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Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel and Sci Fi ) are basic cable and satellite TV channels owned by the NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group of NBCUniversal divisions, Comcast's subsidiary. This channel features science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural, paranormal, drama, and reality programming. Syfy is available for 92.4 million households in America.

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History

In 1989, Boca Raton, Florida, communications lawyer Mitchell Rubenstein and his wife Laurie Silvers drafted the concept for the Sci-Fi Channel, and planned to start broadcasting in December 1990, but did not have the resources to launch it. In March 1992, the concept was taken by USA Networks, then a joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios. This channel is seen as a natural fit with the classic movies and television series that both studios have in their vaults, including Universal's Dracula , Frankenstein , and Rod Serling TV series Night Gallery , along with Paramount Star Trek . Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and writer Isaac Asimov were among those on the original advisory board, but both died when the channel was finally launched on September 24, 1992. Rubenstein recalled: "The first thing on the screen is 'Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry'." Leonard Nimoy is the host at the channel launch party, held at Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan. The widow of Asimov, Janet and Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett, are both present. The first program shown on the network is the Star Wars movie.

In 1994, Paramount was sold to Viacom, followed by Seagram's purchase of a controlling stake in the MCA (which Universal is a subsidiary) of Matsushita (aka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (span lang = "ja">? Matsushita Denki Sangy Kabushiki-gaisha the following year In 1997, Viacom sold its stake in USA Networks to Universal, which separates all of its television assets with Barry Diller next year. Three years later, Diller will sell these assets back to Universal, then a subsidiary of Vivendi SA (then known as Vivendi Universal), film production and television, and cable television assets Vivendi then joined NBC General Electric to form NBC Universal in 2004. In 2010, Comcast acquired SYFY's parent company, NBCUniversal.

High-definition version of the channel launched on 3 October 2007 on DirecTV. In 2013, Syfy was awarded the James Randi Education Foundation Pigasus Award for what is described as a questionable reality programming involving paranormal topics.

Branding history

From 1992 to 1999, the first logo of the network consisted of a planet with a ring, made to resemble Saturn, with the words "SCI-FI CHANNEL" written on it. The second logo of the network, used from 1999 to 2002, dropped the hyphen and the word "CHANNEL" from its name. The third and final "circle planet" logo from 2002 to 2009, and designed by Lambie-Nairn. The logo debuted on December 2, 2002, with the launch of Steven Spielberg's miniseries Taken . The network also launched a new image campaign with the tag "If", which expresses the unlimited possibilities of the imagination. Looks bumps depicting real situations like a fire-breathing baby, as well as a woman in a magnificent sitting room kissing bug-eyed, big-eyed beasts.

On March 16, 2009, NBCUniversal announced that Sci Fi rebranding as "Syfy". Network officials also note that, unlike the generic term "sci fi", which represents the entire genre, the term "syfy" as a sensational spelling can be protected by a trademark and therefore would be easier to market other goods or services without fear of confusion with the product other companies. The only significant previous use of the term "Syfy" in relation to science fiction is with the SyFy Portal website, which became Airlock Alpha after selling the brand to NBC Universal (represented by shell companies) in February 2009 for $ 250,000.

The name change was greeted with initial negatives, with people deliberately misproning "Syfy" as SIF -ee or VIEW -fee to mock name changes. Parody reader Stephen Colbert mocks the name change on The Colbert Report by giving the "Tip of the Hat" channel to "spell the name in the spoken way" and noting that "the tides are turning in a fight battle My battle against 'C ' is soft and dangerous.The new name came into effect on July 7, 2009. Syfy has since added a reality show and shifted further from science fiction, fantasy and horror programs.

The rebranding efforts at NBC Universal Sci Fi Channels around the world produce most of the rebranding as "Syfy" or "Syfy Universal"; however, more than a third of the channels do not use "Syfy" as part of their name: channels in Japan and the Philippines are renamed or replaced by Universal Channels, while each channel in Poland, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia will become Universal Sci Fi. In Polish, "Syfy" does not suggest imagination or science fiction, but syphilis. In Australia, the Sci Fi channel is a joint venture that is not wholly owned by NBC Universal; the channel was uniquely renamed "SF" until its closure, and was replaced by NBC Universal which is only owned by Syfy, branded as such, which matches the international standard brand "Syfy".

