AXS TV is a USA television channel.
AXS TV was known as HDNET until July 2, 2012, when the name of the cable network was changed. In January 2012, HDNet announced a joint venture with AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media and Creative Artists Agency that resulted in HDNet being rebranded as AXS TV (pronounced "access"). AXS TV focuses on live entertainment using the resources of AEG, which operates concert and sports venues and promotes music and sporting events. AEG is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company. AXS TV programs include live concerts, award shows, parties, and interviews with entertainers. HDNet's signature programming including HDNet Fights, Inside MMA, and Dan Rather Reports will continue on AXS TV.
HDNET was originally launched on September 6, 2001 by Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban and Phillip Garvin from studios in Colorado. It was started as a general interest television channel presented exclusively in high-definition format and available via cable and satellite television.
This television channel is owned by 2929 Entertainment.
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Investigative Reporting Takes Guts that CBS Didn't Have, Dan Rather Says
-- In an interview with Forbes magazine, mostly to promote his new book, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, who currently works for HDNet, has a few things to say about matters new and old.
In an era when large corporations control news organizations, Rather says, he and "most people are in search of ownership and management that has guts. And I’m happy to say that I work at HDNet now and Mark Cuban has guts and has...
HDNet to Rebrand As AXS TV in Joint Venture with Ryan Seacrest
-- HDNet, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media, and Creative Artists Agency (CAA) announced on January 18, 2012 a partnership to rebrand HDNet/HDNet Canada as AXS TV (pronounced "access").
The newly named channel, scheduled to debut this summer, intends to make the most of on AEG’s strong presence in live events and affiliation with more than 100 of the industry’s pre-eminent venues worldwide.
Viewers can tune in to...
-- April 7, 2011 -- Jennifer London is now a correspondent on "HDNet World Report." She was previously a freelancer. Prior to that, she was with NBC News(MSNBC).
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder Colorad USA, April 7, 2011
HDNet Travels to the West Bank to Investigate the Success of the Palestinian Security Forces
-- "Dan Rather Reports: A Precarious Peace" premieres February 15, the television network announced on February 14, 2011:
"Tuesday's "Dan Rather Reports" travels to the West Bank, a place previously known as one of the more dangerous places in the world, but now surprisingly calm in the face of the tumult shaking the Middle East – thanks in part to a little-known U.S. military program.
For about five years, the United States has been...
HDNet Investigates the Surprise Arrival of the Lionfish and What It Means for Our Oceans
-- 'Dan Rather Reports' goes below the surface to examine the invasion of the Lionfish, the network announced on January 25, 2011:
"With their vibrant zebra stripes and needle sharp spines filled with venom, lionfish, look like something out of a science fiction movie. Averaging only 12 inches long, these menacing newcomers are taking over, eating everything in sight.
"You wouldn't believe the appetites on these fish. We've...
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