Owned by NBCUniversal Founded 2007 Owner NBCUniversal | Country Netherlands Broadcast area Netherlands; Belgium Extinction 1 July 2016 | |
Launched 30 May 2007 (2007-05-30) Closed 1 July 2016 (2016-07-01) Picture format 576i (16:9, SD)
1080i HD Formerly called Sci Fi Channel (2007-2010) Sister channel(s) 13th Street Universal (Benelux); CNBC Europe; E! (Europe) Network Universal Networks International | ||
Syfy was a Dutch-language digital television channel service specializing 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 Benelux and Scandinavia at the end of 1998, focusing on their UK service instead.
An HD-simulcast started through UPC Netherlands on 1 May 2013.
It officially ceased broadcasting on 1 July 2016.
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Syfy (Benelux) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA