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Country | France |
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Broadcast area | France Belgium Luxembourg Monaco Switzerland Madagascar |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Universal Global Networks France SAS a subsidiary of NBC Universal International |
Sister channels | 13ème Rue E! DreamWorks Channel |
History | |
Launched | December 2, 2005 |
Links | |
Website | http://www.syfy.fr |
Syfy is the French-speaking 24-hour science fiction entertainment channel based on the US version of the same name. The channel originally launched on December 2, 2005, under the branding of the Sci-fi Channel. [1] It became the fourth "Sci Fi Channel" alongside channels in the United States, UK and Germany. The channel was rebranded Syfy on January 5, 2010, as part of global rebrand. [2] Some years later, it was changed for SYFY on August 29, 2017, as part of another global rebrand.
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Since then, the channels have arrived at SFR, but are still broadcast on Canal, Free and Orange. But this was no longer the case as of 26 September 2017. [3]
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