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</div><div>AXS TV (pronounced "access") is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">American</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_cable" title="Digital cable" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">cable</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">satellite</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_network" title="Television network" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">television network</a>that is managed by majority owner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban" title="Mark Cuban" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mark Cuban</a> (through AXS TV, LLC)—which he founded as HDNet (through HDNet, Inc.) in 2001 before it was rebranded as AXS TV in 2012—with a consortium of partners consisting of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group" title="Anschutz Entertainment Group" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Anschutz Entertainment Group</a>(AEG), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Seacrest" title="Ryan Seacrest" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ryan Seacrest</a> (through Ryan Seacrest Media), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Artists_Agency" title="Creative Artists Agency" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Creative Artists Agency</a> and<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">CBS Corporation</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-TheWrapAXSTV-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-MMAJunkiePost-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a> The network's programming specializes in live music events, as well as comedy, movies and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">mixed martial arts</a>, among others.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="color: black; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: none; display: inline; line-height: 1.3; background: none;">Contents</h2>  [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#History" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1 History</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Launch_and_Availability_in_the_United_States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.1 Launch and Availability in the United States</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Purchase_and_Conversion_to_AXS_TV" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.2 Purchase and Conversion to AXS TV</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Programming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2 Programming</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#As_HDNet" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.1 As HDNet</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#As_AXS_TV" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.2 As AXS TV</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#List_of_AXS_TV_programs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.3 List of AXS TV programs</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Original_programming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.3.1 Original programming</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Acquired_Programming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.3.2 Acquired Programming</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Off-network_reruns" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.3.3 Off-network reruns</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#Carriage_removals" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">3 Carriage removals</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#HDNet_Movies" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">4 HDNet Movies</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#International" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">5 International</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#References" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">6 References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">7 External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">History[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AXS_TV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Launch and Availability in the United States<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AXS_TV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Launch and Availability in the United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>
The channel gradually expanded its carriage to satellite providers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">DirecTV</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dish_Network" title="Dish Network" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Dish Network</a>, as well as cable providers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_Communications" title="Charter Communications" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Charter Communications</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight_Communications" title="Insight Communications" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Insight Communications</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediacom" title="Mediacom" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mediacom</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddenlink_Communications" title="Suddenlink Communications" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Suddenlink Communications</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS" title="Verizon FiOS" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Verizon FiOS</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_U-verse" title="AT&T U-verse" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">AT&T U-verse</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[7]</a> On September 4, 2008, Cuban announced that the network reached an agreement with<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Comcast</a> to carry both HDNet and HDNet Movies in various markets.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[8]</a> The provider began to carry HDNet in many major markets on September 30, 2010. In November 2009, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">DirecTV</a> became the first provider to offer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video-on-demand" title="Video-on-demand" class="mw-redirect" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: large; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">video-on-demand</a> services of HDNet and HDNet Movies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[9]</a>The network originally launched as HDNet on September 6, 2001, designed as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">high definition</a>-exclusive service under the ownership of HDNet, Inc., which then was co-owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" title="Dallas Mavericks" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Dallas Mavericks</a> owner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cuban" title="Mark Cuban" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Mark Cuban</a> and Philip Garvin, owner of Colorado Studios and Mobile TV Group.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a> In December 2001 and January 2002, HDNet aired exclusive HD coverage of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan(2001%E2%80%93present)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">U.S. invasion of Afghanistan</a> with former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN" title="CNN" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">CNN</a>correspondent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Arnett" title="Peter Arnett" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Peter Arnett</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[5]</a> In February 2002, the network originated eight daily hours of high definition content from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Winter_Olympics" title="2002 Winter Olympics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">2002 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Salt Lake City</a>. This feed was picked up by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">NBC</a> and aired in 24-hour rotation on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television" title="Digital television" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">digital</a> signals of NBC's stations.