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French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

-speaking 24 hour science fiction entertainment channel based on the US version of the same name. The channel originally launched in December 2005 under the branding of the Sci-fi Channel. It became the fourth "Sci Fi Channel" alongside channels in the US, UK and Germany

Germany

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. The channel was rebranded Syfy on January 5, 2010 as part of global rebrand.

2010 Rebrand

Sci-fi was rebranded as Syfy since January 5th 2010

2010 in television

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 (formerly known as Sci Fi in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

).
The channel rebranding coincides with NBC Universal Global Networks rebranding campaign which initially started in the US in July 1999.

Ownership

Syfy is one of two channels operating in France under ownership of General Electric

General Electric

General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...

's NBC Universal Global Networks

NBC Universal

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 network. French company Vivendi

Vivendi

Vivendi SA is a French international media conglomerate with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games. It is headquartered in Paris.- History :...

 hold a 20 per cent share in NBC Universal. NBC Universal Global Networks also operate a second channel in France called 13th Street

13th Street

13th Street Universal is a television channel specialising in action and suspense shows and movies. It is owned by NBCUniversal and was launched in France on November 13, 1997 and in Germany on May 1, 1998...

, (13ème Rue, http://www.13èmerue.fr).

Availability

• France: Syfy (SD) and Syfy (HD) are widely available in France on CanalSat
  CanalSat
  CanalSat is a French digital satellite and DSL pay television service. It is owned by Vivendi with a 65% share, minority shareholders are Lagardère , TF1 and M6...
  
  , and Numéricable
  Numericable
  Numericable is a British-American-Luxembourgian owned cable television operator operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, currently proposing standard quadruple-play services .- History :...
  
  .

External links

• Syfy Universal
• Syfy's Wikipedia page