AXN Sci Fi

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AXN Sci Fi
Country Russian Federation
Broadcast area Russia
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Belarus
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Programming
Picture format 16:9 (576i, HDTV)
Ownership
Owner Sony Pictures Television
Sister channels AXN Crime
AXN
BeTV (Southeast Asia)
History
Launched29 May 2006 (Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan)
Closed1 October 2013 (Central and Eastern Europe)
28 February 2017 (Italy)
Replaced by Sony Sci Fi
Links
Website axnscifi.com

AXN Sci-Fi was a European pay television channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. It was available in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

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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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