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Purchase and Conversion to AXS TV<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AXS_TV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Purchase and Conversion to AXS TV" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>On January 18, 2012, HDNet, Inc. entered into a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">joint venture</a> with entertainment company/promoter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschutz_Entertainment_Group" title="Anschutz Entertainment Group" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Anschutz Entertainment Group</a>, TV/radio personality/producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Seacrest" title="Ryan Seacrest" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ryan Seacrest</a> and talent agency <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Artists_Agency" title="Creative Artists Agency" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Creative Artists Agency</a>, in which AEG, CAA and Ryan Seacrest Media would each purchase a share of the network, with Cuban retaining ownership.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[10]</a> The network rebranded on July 2, 2012 asAXS TV, a name taken from AEG's ticket sales website AXS.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-TheWrapAXSTV-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-MMAJunkiePost-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-NYTimesAXSTV-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[12]</a> With the purchase and rebranding, the channel gradually shifted focus to include a mix of entertainment news, lifestyle, pop culture and in-concert performance events.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-LATimes06292012-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a>Alongside the rebranding, Dish Network announced that it would expand the channel's distribution to customers who do not subscribe to an HD tier through a downconverted <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television" title="Standard-definition television" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">standard definition</a> feed.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[14]</a> The provider moved the network to channel 131 in the spring of 2012, increasing its carriage to at least 14 million Dish Network subscribers upon its relaunch as AXS TV.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[16]</a> Through its relationship with AEG, AXS TV also plans to offer special promotions on concerts to Dish Network users who have subscribed to the channel.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-NYTimesAXSTV-11" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[11]</a> On February 14, 2013, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CBS Corporation</a> acquired partial ownership in the network, when it traded programming and marketing for a minority stake in AXS TV.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[17]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">Programming[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AXS_TV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Programming" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">As HDNet<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AXS_TV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: As HDNet" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>
HDNet also aired sporting events, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_on_HDNet" title="NHL on HDNet" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">coverage</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">National Hockey League</a> from 2001 to 2008<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[27]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer" title="Major League Soccer" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Major League Soccer</a>;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[28]</a> select motor sports events, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_Car" title="Champ Car" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Champ Car</a> live broadcasts in 2004,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[29]</a> highlights from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">NASCAR</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camping_World_Truck_Series" title="Camping World Truck Series" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Camping World Truck Series</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[30]</a> and races from regional circuits;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[31]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">mixed martial arts</a>, through Cuban's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDNet_Fights" title="HDNet Fights" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">HDNet Fights</a> promotion;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[32]</a> the weekly series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_MMA" title="Inside MMA" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Inside MMA</a>, which featured highlights and coverage from various MMA promotions;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[33]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Indiana University</a>'s Little 500 Bicycle Race.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[34]</a> From 2009 to 2010, HDNet also aired weekly programming from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">professional wrestling</a> promotion <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor" title="Ring of Honor" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Ring of Honor</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[35]</a> and served as a television partner of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Football_League(2009)" title="United Football League (2009)" class="mw-redirect" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">United Football League</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[36]</a> primarily airing the league's Saturday night games. The network dropped UFL coverage prior to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_UFL_season" title="2011 UFL season" style="line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">2011 season</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[37]</a>As HDNet, the network aired a variety of programming – much of it being male-oriented, prominently featuring series, sports events and concert performances.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[18]</a> Original programming on HDNet included news programs such as the HDNet World Report and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather_Reports" title="Dan Rather Reports" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dan Rather Reports</a>, a weekly newsmagazine hosted by former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Evening_News" title="CBS Evening News" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">CBS Evening News</a> anchor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather" title="Dan Rather" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Dan Rather</a>;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[19]</a> coverage of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Space Shuttle</a> launches;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[20]</a> and male-oriented series such asUltimate Trailer Show.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[21]</a> In October 2011, HDNet picked up <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight_Burbank" title="Goodnight Burbank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Goodnight Burbank</a>, the network's first scripted half-hour comedy.