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| Country | Singapore |
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| Network | HBO Asia |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
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| Picture format | 1080iHDTV |
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| Owner | HBO Asia Pte Ltd(Warner Bros. Discovery International) |
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| Launched | November 15, 1996; 29 years ago (1996-11-15) |
| Replaced | FOX Action Movies(Cignal TV channel space) |
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| IndiHome(Indonesia) | Channel 803 (HD) |
Cinemax Asia is a pan-Asianpay television channel. Part of theHBO Asia network, it features action, science-fiction, thriller, and adult comedy films.[1] Cinemax Asia is headquartered in Warner Bros. Discovery Asia office inSingapore.
Cinemax Asia (a secondary channel of HBO Asia) was launched in 15 November 1996. It was a 24-hour movie channel which featured movies inhorror,suspense,thriller andaction. Cinemax Asia featuredThriller Cinemax on Thursdays,Action Cinemax on Fridays andCinemax Superstars on weekends.
In Malaysia, Cinemax Asia was launched on theAstro channel number 18, on 23 April 1998 at 7:45 pm replacing the ill-fated MGM Gold channel on 6 April 1998. In Singapore, it was added toSingapore Cable Vision on 1 April 1997.[2] At the time, the channel had a complementary offer to HBO, with "thought-provoking movies of critical acclaim" and foreign feature films, all in English.[2]
In March 2009, Cinemax Asia was rebranded as "Max Asia" to appeal to male viewers. Max Asia's logo was redesigned as well in line with the rebranding. Under registered permission HBO Network, Max Asia became an American movies channel.[clarification needed][3][4][5][6]
On October 1, 2012, Max Asia reverted back to Cinemax Asia. Cinemax Asia had a yellow background colour, but was replaced by a red colour in 2016 with a more bolder approach to match its original American counterpart, with new action and thriller movies. In Vietnam, Cinemax was renamed as Max by HBO from 1 March 2017 to 1 May 2020.
During October 2021, Cinemax Asia featuredhorror films in aMaximum Horror promotion.[7]
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