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AT-X

Country	Japan
Headquarters	Roppongi,Minato, Tokyo
Programming
Languages	Japanese English
Picture format	HDTV1080i
Ownership
Owner	AT-X, Inc.
Key people	Keisuke Iwata (president)
History
Launched	24 December 1997; 27 years ago (1997-12-24)
Links
Website	www.at-x.com

AT-X, an abbreviation ofAnime Theatre X,^[a] is a Japaneseanimetelevision network owned byAT-X, Inc.^[b] AT-X, Inc. was founded on June 26, 2000 as asubsidiary of TV Tokyo Medianet, which is (in turn) owned byTV Tokyo. Its headquarters are inMinato, Tokyo. AT-X network has been broadcasting anime via satellite, cable, and IPTV since December 24, 1997.

AT-X broadcasts manyComic Gum anime adaptations.Ikki Tousen,Ah My Buddha andJuden Chan were shown on this channel first, before they were rebroadcast onTokyo MX. Due to its status as apremium channel, AT-X is also known for showing uncensored versions of several anime likeJuden Chan,Ah My Buddha,Girls Bravo,Elfen Lied,Mahoromatic,High School DxD andRedo of Healer, which would normally get censored on free-to-air television because of the large amounts of mature content.

• December 24, 1997 - AT-X begins broadcasting onDirecTV Channel 270.
• November 30, 1998 - Bandai Chara Net TV (owned byBandai, which AT-X aired through) closes due toSkyPort, its satellite provider (a subsidiary ofMitsubishi owned Space Communications Corporation, also jointly held bySony Corporation), shutting down. AT-X moves to the "SuperBird C" satellite.
• 1999 - Starts airing "Diamond Time", their first self-produced show.
• June 26, 2000 - AT-X Inc. is founded.
• September 30, 2000 - DirecTV ceases Japanese operations, focusing on its core American market instead (its former parent, Hughes Electronics (a General Motors subsidiary), launched their own subscription satellite service of the same name in the United States in 1994).
• October 1, 2000 - AT-X is picked up bySky PerfecTV! on Channel 729.
• May, 2001 -Figure 17, the first AT-X funded anime, begins airing.
• July 1, 2002 - Sky! PerfecTV 2 begins broadcasting AT-X on Channel 333.
• January 26, 2004 - Launch of "AT-X Shop", their online store.
• July 12, 2005 - Mobile edition of the shop launches.
• April 1, 2009 - Subscription price raises to 1890 yen. 24-hour broadcast schedule starts.
• June, 2009 - TV Tokyo'sKeisuke Iwata is appointed president of the company.
• October 1, 2009 - SKY PerfectTV! HD begins broadcasting AT-X HD on Channel 667.
• November 1, 2009 -Hikari TV begins broadcasting AT-X HD on Channel 380.
• January 27, 2010 - Sky PerfecTV! e2 switches from 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratio while retaining Standard Definition.
• October 1, 2011 -J:COM begins broadcasting AT-X HD on Channel 605.
• October 1, 2012 - The AT-X broadcast configuration is dramatically reorganized.
• December, 2012 - AT-X joins theAssociation of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS), in an effort to keep their videos off the Internet.^[1]
• February 28, 2013 - Ceased all SD broadcasts, for a full transition to HD broadcasting.^[2]
• April 18, 2013 - AT-X airs its first foreign cartoon/non-anime series in Japanese language;My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
• November 29, 2013 - Closure of the "AT-X Shop" online store.^[3]
• December 24, 2017 - AT-X celebrates 20th anniversary with the new anime programming lineup for 2018.

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