SPE Networks – Asia (SPENA), GlobeCast and MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd (MEASAT) are set to distribute the AXN HD channel across the Asia-Pacific Region, following its launch in Korea on 1 March 2009. AXN has been in operation in Korea since 2005, having first launched on the SkyLife DTH platform in July 2005. It then debuted on Korea Telecom’s (KT’s) IPTV service, MegaTV, in November 2008 along with the official launch of IPTV services nationwide. AXN Korea is the first among all channels and feeds at SPENA to be migrated to HD. The brand new AXN HD channel in Korea will continue to be available via SkyLife which currently has upwards of 2.3 million subscribers, as part of its HD package; as well as on MegaTV, which has a subscriber base of 800,000 that includes VOD and linear service subscribers as of January 2009. AXN HD will have a line-up of shows ranging from US hit drama series like the CSI franchise, Numb3rs, and the upcoming drama Leverage starring Timothy Hutton; to reality productions like The Contender Asia.