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Asian premium television channel
Television channel
Cinemax Asia
is a pan-Asian pay television channel as a part of the
HBO Asia
network. It features action, science-fiction, thriller, and adult comedy films.
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Cinemax Asia is headquartered in Warner Bros. Discovery Asia office in
Singapore
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History
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Cinemax Asia (15 November 1996? 28 March 2009)
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Cinemax Asia (which is the secondary channel of HBO Asia) was launched in 15 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 18 on April 23, 1998 at 7.45 pm replacing the ill-fated
MGM Gold
channel on April 6, 1998.
Max Asia (29 March 2009?30 September 2012)
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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.
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Cinemax Asia (1 October 2012?present)
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On October 1, 2012, Max Asia reverted back to Cinemax Asia. Cinemax Asia has a yellow background color, but was replaced by a red color in 2016 with a more bolder approach to match its original American counterpart, with new action and thriller movies.
During October 2021, Cinemax Asia featured
horror films
in a
Maximum Horror
promotion.
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Logo
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Logo used in 2001-2008
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Cinemax Old Logo in 2008-2009
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Logo used in 2009-2012 after rebranded
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Cinemax's New Logo in 2012-2016
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Cinemax's logo used from 2017?Present
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MAX By HBO logo (2017-2020)
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