Cinemax (Asian TV channel)
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Country | Singapore (main) India |
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Broadcast area | Asia Middle East Oceania |
Network | HBO Asia |
Headquarters | Singapore (main) Mumbai |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English Chinese Thai Korean Japanese Filipino Indonesian Vietnamese |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 anamorphic widescreen or letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | HBO Asia Pte Ltd (WarnerMedia International) (WarnerMedia/AT&T) |
Sister channels |
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History | |
Launched | November 1996 |
Replaced | FOX Action Movies (Cignal TV channel space) Available on Channel 212 (HD feed) |
Former names | Max (March 2009–November 2012) MGM Gold (Malaysia) |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 503 |
Satellite | |
TransVision (Indonesia) | Channel 109 (HD) |
Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 412 (HD) |
Cinemax Asia is a pan-Asian pay television channel as a part of the HBO Asia network. It features action, thriller, and adult comedy films.[1] Cinemax Asia is headquartered in WarnerMedia Asia office in Singapore.
History[]
Cinemax Asia (November 1996–March 2009)[]
Cinemax Asia (which is the secondary channel of HBO Asia) was launched in November 1996, it is a 24-hour movie channel which features movies in horror, suspense, thriller and action. Cinemax Asia features Thriller Cinemax on Thursday, Action Cinemax on Friday while Cinemax Superstars on weekend.
In Malaysia, Cinemax Asia was launched on Astro on channel number 18 replacing the ill-fated channel on August 24, 1998.
Max Asia (March 2009–2012)[]
In March 2009, Cinemax Asia was rebranded as "Max Asia" to appeal to male viewers. Max Asia's logo has been redesigned as well in line with the rebranding. Under registered permission HBO Network, Max Asia became an American movies channel.[clarification needed][2][3][4][5]
Cinemax Asia (2012–present)[]
Max Asia changes its ident, its yellow background color is replaced by a red color with a more bolder approach to match its original American counterpart, with new action and thriller movies and it is now a competitor to its rival Fox Action Movies.
During October 2021, Cinemax Asia featured horror films in a Maximum Horror promotion.[6]
Logo[]
Logo used in 2001-2008
Cinemax Old Logo in 2008-2009
Logo used in 2009-2012 after rebranded
Cinemax's New Logo in 2012-2016
Cinemax's logo used from 2017–Present
MAX By HBO logo (2017-2020)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ See the examples at Cinemax Schedule May 2021.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Advertising, Marketing, Media, Digital, PR News & more". Campaign Asia. Retrieved 23 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 April 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ #WhatsOnCinemax: MAXIMUM HORROR OCTOBER 2021
External links[]
- HBO
- Home Box Office, Inc.
- Movie channels
- Movie channels in Hong Kong
- Movie channels in Macau
- Movie channels in the Philippines
- Movie channels in Thailand
- Movie channels in Vietnam
- Movie channels in China
- Movie channels in Taiwan
- Movie channels in Malaysia
- Movie channels in Indonesia
- Movie channels in Singapore
- Movie channels in South Korea
- Movie channels in Japan
- Movie channels in Australia
- Movie channels in New Zealand
- English-language television stations
- Television channels and stations established in 1996
- Television station stubs