AXS TV

AXS TV

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Headquarters	Denver, Colorado (with offices in Dallas and Los Angeles)
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i (HDTV) 480i (SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	AXS TV, LLC (Anthem Sports & Entertainment [majority owner] 2929 Entertainment AEG)
Sister channels	HDNet Movies Pursuit Channel GameTV (Canada) Game+ (Canada) Fight Network (Canada)
History
Launched	September 6, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-09-06)
Founder	Mark Cuban
Former names	HDNet (2001–2012)
Links
Website	axs.tv
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)	DirecTV Stream, Philo, Sling TV

AXS TV is an American cable television channel. Majority-owned by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, it is devoted primarily to music-related programming (such as concert films, documentaries, and reality series involving musicians) and combat sports – including boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling.

The network was originally established in 2001 as HDNet, with investor Mark Cuban as a founding partner. HDNet was originally intended as an exclusively-high-definition network, carrying films and acquired television series, concerts, news programming, and sporting events produced in the format.

HDNet's original niche became increasingly redundant as more cable networks established their own HD feeds. In 2012, HDNet sold ownership stakes to Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), Creative Artists Agency, and Ryan Seacrest, with Cuban retaining a majority stake. It then relaunched under its current name–taken from AEG's online ticket platform AXS.com–on July 2, 2012, pivoting to a format based on music and popular culture. In September 2019, Canadian broadcaster Anthem Sports & Entertainment acquired a majority stake in AXS TV, with AEG and Cuban retaining minority stakes.

As of November 2023^[update], AXS TV is available to approximately 32,000,000 pay television households in the United States.^[1]