Syfy
American cable television channel
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| 2024 | WWE Raw and NXT were again aired on Syfy during the 2024 Summer Olympics, repeating the previous Olympics broadcasting strategy. |
| October 1 2023 |
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Latin American Syfy channel closes and is replaced by USA Network.
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| 2022 | The Asylum released a second Thor film titled Thor: God of Thunder, following up on their initial mockbuster production. |
| July 26 2022 |
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UK and Irish Syfy channel shuts down and rebrands as Sky Sci-fi.
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| July 26 2022 |
Sky Sci-Fi
The channel was officially rebranded from Syfy to Sky Sci-Fi at 11am, marking a new era for the television network.
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| June 14 2022 |
Sky Sci-Fi
Sky officially confirmed the channel would rebrand to Sky Sci-Fi, with the rebranding set to occur on 26 July at 11am, accompanied by a refreshed content schedule.
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| May 4 2022 |
Sky Sci-Fi
Sky applied for a Sky Sci-Fi trademark, signaling an upcoming channel rebrand.
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| February 2022 | WWE Raw and NXT aired on Syfy for two weeks during the 2022 Winter Olympics, temporarily replacing their usual USA Network broadcasts. |
| March 13 2021 | Syfy's TZGZ adult animation block ended. |
| 2019 |
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MENA Syfy channel shuts down.
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| December 31 2019 |
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Australian Syfy channel shuts down, replaced by Fox Sci-Fi.
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| April 20 2019 | Syfy launched a new late night adult animation block called TZGZ. |
| July 1 2017 |
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Asian Syfy channel shuts down.
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| June 19 2017 | The new Syfy branding took effect on-air, with a focus on putting fans at the center of their programming and potentially extending Syfy Wire to television. |
| May 11 2017 | Syfy unveiled a major rebranding in honor of its upcoming 25th anniversary, with the aim of repositioning the channel back towards fantasy and sci-fi genres. |
| December 2016 | Blastr was rebranded as Syfy Wire, with editor-in-chief Adam Swiderski stating the change was to more closely associate the website with the Syfy television channel. |
| July 6 2016 |
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Syfy channel launches in Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
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| July 1 2016 |
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Netherlands and Belgium Syfy channel shuts down.
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| April 2015 | SyfyGames.com rebranded its News section to feature 'news from G4'. |
| October 2014 | Last functioning archived link from the Syfy.com page was for the magazine issue available in October 2014. |
| September 9 2014 | Bermuda Tentacles was released on DVD, making the film available for home viewing. |
| April 12 2014 | The science fiction comedy-horror film 'Bermuda Tentacles' premiered on the Syfy channel, starring Linda Hamilton, Trevor Donovan, Mýa, John Savage, and Jamie Kennedy. The film was directed by Nick Lyon and received predominantly negative reviews. |
| January 1 2014 |
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Wholly owned Syfy channel launches in Australia, replacing SF.
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| 2013 | Syfy was given the James Randi Educational Foundation's Pigasus Award for questionable reality programming involving paranormal subjects. |
| December 31 2013 |
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SF TV channel in Australia shuts down, to be replaced by Syfy in 2014.
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| February 28 2013 |
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Russian Syfy channel shuts down.
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| January 1 2013 |
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Syfy block on Steel in Italy shuts down.
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| December 31 2011 |
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Romanian Sci Fi channel shuts down.
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| August 6 2011 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
The film was broadcast on Space channel in Canada.
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| June 9 2011 | Syfy dropped all anime programming. |
| May 10 2011 | Almighty Thor was released on DVD in the United States, making the film available for home viewing. |
| May 7 2011 | Almighty Thor premiered on the Syfy cable network, presenting a low-budget mockbuster superhero film directed by Christopher Olen Ray and produced by The Asylum. |
| March 14 2011 | Syfy moved its anime block to Thursday nights. |
| 2010 | Sci-Fi Wire was rebranded as Blastr, adding feature articles, guest columnists, popular science news, and video content. |
| 2010 | Syfy Games signed a deal with THQ to co-produce video games, including De Blob 2 and Red Faction: Armageddon. |
| December 28 2010 |
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Blu-ray of the unrated version of Razor was released.
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| October 2010 |
Sky Sci-Fi
Channel secured an exclusive deal with CBS to air remastered Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes in HD, broadcasting them mostly in chronological order.
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| April 13 2010 |
Sky Sci-Fi
The Sci-Fi Channel was relaunched as Syfy, accompanied by the premieres of TV shows V and Human Target. The rebranding included a new on-air look and the tagline 'Imagine greater'.
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| April 2 2010 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan aired on Sky Premiere in the United Kingdom.
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| March 31 2010 |
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Japanese Sci Fi channel shuts down.
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| January 10 2010 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
The film made its television premiere on Syfy channel.
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