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[22]</a> Originally created for the web, the show starred<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Black" title="Hayden Black" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Hayden Black</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Silverman" title="Laura Silverman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Laura Silverman</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Monaghan" title="Dominic Monaghan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Dominic Monaghan</a>. HDNet's programming also included off-network reruns of series such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallville(TV_series)" title="Smallville (TV series)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Smallville</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[23]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Richter_Controls_the_Universe" title="Andy Richter Controls the Universe" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Andy Richter Controls the Universe</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[24]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAG(TV_series)" title="JAG (TV series)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">JAG</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:Enterprise" title="Star Trek: Enterprise" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Star Trek: Enterprise</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[25]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development(TV_series)" title="Arrested Development (TV series)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Arrested Development</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[26]</a><h3 style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);">As AXS TV<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;">[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AXS_TV&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As AXS TV" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Following its July 2012 re-launch, AXS TV continued to air several programs carried over from HDNet, including Dan Rather Reports,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[38]</a> MMA events (now under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV_Fights" title="AXS TV Fights" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">AXS TV Fights</a> banner),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[39]</a> movies, and off-network series. However, the channel began to gradually shift its focus towards "music, pop culture and lifestyle-oriented" programming, such as concerts, and general entertainment.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[40]</a> The network's flagship show, AXS Live—a daily entertainment show that broadcast from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A.Live" title="L.A. Live" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">L.A. Live</a> concert venue and aired weekly, Monday through Thursday—premiered on July 14, 2012, covering news stories in entertainment, fashion, sports, music and celebrity.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-LATimes06292012-13" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[13]</a> AXS Live featured a revolving panel of hosts, until comedian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Stout" title="Ryan Stout" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ryan Stout</a> stepped in on August 12, 2013; he continued to serve as host until the final episode on October 30, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[41]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Music Festival Coverage</dt></dl>In 2013, for the first time ever on television, AXS TV broadcast select concert footage from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagecoach_Festival" title="Stagecoach Festival" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Stagecoach Festival</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[42]</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans_Jazz_and_Heritage_Festival" title="New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival</a>. In 2014, AXS TV presented the television debut of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coachella_Valley_Music_and_Arts_Festival" title="Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-43" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[43]</a> in addition to broadcasting the 2014 Stagecoach Country Music Festival<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[44]</a> and the 2014 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-45" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[45]</a> for the second consecutive year.On November 18, 2014, the network revealed its 2015 music festival slate, which includes the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (April 17-April 19) for the second consecutive year; the Stagecoach Country Music Festival (April 24-April 26); and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (May 1-May 3) for the third consecutive year. Additionally, the network announced that it will broadcast footage from the 2015 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_on_the_Range" title="Rock on the Range" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Rock on the Range</a> (May 15-May 17) and the 2015 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Music_Festival" title="Firefly Music Festival" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Firefly Music Festival</a> (June 19-June 21), for the first time ever.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[46]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-47" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[47]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">AXS TV Concerts</dt></dl>As part of its musical programming lineup, AXS TV presents a wide variety of concert events from across the country and around-the-world. This includes a Sunday night concert series featuring rare performances from acts such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Underwood" title="Carrie Underwood" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Carrie Underwood</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[48]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Led Zeppelin</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[49]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Neil Young</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-50" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[50]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Elton John</a>;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[51]</a> themed artists takeovers, highlighting a variety of bands in day-long blocks that feature music videos, concert performances, interviews and more, with notable takeovers from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash(musician)" title="Slash (musician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Slash</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[52]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchbox_Twenty" title="Matchbox Twenty" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Matchbox Twenty</a>;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-53" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[53]</a>as well as other live and taped music events such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Rock_Roll_of_Honour_Awards" title="Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards</a> tribute to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Allman" title="Gregg Allman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Gregg Allman</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Doors</a>, hosted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Hagar" title="Sammy Hagar" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sammy Hagar</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[54]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-55" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[55]</a> and the live broadcast of the 2014 Farm Aid music festival that featured performances by<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mellencamp" title="John Mellencamp" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">John Mellencamp</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews" title="Dave Matthews" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dave Matthews</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-56" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[56]</a>In 2014, AXS TV broadcast the inaugural <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Press" title="Alternative Press" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alternative Press</a> Music Awards, hosted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hoppus" title="Mark Hoppus" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mark Hoppus</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-57" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[57]</a> The award show returned to AXS TV on July 22, 2015 hosted by Alex Gaskarth and Jack Barakat of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Time_Low" title="All Time Low" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">All Time Low</a> and featuring performances from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer" title="Weezer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Weezer</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic!At_The_Disco" title="Panic! At The Disco" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Panic! At The Disco</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Plan" title="Simple Plan" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Simple Plan</a> among others. