AXN Sci Fi | |
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Launched | 1 May 2006 (Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan) October 2007 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) 8 November 2010 (Italy) |
Closed | 1 October 2013 (Central and Eastern Europe) 28 February 2017 (Italy) |
Owned by | Sony Pictures Television |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, HDTV) |
Country | Europe |
Broadcast area |
Italy Romania Poland Hungary Bulgaria Czech Republic Slovakia Russia Ukraine Kazakhstan |
Replaced by |
AXN Black (Poland, Hungary and Romania) Sony Sci-Fi (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria) |
Sister channel(s) |
AXN Crime AXN BeTV (Parts of Asia) |
Website | www.axnscifi.com |
Availability
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Satellite | |
Sky Italia (Italy) | 133 |
Bulsatcom (Bulgaria) | Channel 24 |
Cyfra+ (Poland) | Channel 51 |
Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) | Channel 37 |
N (Poland) | Channel 28 |
Bulsatcom (Bulgaria) | Channel 27 |
Cable | |
RCS&RDS (Romania) | Channel 60 |
UPC (Romania) | Channel 95 |
UPC Poland | Channel 480 |
Streaming media |
AXN Sci Fi was a European movie channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was available in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Kazakhstan and Bulgaria on Sky Italia, Boom TV, Bulsatcom, Cyfra Plus, Cyfrowy Polsat, Digi TV, Dolce, iNES, Max TV and N. The channel was launched in Czech Republic and Slovakia in October 2007.
On 12 July 2013, Sony announced that AXN Sci Fi and AXN Crime would be replaced by AXN Black and AXN White. On 1 October, AXN Sci Fi was replaced by AXN Black, however Italy edition was unaffected. On 28 February 2017, the channel is descontinued in Italy.