MUMBAI: Just after the launch of AXN HD in Singapore last week, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Networks – Asia, has announced that AXN HD will launch in Malaysia on 16 June 2010 on the Astro platform.

SPE Networks - Asia also operates AXN, AXN Beyond, Animax and Sony Entertainment Television (SET). 
 
SPE Networks – Asia senior VP, GM Ricky Ow says, “With the success that we have enjoyed in South Korea, AXN HD has smoothly expanded onto two major platforms this year, and we are looking into more markets in time to come."
 
The broadcaster adds that launching AXN HD is a natural progression for AXN.