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Fans in India Petition Sony Pictures Entertainment for Animax Asia
posted on by Adriana Hazra
A petitioner on the Change.org website is petitioning Sony Pictures Entertaintainment for the return of Animax Asia to the Indian streaming app, Sony LIV. The Change.org petition has 132 signatures as of press time and is being circulated on Twitter and Facebook.
Animax Asia was removed from Sony LIV, an Indian streaming app owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, on May 8. Sony did not make an official announcement regarding the removal of the channel, but KC Global Media officially acquired four Asian pay-TV channels, including Animax Asia, from Sony Pictures Entertainment on May 11.
Animax Asia's website currently lists Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Singapore as the countries where the channel is available.
Source: Change.org
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