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-58" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[58]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The World's Greatest Tribute Bands</dt></dl>AXS TV premiered the original weekly one-hour live concert series The World's Greatest Tribute Bands on March 4, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[59]</a>Hosted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Daryl" title="Katie Daryl" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Katie Daryl</a>, the series showcases top tribute acts performing live from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_A_Go_Go" title="Whiskey A Go Go" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Whiskey A Go Go</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Strip" title="Sunset Strip" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Sunset Strip</a> in<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood" title="Hollywood" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Hollywood</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-60" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[60]</a> Featured bands have paid tribute to a variety of artists including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince(musician)" title="Prince (musician)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Prince</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Elvis Presley</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Brooks" title="Garth Brooks" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Garth Brooks</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Beastie Boys</a>, as well as many classic rock bands such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS(band)" title="KISS (band)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">KISS</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">David Bowie</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Led Zeppelin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper" title="Alice Cooper" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alice Cooper</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd" title="Pink Floyd" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pink Floyd</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith" title="Aerosmith" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Aerosmith</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-61" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[61]</a>The show was previously broadcast live from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_Theatre(West_Hollywood)" title="Roxy Theatre (West Hollywood)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Roxy Theatre</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-62" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[62]</a> In December 2014, the network announced that the show will return for a fifth season, premiering in the spring of 2015.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-63" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[63]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Big Interview with Dan Rather</dt></dl>Since 2013, Dan Rather has hosted the hour-long original series titled The Big Interview featuring in-depth interviews with a variety of celebrity guests as they join Rather for candid discussions about their lives and careers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-64" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[64]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-65" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[65]</a> Notable guests include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Simmons" title="Gene Simmons" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Gene Simmons</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-66" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[66]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Weird Al Yankovic</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-67" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[67]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Rickles" title="Don Rickles" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Don Rickles</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-68" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[68]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynona_Judd" title="Wynona Judd" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Wynona Judd</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-69" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[69]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_White" title="Jack White" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Jack White</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-70" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[70]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Carlos Santana</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-71" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[71]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Burnett" title="Carol Burnett" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Carol Burnett</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-72" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[72]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Alda" title="Alan Alda" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alan Alda</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-73" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[73]</a> among others.<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dan Rather Presents</dt></dl>AXS TV announced a new documentary series, to be hosted by Dan Rather, on April 16, 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-74" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[74]</a> Dan Rather Presents (formerly<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Rather_Reports" title="Dan Rather Reports" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dan Rather Reports</a>), an in-depth investigative journalism program focusing on challenging issues, premiered on May 6, 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-75" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[75]</a>The debut episode, One Way Ticket to Nowhere: America's Mental Health Crisis, detailed the country's medical treatment for and handling of the mentally ill.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-76" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[76]</a> That same year, on December 5, 2014, Rather hosted a special two-hour documentary Unwanted in America: The Shameful Side of International Adoption, examining multiple cases of failed international adoption throughout the United States, and what happens to those children who get caught in the middle.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-77" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[77]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The X Factor UK</dt></dl>On August 6, 2014, AXS TV announced it would be broadcasting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor(UK_series_11)" title="The X Factor (UK series 11)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">11th season</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X_Factor(UK_TV_series)" title="The X Factor (UK TV series)" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The X Factor UK</a>, with the episodes airing 24 hours after their respective UK broadcasts.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-78" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[78]</a> The series premiered on Sunday, August 31, 2014, marking the first time that the British series had aired in the U.S.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-79" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[79]</a> The 11th season notably featured the return of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cowell" title="Simon Cowell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Simon Cowell</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cole" title="Cheryl Cole" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Cheryl Fernandez-Versini</a> to the judging panel, joining music manager <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Walsh" title="Louis Walsh" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Louis Walsh</a> and pop singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_B" title="Mel B" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Mel B</a>, making her debut as a full-time judge.