Syfy
Sign in to saveSyfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY in all caps since 2017) is an American cable television channel owned by Versant, a former subsidiary of Comcast prior to its spin-off to their shareholders in 2026. Launched on September 24, 1992, the channel broadcasts programming relating to the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. , Syfy is available in approximately 69 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99 million households.
Key facts
- Television channel.name
- Syfy
- Television channel.logo
- 200px|class=skin-invert
- Television channel.logo_size
- 200px
- Television channel.logo_caption
- Logo used since 2017
- Television channel.founder
- Mitchell RubensteinLaurie Silvers
- Television channel.picture_format
- 1080p HDTV(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
- Television channel.owner
- Versant
- Television channel.country
- United States
- Television channel.language
- English
- Television channel.headquarters
- 229 West 43rd Street, New York City, New York
- Television channel.area
- Nationwide
- Television channel.webcast
- (American pay-TV subscribers only)
- Television channel.online_serv_1
- Affiliated streaming service
- Television channel.online_chan_1
- Peacock
- Television channel.online_serv_2
- Livestream services
- Television channel.online_chan_2
- DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, YouTube TV
- Television channel.online_chan_3
- Ch. 105
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Branding history
- Programming
- Animation
- Media
- Syfy.com
- SyfyGames
- Periodicals
- ''Sci Fi'' magazine
- ''Science Fiction Weekly''
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Syfy (a paraphrased neology of former name Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY in all caps since 2017) is an American cable television channel owned by Versant, a former subsidiary of Comcast prior to its spin-off to their shareholders in 2026. Launched on September 24, 1992, the channel broadcasts programming relating to the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. , Syfy is available in approximately 69 million pay television households in the United States, down from its 2011 peak of 99 million households.
==History== In 1989 in Boca Raton, Florida, communications attorneys and cable television entrepreneurs, Mitchell Rubenstein and his business-partner wife Laurie Silvers, devised the concept for the Sci-Fi Channel and signed up eight of the top ten cable television operators. They additionally licensed exclusive rights to the British television series Doctor Who (which shifted over from PBS), Dark Shadows, and the cult series The Prisoner.