New Name For Sci Fi Channel

[miraclefan]

When I first saw this I went, WOW what took them so long? Let's face it people the ''ONLY'' show they have that's true ''Sci-fi'' is NU-GALACTICA and that series has one more week to go! When a ''Science Fiction'' channel begins to air ''Wrestleing'' you know there's trouble.

 

[splodenode]

this is some bad news

 

[Neroon]

this is some bad news

Succinct. but... you really need to consider adding a little more meat to your posts, considering your posting history. .

 

[splodenode]

this is some bad news

Succinct. but... you really need to consider adding a little more meat to your posts, considering your posting history. .

i coulda added some crew to it

 

[cylkoth]

And some more details over the Syfy name stealth acquisition.

The Sci Fi Channel is ditching its name in favor of the more trademarkable Syfy. And that solves a mystery for Michael Hinman, founder of Airlock Alpha, a science-fiction fan site that until last month was known as SyFy Portal.

Hinman, a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Business Journal, sold the decade-old site's original name in a deal that closed last month to a New York-based entity that identified itself only as New Fizz Corp. That name was evidently only a front for NBC Universal, which owns Sci Fi and wanted to keep its rebranding plans under wraps.

How NBCU Kept Sci Fi Rebranding Under Wraps

 

[darthraidr]

i gave up on this channel long ago. BSG is the only thing i watch on it, and when that is done, i'm done. it's sad, i watch the home and garden network more than Sci-Fi.... HGTV... talk about a niche channel... but they dont seem to care. they cater to their niche... The Sci-Fi channel... honestly, it's like a low rent comic book/sci-fi convention (Like the LA sci-fi/comic con (minus the porn)). it's just a sad mish mash of junk.

as for the name change... kinda reminds me of dropping "Star Trek" from Enterprise... who are you really going to conviince that it's something different? anyways, back to house hunters...

 

[Neroon]

And some more details over the Syfy name stealth acquisition.

The Sci Fi Channel is ditching its name in favor of the more trademarkable Syfy. And that solves a mystery for Michael Hinman, founder of Airlock Alpha, a science-fiction fan site that until last month was known as SyFy Portal.

Hinman, a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Business Journal, sold the decade-old site's original name in a deal that closed last month to a New York-based entity that identified itself only as New Fizz Corp. That name was evidently only a front for NBC Universal, which owns Sci Fi and wanted to keep its rebranding plans under wraps.

How NBCU Kept Sci Fi Rebranding Under Wraps

Very nice catch, there. I had been wondering where I'd seen the name "SyFy" before but hadn't the chance to Google it. It all sounds above board, and sci fi fans are among the most effective at unearthing that type of information... so why bother with such a low-key approach to the name change? Concerned about a backlash of some kind?

 

[bigdaddy]

I thought it was gonig to renamed "Beyond", didn't that come out last year?

The only reason why they are changing the name is so they can copyright it, and have an excuse to show wrestling.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

And some more details over the Syfy name stealth acquisition.

The Sci Fi Channel is ditching its name in favor of the more trademarkable Syfy. And that solves a mystery for Michael Hinman, founder of Airlock Alpha, a science-fiction fan site that until last month was known as SyFy Portal.

Hinman, a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Business Journal, sold the decade-old site's original name in a deal that closed last month to a New York-based entity that identified itself only as New Fizz Corp. That name was evidently only a front for NBC Universal, which owns Sci Fi and wanted to keep its rebranding plans under wraps.

How NBCU Kept Sci Fi Rebranding Under Wraps

Very nice catch, there. I had been wondering where I'd seen the name "SyFy" before but hadn't the chance to Google it. It all sounds above board, and sci fi fans are among the most effective at unearthing that type of information... so why bother with such a low-key approach to the name change? Concerned about a backlash of some kind?

Because if they come to you and say "We're NBC and we must have your website's name," unless you're a fool that name just got very expensive.

 

[Tom]

And some more details over the Syfy name stealth acquisition.

The Sci Fi Channel is ditching its name in favor of the more trademarkable Syfy. And that solves a mystery for Michael Hinman, founder of Airlock Alpha, a science-fiction fan site that until last month was known as SyFy Portal.

Hinman, a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Business Journal, sold the decade-old site's original name in a deal that closed last month to a New York-based entity that identified itself only as New Fizz Corp. That name was evidently only a front for NBC Universal, which owns Sci Fi and wanted to keep its rebranding plans under wraps.

How NBCU Kept Sci Fi Rebranding Under Wraps

Thats interesting, I, myself own a few scifi___.com domains, while i had thought about getting a syfy___.com or 2, I never did because I did not want anyone to think I was coping syfyportal.com (and knowing Mike he would have busted my ass over it LOL). So I wonder now, (and i'm no lawyer, just a web guy) if I got a syfy___.com name and made a site could Skiffy come after me, I suppose alot of that has to do with timing, if I made a syfy__.com site last year they could not, but if I did it now on the heels of ther press release, I wonder if they could. Hmm has anyone looked to see if Syfy is a registered trademark?

