Syfy (Dutch TV channel)
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| Country | Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Netherlands Belgium |
| Network | NBCUniversal International Networks |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NBCUniversal |
| Sister channels | 13th Street Universal CNBC Europe DreamWorks Channel E! Euronews Sky News |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 October 1996 (as Sci-Fi Channel)[1] 30 May 2007 (re-launch) |
| Closed | 1 July 2016 |
| Former names | Sci-Fi Channel (1996-1998, 2007-2010) |
| Links | |
| Website | www.syfy.nl |
Syfy was a Dutch-language pay television channel service specialising in science fiction, fantasy, and horror shows and movies. The channel launched in 2007 as a sister channel to the US Sci Fi Channel, with a similar programming line-up. Syfy operated as a channel service of Universal Networks International, a division of NBCUniversal.
Sci-Fi Channel had previously been available in Benelux in the 1990s. Failing to attract audiences, the channel withdrew from the Benelux and Scandinavia at the end of 1998, focusing on their UK service instead.[2]
An HD-simulcast started through UPC Netherlands on 1 May 2013.[3]
It officially ceased broadcasting on 1 July 2016.[4]
Programming
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Final Programming
[edit]- Angel
- Battlestar Galactica
- Dark Angel
- Destination Truth
- Doctor Who (Series 7)
- Eureka
- Firefly
- Flash Gordon
- Painkiller Jane
- Paranormal Witness
- Primeval
- Primeval: New World
- Raines
- Roswell
- Sanctuary
- Sliders
- Star Trek
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Stargate Atlantis
- Stargate Universe
- The X-Files
- Tin Man
- Torchwood
- Tremors
References
[edit]- ^ "MEDIA KORT: OKTOBER 1996". MediaMagazine.nl. 31 October 1996.
- ^ "Sci-fi Channel Ends Scandi Run". The Hollywood Reporter. December 8, 1998. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (22 April 2013). "13th Street HD, Syfy HD en TLC HD nieuw bij UPC". Totaal TV. Archived from the original on 23 April 2013.
- ^ Jarco Kriek (6 May 2016). "NBCUNIVERSAL STOPT OP 1 JULI MET SYFY EN 13TH STREET". Totaal TV. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Huidige serie". Syfy NL. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
