Animax Eastern Europe

Animax Eastern Europe
Animax Eastern Europe
Launched	11 April 2007
Closed	31 March 2014
Network	Animax
Owned by	Sony Pictures Television
Picture format	576i (SDTV - Analog, PAL)
Slogan	Animax. A másik éned. (Animax. Your other self.)
Country	Japan
Broadcast area	Hungary Romania Czech Republic Poland Slovakia
Headquarters	1117 Budapest, Irinyi József u. 4–20, Hungary
Replaced	A+ Anime (Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Replaced by	C8 (Hungary and Romania)
Sister channel(s)	Minimax
Website	Official website (Hungarian) Official website (Romanian)

Animax Eastern Europe (Japanese: アニマックス中央ヨーロッパ Animakkusu chūō yōroppa, Hungarian: Animax Közép-Európa) was a Japanese anime television network in Eastern Europe, including Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. It replaced the A+ Anime network in these countries except Poland on April 11, 2007. This was Animax's first major expansion to Europe.^[1]^[2]^[3] The channel broadcast its programmes either dubbed in the local language of each country, or in Japanese audio with local subtitles.

The channel was closed on 31 March 2014, and was replaced by the Chellomedia channel C8. C8 started broadcasting in Hungary on 1 April 2014, and in Romania on 5 May 2014.

History

Animax Eastern Europe replaced A+ Anime in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

In 2008, it was announced that the channel was to be launched Poland and to distribute in the country by HBO Poland (Co-owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment) and run by Animax Eastern Europe.^[4]

Sister channels

Minimax
Megamax

References

↑ "Sony drives Animax across Europe". Retrieved 2007-04-12.
↑ "Animax Heads to Europe". Archived from the original on 2008-05-15. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
↑ "Sony lines up Animax mobile offering". Archived from the original on 14 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
↑ "Information about polish launch of Animax". Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-17.

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Joint ventures	Animax South Korea (50% with YG Entertainment) AXN South Korea (50% with CU Media) GSN (58% with AT&T Entertainment Group) GEM Asia (50% with Nippon Television Network Corporation) Sony ESPN (50% with ESPN Inc.) Star Channel (25% with News Corporation, Tohokushinsha Film, and Itochu)

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