On May 11, 2017, Syfy launched a new logo, a new slogan ("This is Fan Thing"), and a new imaging, adopted on June 19th in honor of the channel's 25th anniversary. New branding aims to restore channel positions back to fantasy genre and science fiction targeting; head of the network Chris McCumber explains that the new logo was intended as a "badge" that can be used across the entire programming line. "I can not think of a better show than SYFY's 25th birthday to get back to our roots, doubling the original premium program, and putting fans at the center of everything we do," said Chris McCumber, President, Entertainment Networks for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.. "As the only television network dedicated to the 24/7 genre, we are building a final universe for this passionate community to call home."

Syfy also plans to put a greater focus on Syfy Wire's news division, which reveals the possibility of expanding the website to television as well.

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Programming

Syfy programming includes original films made for cables, miniseries, and series. In the past, the channel concentrated on classical science fiction shows. However, under NBCUniversal ownership, the channel has changed its program to target more mainstream audiences. In 2006, the program started running like Legal & amp; Order: Special Victim Unit , ECW , and WCG Ultimate Gamer .

The network has gained significant international attention to the success of the original miniseries and the next four season series Battlestar Galactica . In addition to many awards, the UN invites key players for retrospective and discussion. Also prominent is the exposure of the Taken network, which won the Emmy Award that year for the best miniseries.

Syfy is also known for airing Japanese anime. It first began airing anime films dubbed English and original video animation in the early 1990s, although its program is often edited to fit the market pressure normally placed on the base cable. It was the first to feature British Streamline Pictures movies from Robot Carnival movies, Lensman and Akira, and aired Central Park Media < i> Dominion: Police Tank , Gall Force , and Project A-ko . After a pause in the broadcast, the anime programming returned on June 11, 2007, with a two-hour programming block called "Ani-Monday". Aimed to compete directly with Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, the block features English dubs from various anime series licensed by Manga Entertainment. During February 2008, the channel also aired anime on Tuesday night in the second programming block.

In July 2009, Syfy announced that it has updated and expanded their license agreement with Manga Entertainment to continue "Ani-Mondays", as well as adding the same two-hour anime horror block (also called "Ani-Monday") to his brother broadcasting Chiller. The Syfy anime block was then moved to Thursday night, starting March 14, 2011, where it remained until all anime programs were suddenly removed from schedule on June 9, 2011

In addition to the above mentioned above, Syfy has published other events from WWE, including NXT in 2010, and SmackDown from 2010 to 2015, when the event moved to sister network USA Network Syfy in early 2016.

Syfy's original movie

Pioneered and originally launched by Thomas Vitale in 2001, and managed by Vitale, Chris Regina, and Ray Cannella, with additional extras from Karen O'Hara and Macy Lao, original Sci Fi Pictures movies are typically created independently with film- film production budgets of $ 1 million to $ 2 million respectively. These films are usually premiere on Saturday nights. They are also one of the sponsors for the Coalition for Freedom of Information. The movies have become one of the longest schedules of Syfy's schedule. One of the most memorable campaigns for the films that these films presented as part of "The Most Dangerous Night of Television" (Saturday). For years, Syfty's promotion of the films rested on the escapist pleasure promised by them, with titles such as Sharktopus, Mansquito, Two-Headed Shark Attack, Ogre, Ice Twisters, Star Runners, and Sharknado. Since 2001, Syfy has worked with a number of different production companies (many of them independent) to create more than 200 original films of this type.

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Media

Website

The Syfy website was launched in 1995 under the name "The Dominion" at SciFi.com. It dropped its name in 2000. The site has won Webby Awards and Flash Forward Awards. From 2000 to 2005, he published a short story of original science fiction in a section called "Fiction Sci", edited by Ellen Datlow, who won the 2005 Hugo Award for his work there. The stories themselves won the Fantasy World Award; The first Theodore Sturgeon award for online fiction (for novelist Lucius Shepard "Over Yonder"), and four of the American Fiction Writers of the American Nebula Award, including the first for original online fiction (for novelist Linda Nagata "Goddesses").

