Cinemax Asia (15 November 1996–28 March 2009) Cinemax Asia (a secondary channel of HBO Asia) was launched on 15 November 1996. It was a 24-hour movie channel which featured movies in
horror,
suspense,
thriller and
action. Cinemax Asia featured
Thriller Cinemax on Thursdays,
Action Cinemax on Fridays and
Cinemax Superstars on weekends. In Malaysia, Cinemax Asia was launched on the
Astro channel number 18, on 23 April 1998 at 7:45 pm replacing the ill-fated MGM Gold channel on 6 April 1998. In Singapore, it was added to
Singapore Cable Vision on 1 April 1997. At the time, the channel had a complementary offer to HBO, with "thought-provoking movies of critical acclaim" and foreign feature films, all in English.
Cinemax Asia (1 October 2012–present) On October 1, 2012, Max Asia reverted to Cinemax Asia. Cinemax Asia had a yellow background colour, but was replaced by a red colour in 2016 with a more bolder approach to match its original American counterpart, with new action and thriller movies. In Vietnam, Cinemax was renamed as Max by HBO from 1 March 2017 to 1 May 2020. During October 2021, Cinemax Asia featured
horror films in a
Maximum Horror promotion. == Logo ==