SPE Networks gets up close and personal with AXN HD
20 May 2010
Singapore - SPE Networks - Asia is offering viewers the AXN experience in rich detail with the launch of AXN HD. The high-definition action/adventure channel, which will be available on StarHub TV Channel 559 starting 25 May as part of its Entertainment Basic Group, makes Singapore the first Southeast Asian market to receive AXN HD.
“As the number one English general entertainment pay-TV channel in Singapore, 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,” says Ricky Ow, senior vice president and general manager of SPE Networks - Asia.
SPE Networks - Asia is home to pay TV channel brands AXN, AXN Beyond and Animax
“As the leading pay-TV operator in Singapore, StarHub is delighted to partner SPE Networks - Asia to bring to our customers AXN in high definition over our superior cable TV platform,” said Ong Bee Lian, StarHub’s vice president of home solutions.
Pricing details will be made available at a later date, according to StarHub.
With the launch of AXN HD, viewers can look forward to AXN’s latest exclusive hits in true HD, including 2009 TV season’s top-rated new investigative action drama series from the US, ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’, starring Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J; the region’s perennial favourite ‘CSI’ crime and investigation franchise including ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’, ‘CSI: NY’ and ‘CSI: Miami’; along with the heist series ‘Leverage’, starring Timothy Hutton, amongst many others.
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