Animax Eastern Europe

Animax Eastern Europe (previously known as A+)
Animax Eastern Europe
Launched	11 April 2007
Closed	31 March 2014
Network	Animax
Owned by	Sony Pictures Television
Picture format	576i/Analog, PAL
Slogan	Animax. A másik éned. (Animax. Your other self.)
Country	Japan
Broadcast area	Hungary Romania Czech Republic Slovakia
Headquarters	1117 Budapest, Irinyi József u. 4–20, Hungary
Replaced	A+
Replaced by	C8
Website	Official website (Hungarian) Official website (Romanian)
Availability
Cable
UPC Romania	Channel 501 (digital with DVR) Channel 121 (digital)

Animax Eastern Europe (Japanese: アニマックス中央ヨーロッパ Animakkusu chūō yōroppa, Hungarian: Animax Közép-Európa) was a Japanese anime television network in Eastern Europe, including Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. It replaced the A+ network in these countries except Poland on April 11, 2007. This was Animax's first major expansion to Europe. The channel broadcast its programmes either dubbed in the local language of each country, or in Japanese audio with local subtitles.

The channel was closed on 31 March 2014, and was replaced by the Chellomedia channel C8. C8 started broadcasting in Hungary on 1 April 2014, and in Romania on 5 May 2014.

History

Animax Eastern Europe replaced Anime+ in Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

In 2008, it was announced that the channel was to be launched Poland and to distribute in the country by HBO Poland (Co-owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment) and run by Animax Eastern Europe.