With the purchase and rebranding, the channel gradually shifted focus to include a mix of entertainment news, lifestyle, pop culture and in-concert performance events. The network rebranded on Jas AXS TV, a name taken from AEG's ticket sales website AXS. On January 18, 2012, HDNet, LLC entered into a joint venture with entertainment company/promoter Anschutz Entertainment Group, TV/radio personality/producer Ryan Seacrest, and talent agency Creative Artists Agency, in which AEG, CAA, and Ryan Seacrest Media would each purchase a share of the network, with Cuban retaining primary ownership. In November 2009, DirecTV became the first provider to offer video-on-demand services of HDNet and HDNet Movies. The provider began to carry HDNet in many major markets on September 30, 2010. On September 4, 2008, Cuban announced that the network had reached an agreement with Comcast to carry both HDNet and HDNet Movies in various markets. The channel gradually expanded its carriage to the satellite providers DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as the cable providers Charter Communications, Insight Communications, Mediacom, Suddenlink Communications, Verizon FiOS, and AT&T U-verse. In February 2002, the network originated eight daily hours of high definition content from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City this feed was picked up by NBC and aired in 24-hour rotation on the digital signals of NBC's stations.
invasion of Afghanistan with former CNN correspondent Peter Arnett. In December 2001 and January 2002, HDNet aired exclusive HD coverage of the U.S.
Originally, the network aired a variety of programming, much of it male-oriented, prominently featuring series, sports events, and concert performances. The network originally launched as HDNet on September 6, 2001, designed as a high definition-exclusive service under the ownership of HDNet, LLC, which then was co-owned by Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and Philip Garvin, owner of Colorado Studios and Mobile TV Group.
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