Edit, just looked it up on TESS and SYFY (in any form) is not a registered trademark (not yet anyway) . SCIFI.com is however registered.

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state=4006%3Asgkjpp.1.1&p_search=searchss&p_L=50&BackReference=&p_plural=yes&p_s_PARA1=&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA1%24LD&expr=PARA1+AND+PARA2&p_s_PARA2=scifi&p_tagrepl%7E%3A=PARA2%24ALL&p_op_ALL=AND&a_default=search&a_search=Submit+Query

 

[tharpdevenport]

MASSIVELY STUPID. Yeah, they need to make the channel distinguishable -- we need to help all those cable subscribers who can't seen to seperate the Sci-Fi Channel from Oxygen, BET, or FX. Yes, it can be hard to tell if you're watching the Sci-Fi Channel, 'cause so many other networks are make really fucking shitty movies like "Annonymous Rex", followed by constant Stargate re-runs and -- for no appearent reason -- fucking wrestling.

 

[grabmygoblin]

what.

 

[Teldune Arcania]

The execs over at "SyFy" should share whatever it is they're smoking with the rest of us. How on earth is this a good idea....

Seconded... They are morons, yes morons... Maybe they'll buy more wrastlin' too.

NBC you've lost me as a viewer of Scifi after BSG goes off. Your programming is nothing new and for that matter nothing even old related to scifi. Your made for tv movies suck for the most part... yes suck. How many viewers did you have for your latest "FILL IN THE BLANK HERE MAYBE WE'LL SUCKER SOME CHANNEL SURFER WITH THIS ONE MOVIE"? You've managed to alienate most of your original core demographic... how smart is that?

RIP Sci-Fi of old. We barely knew you. Too bad you died years ago.


/rant /rant /rant /rant
..whew..

And some more details over the Syfy name stealth acquisition.

The Sci Fi Channel is ditching its name in favor of the more trademarkable Syfy. And that solves a mystery for Michael Hinman, founder of Airlock Alpha, a science-fiction fan site that until last month was known as SyFy Portal.

Hinman, a staff writer for the Tampa Bay Business Journal, sold the decade-old site's original name in a deal that closed last month to a New York-based entity that identified itself only as New Fizz Corp. That name was evidently only a front for NBC Universal, which owns Sci Fi and wanted to keep its rebranding plans under wraps.

How NBCU Kept Sci Fi Rebranding Under Wraps

Very nice catch, there. I had been wondering where I'd seen the name "SyFy" before but hadn't the chance to Google it. It all sounds above board, and sci fi fans are among the most effective at unearthing that type of information... so why bother with such a low-key approach to the name change? Concerned about a backlash of some kind?

There used to be a site called Syfy Portal, I believe.

Edit: interestingly enough Syfy Portal has just decided to move..... coincidence?

 

[roguephoenix]

is that why syfyportal had to change it's name?

 

[Teldune Arcania]

is that why syfyportal had to change it's name?

Makes you wonder if it was...

 

[Tom]

is that why syfyportal had to change it's name?

Makes you wonder if it was...

He did not have to change the name, he had the name for 10 years before scifi even thought of changing it, so Mike had every legal right to it. Skiffy's only way to get it was to flash alot of money and buy it, so thats what happened.

If people want domain names they will pay for them, I have sold a few myself, for instance i had a name called scifiventures.com for a while, never really used it, but last year I has offered several hundred dollars for it and I sold it, not bad for a name I only paid 9 bucks for.

 

[Teldune Arcania]

is that why syfyportal had to change it's name?

Makes you wonder if it was...

He did not have to change the name, he had the name for 10 years before scifi even thought of changing it, so Mike had every legal right to it. Skiffy's only way to get it was to flash alot of money and buy it, so thats what happened.

If people want domain names they will pay for them, I have sold a few myself, for instance i had a name called scifiventures.com for a while, never really used it, but last year I has offered several hundred dollars for it and I sold it, not bad for a name I only paid 9 bucks for.

Yeah, I'm betting they paid a tidy sum.

 

[DeVario]

Lame! That logo just doesn't...look right. Not for a channel that's supposedly science fiction.

I'm suddenly reminded of when the 49ers organization decided to change the team's logo to this...

Boy, the backlash over that was insane.

 

[Neroon]

There used to be a site called Syfy Portal, I believe.

Edit: interestingly enough Syfy Portal has just decided to move..... coincidence?

that's part of what's covered in cylkoth's link.

 

[Teldune Arcania]

There used to be a site called Syfy Portal, I believe.

Edit: interestingly enough Syfy Portal has just decided to move..... coincidence?

that's part of what's covered in cylkoth's link.

Oh really, I didn't have a chance to read it.