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''Star Trek''{{'}}s creator [[Gene Roddenberry]] and author [[Isaac Asimov]] were recruited by Rubenstein and Silvers to serve on the initial advisory board,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-28/business/9011280833_1_disney-mgm-studios-channel-sci-fi|title=Sci-fi Channel Picks Disney As Home Port|last=Himna|first=Catherine|work=Orlando Sentinel|access-date=April 7, 2010|archive-date=April 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420125535/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-28/business/9011280833_1_disney-mgm-studios-channel-sci-fi|url-status=live}}</ref> but both Roddenberry and Asimov had died by the time the channel finally launched on September 24, 1992. Rubenstein recalled: "The first thing that was on the screen was 'Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry'."<ref name="hollywoodcom">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/5414665/syfy-say-it-s-not-so?page=all|date=March 22, 2009|title=Syfy, Say It's Not So!|first=Mitchell|last=Rubenstein|publisher=[[Hollywood.com]]|access-date=May 29, 2013|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213023646/http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/5414665/syfy-say-it-s-not-so?page=all|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Leonard Nimoy]] was master of ceremonies at the channel's launch party, held at the [[Hayden Planetarium]] in [[Manhattan]]. Asimov's widow [[Janet Asimov|Janet]] and Roddenberry's widow [[Majel Barrett]] were both in attendance.<ref name="hollywoodcom" /> The first program shown on the network was the film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-05/entertainment/ca-5712_1_sci-fi-channel-schedule| title=Sci-Fi Channel on the Launching Pad : Television: The channel begins Sept. 24 with a presentation of 'Star Wars.' No cable systems in Southern California have signed up| author=Daniel Cerone| date=September 5, 1992| work=Los Angeles Times| access-date=June 30, 2015| archive-date=March 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307094621/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-05/entertainment/ca-5712_1_sci-fi-channel-schedule| url-status=live}}</ref> |
''Star Trek''{{'}}s creator [[Gene Roddenberry]] and author [[Isaac Asimov]] were recruited by Rubenstein and Silvers to serve on the initial advisory board,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-28/business/9011280833_1_disney-mgm-studios-channel-sci-fi|title=Sci-fi Channel Picks Disney As Home Port|last=Himna|first=Catherine|work=Orlando Sentinel|access-date=April 7, 2010|archive-date=April 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420125535/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1990-11-28/business/9011280833_1_disney-mgm-studios-channel-sci-fi|url-status=live}}</ref> but both Roddenberry and Asimov had died by the time the channel finally launched on September 24, 1992. Rubenstein recalled: "The first thing that was on the screen was 'Dedicated to the memories of Isaac Asimov and Gene Roddenberry'."<ref name="hollywoodcom">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/5414665/syfy-say-it-s-not-so?page=all|date=March 22, 2009|title=Syfy, Say It's Not So!|first=Mitchell|last=Rubenstein|publisher=[[Hollywood.com]]|access-date=May 29, 2013|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213023646/http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/5414665/syfy-say-it-s-not-so?page=all|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Leonard Nimoy]] was master of ceremonies at the channel's launch party, held at the [[Hayden Planetarium]] in [[Manhattan]]. Asimov's widow [[Janet Asimov|Janet]] and Roddenberry's widow [[Majel Barrett]] were both in attendance.<ref name="hollywoodcom" /> The first program shown on the network was the film ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-05/entertainment/ca-5712_1_sci-fi-channel-schedule| title=Sci-Fi Channel on the Launching Pad : Television: The channel begins Sept. 24 with a presentation of 'Star Wars.' No cable systems in Southern California have signed up| author=Daniel Cerone| date=September 5, 1992| work=Los Angeles Times| access-date=June 30, 2015| archive-date=March 7, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307094621/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-05/entertainment/ca-5712_1_sci-fi-channel-schedule| url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 1994, Paramount was sold to [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]], followed by [[Seagram]]'s purchase of a controlling stake in [[MCA Inc.|MCA]] (of which Universal was a subsidiary) from the [[Panasonic|Matsushita Electric Industrial Company]] the next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEAGRAM+TO+BUY+80%25+OF+MCA+FOR+$5.7+BILLION%3B+MATSUSHITA+TO+REMAIN+AS...-a016788672|title=The Seagram Company Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. today announced that Seagram has agreed to purchase an 80 percent interest in MCA for $5.704 billion in cash|date=April 9, 1995|access-date=April 22, 2012|work=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[The Free Library]]|archive-date=October 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025130421/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEAGRAM+TO+BUY+80%25+OF+MCA+FOR+$5.7+BILLION%3B+MATSUSHITA+TO+REMAIN+AS...-a016788672|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, Viacom sold its stake in USA Networks to Universal, who spun off all its television assets to [[Barry Diller]] the next year into the new company [[Studios USA]]. Three years later, Diller would sell Studios USA back to Universal, by then a subsidiary of [[Vivendi]] SA (at the time known as Vivendi Universal). Vivendi's film and television production and cable television assets were then merged with [[General Electric]]'s [[NBC]] to form [[NBCUniversal|NBC Universal]] in 2004. In |
In 1994, Paramount was sold to [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]], followed by [[Seagram]]'s purchase of a controlling stake in [[MCA Inc.|MCA]] (of which Universal was a subsidiary) from the [[Panasonic|Matsushita Electric Industrial Company]] the next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEAGRAM+TO+BUY+80%25+OF+MCA+FOR+$5.7+BILLION%3B+MATSUSHITA+TO+REMAIN+AS...-a016788672|title=The Seagram Company Ltd. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. today announced that Seagram has agreed to purchase an 80 percent interest in MCA for $5.704 billion in cash|date=April 9, 1995|access-date=April 22, 2012|work=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=[[The Free Library]]|archive-date=October 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025130421/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SEAGRAM+TO+BUY+80%25+OF+MCA+FOR+$5.7+BILLION%3B+MATSUSHITA+TO+REMAIN+AS...-a016788672|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, Viacom sold its stake in USA Networks to Universal, who spun off all its television assets to [[Barry Diller]] the next year into the new company [[Studios USA]]. Three years later, Diller would sell Studios USA back to Universal, by then a subsidiary of [[Vivendi]] SA (at the time known as Vivendi Universal). Vivendi's film and television production and cable television assets were then merged with [[General Electric]]'s [[NBC]] to form [[NBCUniversal|NBC Universal]] in 2004. In 2010, [[Comcast]] purchased Syfy's parent company [[NBCUniversal]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Comcast was one of the original cable TV operators to carry the channel. |
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A [[high-definition television|high definition]] version of the channel launched on October 3, 2007, on [[DirecTV]].<ref name="Sci-Fi Channel HD">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvpredictions.com/dsix100307.htm|title=DirecTV Adds Six HD Channels|first=Phillip|last=Swann|date=October 3, 2007|publisher=TVPredictions.com|access-date=July 7, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624120224/http://www.tvpredictions.com/dsix100307.htm|archive-date=June 24, 2009}}</ref> |
A [[high-definition television|high definition]] version of the channel launched on October 3, 2007, on [[DirecTV]].<ref name="Sci-Fi Channel HD">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvpredictions.com/dsix100307.htm|title=DirecTV Adds Six HD Channels|first=Phillip|last=Swann|date=October 3, 2007|publisher=TVPredictions.com|access-date=July 7, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624120224/http://www.tvpredictions.com/dsix100307.htm|archive-date=June 24, 2009}}</ref> |
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