Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Picture format | 480i SDTV/1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | NBCUniversal International Networks Spanish Latin America (NBCUniversal/Comcast (majority); Ole Communications (minority)) (distributed by Ole Distribution) Brazil: NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (NBCUniversal/Comcast (50%), Canais Globo/Grupo Globo (50%)) (distributed by Canais Globo) |
Sister channels | Universal TV Studio Universal Telemundo Internacional E! |
History | |
Launched | April 1, 2007 (as Sci Fi) October 10, 2010 (as Syfy) |
Closed | October 1, 2023 [1] |
Replaced by | USA Network |
Former names | Sci-Fi (2007-2010) |
Links | |
Website | Syfy Latin America Syfy Brazil |
Syfy was a Latin American channel dedicated to science fiction and fantasy programming, owned by NBCUniversal International Networks, a division of NBCUniversal. The local version of the channel, available both in Spanish- and Portuguese-language feeds (for Spanish-speaking countries and for Brazil, respectively), was launched in 2007. Until October 10, 2010, [2] Syfy was known as Sci Fi.
The Brazilian feed of the channel, as well as its sister network, Studio Universal, is operated since mid-July 2012 by the joint venture between Universal Networks International and Grupo Globo-owned Canais Globo which already operated the Brazilian version of Universal TV. [3]
The channel closed on October 1, 2023 and was replaced by USA Network after 19 years of absence in Latin America. [1]
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