Monday 25 May, the new channel, AXN HD will be made available to viewers in Singapore on the pay TV platform StarHub.
SPE operates pay-TV channel brands AXN, AXN Beyond and Animax.
The new channel will be part of its Entertainment Basic Group. The channel is being positioned as one that ‘Wows!‘ through first-run action, adventure, drama, reality-TV and all-round unparalleled entertainment.
Content will include the new investigative action drama series from the US, NCIS: Los Angeles, starring Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool, the CSI crime and investigation franchise including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: NY and CSI: Miami.
SPE Networks – Asia senior VP, GM Ricky Ow says, “We believe launching AXN HD is a vital step to retaining viewer loyalty and maintaining our leading position. Going HD is a natural progression, for many of our Singapore viewers already own an HD TV set.
"AXN HD will provide the top quality visual experience that viewers now seek, with AXN’s distinctive brand of action and adventure, high-impact and world class entertainment presented in utmost clarity."
StarHub VP of home solutions Ong Bee Lian says, "As demand changes with technology advancement, StarHub continues to enhance our services and offer viewers not just popular, but also high definition quality programmes for their viewing pleasures."