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-80" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[80]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Haenow" title="Ben Haenow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Ben Haenow</a>was the winner of this season.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-81" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[81]</a> On April 16, 2015, the network announced that it will broadcast the series for a second consecutive year, premiering the singing competition's upcoming 12th season this fall.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-82" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[82]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">AXS TV Fights</dt></dl><div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV_Fights" title="AXS TV Fights" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">AXS TV Fights</a></div>AXS TV Fights is the brand name of AXS TV's live <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts" title="Mixed martial arts" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">mixed martial arts</a> (MMA), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai" title="Muay Thai" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Muay Thai</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickboxing" title="Kickboxing" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">kickboxing</a> broadcasts on Friday nights. The network currently broadcasts events from promotions including CES MMA, Legacy Fighting Championship, Legacy Kickboxing, Lion Fight Muay Thai and Resurrection Fighting Alliance.Under the AXS TV Fights name, the network also airs the weekly, live MMA-themed talk show <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_MMA" title="Inside MMA" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Inside MMA</a> and the weekly<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling" title="Professional wrestling" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">professional wrestling</a> series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV_Fights#New_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="AXS TV Fights" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">New Japan Pro Wrestling</a>.<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Discovering Lucy Angel</dt></dl>On September 10, 2014, AXS TV announced production of an original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">country music</a>-themed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">reality</a> docu-series titled Discovering Lucy Angel.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-83" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[83]</a> The 13-episode series is directed and executive produced by Jonathan "J.T." Taylor, who is known for creating the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award" title="Emmy Award" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Emmy Award</a>-winning series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Osbournes" title="The Osbournes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">The Osbournes</a>. Discovering Lucy Angel follows mother-daughter trio <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Angel" title="Lucy Angel" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Lucy Angel</a> and their family, The Andertons, as they work together to launch their music career in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville" title="Nashville" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nashville</a>. The series premiered Tuesday, January 13, 2015. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-84" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[84]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Tom Green Live</dt></dl><div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle" style="font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tom_Green_Live_episodes" title="List of Tom Green Live episodes" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">List of Tom Green Live episodes</a></div>AXS TV launched Tom Green Live on October 3, 2013.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-85" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[85]</a> Hosted by comedian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Green" title="Tom Green" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Tom Green</a>, the talk show featured interviews with celebrity guests, as well as an interactive format where viewers were invited to call in live using video chat.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-86" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[86]</a> Comedian and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%26_Order:SVU" title="Law & Order: SVU" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Law & Order: SVU</a> star <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Belzer" title="Richard Belzer" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Richard Belzer</a> was Green's inaugural guest.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-87" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[87]</a> Tom Green Live finished its third season<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-88" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[88]</a>—which had appearances from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Carell" title="Steve Carell" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Steve Carell</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" title="Weird Al Yankovic" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Weird Al Yankovic</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Carvey" title="Dana Carvey" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Dana Carvey</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Carolla" title="Adam Carolla" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Adam Carolla</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_Aldrin" title="Buzz Aldrin" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Buzz Aldrin</a>, among others—on November 13, 2014.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-89" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[89]</a><dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Battle 4 Atlantis</dt></dl>From November 26-November 28, 2014, AXS TV aired half of the games of the 2014 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_4_Atlantis" title="Battle 4 Atlantis" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Battle 4 Atlantis</a> Men's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_I(NCAA)" title="Division I (NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Division I</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Basketball" title="College Basketball" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">College Basketball</a> tournament from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Island" title="Paradise Island" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Paradise Island</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassau,Bahamas" title="Nassau, Bahamas" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Nassau</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamas" title="Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bahamas</a>, broadcasting two of the tournament's four games each day.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-90" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[90]</a> This marked the fourth consecutive year that Battle 4 Atlantis was broadcast on AXS TV, since the tournament was founded in 2011.<dl style="margin-top: 0.2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.3999996185303px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><dt style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Acquired Programming</dt></dl>On July 14, 2015, AXS TV announced it acquired the reality adventure web series Exploring Kaman starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA" title="NBA" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">NBA</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NBA_All-Stars" title="List of NBA All-Stars" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">All-Star</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Kaman" title="Chris Kaman" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Chris Kaman</a>, premiering for the first time on television Aug. 5, 2015. The six-part series chronicles Kaman and his eccentric entourage as they head out on an epic fishing trip to capture the elusive blue marlin.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXS_TV#cite_note-91" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[91]</a></div><div>==</div>