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Anime Network
Anime Network was an American video on demand (VOD) network dedicated to anime owned by Sentai Filmworks, which has been a part of AMC Networks since January 2022. The network also had its own streaming service Anime Network Online, which was discontinued and replaced in June 2017 by HIDIVE.
The network was launched in North America in late 2002 and is marketed to multi system operators (MSOs) as both a free and subscription video on demand (VOD) programming service. Anime Network also provides online streaming of its anime for North America via its website with free full-length preview episodes for non-members, more episodes for members, and all online titles available for subscribers.
In October 2007, Anime Network was launched on DirecTV On Demand, initially on channel 1801 at launch. From the fall of 2015 through the network's end, it was found on channel 1889.
The Anime Network would also start streaming anime online which had aired on its network with the launch of its online VOD platform Anime Network Online in late 2007. The platform featured anime that was licensed by A.D. Vision and later its Sentai Filmworks successor until 2017, when Anime Network Online was ultimately replaced by its successor now known today as HIDIVE in mid-2017.
The Anime Network ceased broadcast of its linear 24/7 network on January 1, 2008; it continues to support a VOD service and online player on its main website. On September 1, 2009, A.D. Vision had sold off Anime Network to Valkyrie Media Partners LLC. with as part of the dissolution of the company and the reorganization of its assets.
On June 20, 2017, with the launch of HIDIVE, Section23 Films announced it would discontinue the Anime Network Online streaming service and focus solely on Anime Network's pay television and subscription VOD services, while HIDIVE, LLC, a new company which is not affiliated with Anime Network, Section23, or Sentai Filmworks, acquired Anime Network Online's assets and spun them off into the newly formed streaming service. That same day, Anime Network Inc. announced it acquired the "www.theanimenetwork.com" domain name from Anime Network Online.
As of 2023, the Anime Network has been discontinued with all of the Anime Network's licensed anime library were transferred to Hidive. The remaining video on demand service was discontinued on December 31, 2025.
At launch, the Anime Network was only available by video on demand to Comcast subscribers in the Philadelphia area with 1.2 million customers with more providers choosing to carry the service later on. The linear service launched on June 30, 2004, to complement the VOD service. Comcast Communications previously carried the channel on video on demand since its launch. On May 29, 2009, Comcast discontinued carriage of the service in both its free package and its pay-per-view digital television package which, however, are periodically included among Comcast Xfinity's Top Picks.
Anime Network
Anime Network was an American video on demand (VOD) network dedicated to anime owned by Sentai Filmworks, which has been a part of AMC Networks since January 2022. The network also had its own streaming service Anime Network Online, which was discontinued and replaced in June 2017 by HIDIVE.
The network was launched in North America in late 2002 and is marketed to multi system operators (MSOs) as both a free and subscription video on demand (VOD) programming service. Anime Network also provides online streaming of its anime for North America via its website with free full-length preview episodes for non-members, more episodes for members, and all online titles available for subscribers.
In October 2007, Anime Network was launched on DirecTV On Demand, initially on channel 1801 at launch. From the fall of 2015 through the network's end, it was found on channel 1889.
The Anime Network would also start streaming anime online which had aired on its network with the launch of its online VOD platform Anime Network Online in late 2007. The platform featured anime that was licensed by A.D. Vision and later its Sentai Filmworks successor until 2017, when Anime Network Online was ultimately replaced by its successor now known today as HIDIVE in mid-2017.
The Anime Network ceased broadcast of its linear 24/7 network on January 1, 2008; it continues to support a VOD service and online player on its main website. On September 1, 2009, A.D. Vision had sold off Anime Network to Valkyrie Media Partners LLC. with as part of the dissolution of the company and the reorganization of its assets.
On June 20, 2017, with the launch of HIDIVE, Section23 Films announced it would discontinue the Anime Network Online streaming service and focus solely on Anime Network's pay television and subscription VOD services, while HIDIVE, LLC, a new company which is not affiliated with Anime Network, Section23, or Sentai Filmworks, acquired Anime Network Online's assets and spun them off into the newly formed streaming service. That same day, Anime Network Inc. announced it acquired the "www.theanimenetwork.com" domain name from Anime Network Online.
As of 2023, the Anime Network has been discontinued with all of the Anime Network's licensed anime library were transferred to Hidive. The remaining video on demand service was discontinued on December 31, 2025.
At launch, the Anime Network was only available by video on demand to Comcast subscribers in the Philadelphia area with 1.2 million customers with more providers choosing to carry the service later on. The linear service launched on June 30, 2004, to complement the VOD service. Comcast Communications previously carried the channel on video on demand since its launch. On May 29, 2009, Comcast discontinued carriage of the service in both its free package and its pay-per-view digital television package which, however, are periodically included among Comcast Xfinity's Top Picks.