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AXN Sci-Fi was a European pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was available in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, 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.
Country | Europe |
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Broadcast area | Italy Romania Poland Hungary Bulgaria Czech Republic Slovakia Russia Ukraine Kazakhstan |
Programming | |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Sony Pictures Television |
Sister channels | AXN Crime AXN BeTV (Southeast Asia) |
History | |
Launched | 29 May 2006 (Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and CIS countries) October 2007 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) 8 November 2010 (Italy) |
Closed | 1 October 2013 (Central and Eastern Europe) 28 February 2017 (Italy) |
Replaced by | AXN Black (Central Europe) Sony Sci-Fi (CIS countries) |
Links | |
Website | axnscifi |
On 13 April 2013, AXN Sci-Fi Russia changed its name to Sony Sci-Fi.[1]
On 11 July, Sony announced that AXN Sci Fi and AXN Crime would be replaced by AXN Black and AXN White.[2][3]
On 1 October, AXN Sci Fi was replaced by AXN Black, however Italy edition was unaffected.
On 28 February 2017, the channel was discontinued in Italy, together with AXN.[4]
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