On April 22, 2006, the site launched Sci Fi Pedia as a commercial wiki on topics including anime, comics, science fiction, fantasy, horror, fandom, games and toys, UFOs, genre-related art and audio, and paranormal. In 2009, Sci Fi Pedia closed without explanation.

As part of channel rebranding in 2009, the URL was changed to Syfy.com. In 2010, Syfy.com began containing a series of webisodes including Riese: Kingdom Falling (on October 26, 2010), The Mercury Men (as of July 25th, 2011)), and Nuclear Family (as of 15 October 2012).

Syfy.com was redesigned in early 2015, allowing users to watch live channels on the site, as well as current programming episodes. The website was once again redesigned and combined with SyfyWire.com on June 19, 2017 in an alliance with Syfy rebooting.

Syfy Wire

Syfy Wire (formerly Sci-Fi Wire and Blastr ) is a Syfy-operated website featuring news coverage in science fiction, horror, and fantasy genre. The site was re-branded in 2010 as Blastr, with additional feature articles, guest columnists (such as Phil Plait), popular news and science coverage, and video content. In December 2016, Blastr was re-branded as Syfy Wire; Editor-in-Chief Adam Swiderski states that this change is to further link the website with the Syfy television channel.

In March 2018, Syfy Wire released five regular podcasts, including the following two recap series The Expanse and Colony and The Fandom Files, featuring interviews with community leaders about their pop culture obsessions. Guests have included Leland Chee and Mike Daniels of the New England Patriots.

Science Weekly Fiction

Science Weekly Fiction is an online magazine started and edited by Craig Engler and Brooks Peck on August 15, 1995. In April 1996, it began appearing exclusively on "The Dominion" as part of a partnership with the site. , before being sold to Sci Fi Channel completely in 1999. This publication covers various aspects of science fiction, including news, reviews, original art, and interviews, to join Sci Fi Wire in January 2009.

Sci Fi Magazine

Sci Fi Magazine is the channel's official magazine. It later became an unaffiliated magazine, but often covered the Syfy show.

SyfyGames

SyfyGames.com is an online gaming portal that offers free MMO and casual games. This site features science fiction and fantasy games from third-party developers. In April 2015, the News section of SyfyGames.com is re-branded to display "news from G4", possibly to prevent the trademark dilution of the "G4" name used by dead cable channels of the same name.

In 2010, Syfy Games signed a deal with THQ publishers who did not work to jointly produce De Blob 2. Syfy Games will also produce a Red Faction: Armageddon.

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Ratings

In 2008, Syfy, then Sci Fi Channel, an average of 1.0 households; 242,000 viewers among Adults 18-34 (up 4% vs. 2007); 616,000 viewers among Adults 18-49 (up 5% vs. 2007); 695,000 viewers among Adults 25-54 (up 6% vs 2007) and 1,278,000 total viewers (up 7% vs 2007). It sees two consecutive years of growth among female audiences, with an increase of 12% among women 25-54, a jump of 14% in women 18-49 and 6% in women 18-34. It also ranks among ten channels watched for male viewers aged 18-54, and women ages 25-54 (# 10).

For 2010, Syfy averaged 1.199 million viewers, down 6% from 2009. In Adults 18-49 the channel averaged.539 million viewers, down 11% from 2009. For 2010, Syfy did not have any of the Top 20 Primetime Series Original.

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See also

• Syfy Universal
• Spaces, similar Canadian channels
• International Network of NBCUniversal
• Showcase, producing some original series that airs on this channel

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Syfy Games
• Syfy on IMDbPro (subscription required)
• Boucher, Geoff (December 7, 2008). "Sci Fi mapped its direction for the future". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 9, 2014 . Ã,
• Sevakis, Justin (2 June 2015). "Anime Colony". Anime News Network. Tales of the Industry (column) . Retrieved June 4, 2015 . Ã, Sci Fi Story that failed Channel venture.

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