AT-X (TV network)

History

• December 24, 1997 - AT-X begins broadcasting on DirecTV Channel 270.
• November 30, 1998 - Bandai Chara Net TV closes due to :ja:スカイポート|SkyPort, its satellite provider, shutting down. AT-X moves to the "SuperBird C" satellite.
• 1999 - Starts airing "Diamond Time", their first self-produced show.
• June 26, 2000 - AT-X Inc. is founded.
• September 30, 2000 - DirecTV ceases Japanese operations, focusing on its core American market instead.
• October 1, 2000 - AT-X is picked up by :ja:スカパー!プレミアムサービス|Sky PerfecTV! on Channel 729.
• May, 2001 - Figure 17, the first AT-X funded anime, begins airing.
• July 1, 2002 - Sky! PerfecTV 2 begins broadcasting AT-X on Channel 333.
• January 26, 2004 - Launch of "AT-X Shop", their online store.
• July 12, 2005 - Mobile edition of the shop launches.
• April 1, 2009 - Subscription price raises to 1890 yen. 24-hour broadcast schedule starts.
• June, 2009 - TV Tokyo's :ja:岩田圭介|Keisuke Iwata is appointed president of the company.
• October 1, 2009 - SKY PerfectTV! HD begins broadcasting AT-X HD on Channel 667.
• November 1, 2009 - :ja:ひかりTV|Hikari TV begins broadcasting AT-X HD on Channel 380.
• January 27, 2010 - Sky PerfecTV! e2 switches from 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratio while retaining Standard Definition.
• October 1, 2011 - :ja:ジュピターテレコム|J:COM begins broadcasting AT-X HD on Channel 605.
• October 1, 2012 - The AT-X broadcast configuration is dramatically reorganized.
• December, 2012 - AT-X joins the :ja:コンピュータソフトウェア著作権協会|Association of Copyright for Computer Software, in an effort to keep their videos off the Internet.
• February 28, 2013 - Ceased all SD broadcasts, for a full transition to HD broadcasting.
• April 18, 2013 - AT-X airs its first foreign cartoon/non-anime series in Japanese language;
• November 29, 2013 - Closure of the "AT-X Shop" online store.
• December 24, 2017 - AT-X celebrates 20th anniversary with the new anime programming lineup for 2018.

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