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Who owns the Sci-Fi Channel in the UK. it is my understanding from looking at the website that it is owned byNBC Universal via a subsidery calledSci Fi Channels Europe LLC (see the contact email addresseshere andhere – all at the nbcuni.com domain and the copyright notice at the bottom of the www.scifiuk.com website).

User:Mistress Selina Kyle has edited the infobox to say that is independent and I seem to recall hearing thatVivendi Universal had sold it (way before the merger) but if so - what is with the email addys, can anyone give more authoritive information? –MrWeebleTalkBrit tv11:59, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If this helps:

$ whois scifiuk.com   Organization:      Universal Studios      Sally Henley      5-7 Mandeville Place      London,  W1M5LB      GB      Phone: +44 20 7535 3562      Email: sally.henley@unistudios.com$ whois nbcuni.comRegistrant:General Electric Company   1 Independence Way   Princeton, NJ 08540   US

I've also just left some feedback via their website asking them who owns the channel and giving them a link to this article. -Motor (talk)13:01, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Don't hold your breath though:

"Dear Motor,

Thanks for your query. We really appreciate your comments, however due to demand we will endeavour to respond within 2 weeks. In the meantime keep watching the channel and using the website.

Many thanks

SCI FI"-Motor (talk)13:26, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Surely the line about it being independant isn't true anymore? On the "about" page it clearly says that the parent company isNBC Universal. You can also access the SciFi UK site viahttp://www.uk.scifi.com/ and even the logo has been changed to match the US version (old logo) --Mercifull10:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there!

Thank you for your recent message.

SCI FI UK is the sister company of SCI FI US.SCI FI UK is owned by Universal.

Hope that helps.

Kind Regards Duty Officer SCI FI UK

-Motor (talk)16:02, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Reply and ask them if that means they are owned byNBC Universal (rather thanVivendi Universal please?

Ask them what "sister company" means in this context; if they are in fact part of the same company/the same company completely or not - I have noticed that a programmes on the US one aren't on in the UK one (a friend was telling me to go watch ghost hunters, but it's not on here..) ..

Thanks for looking into this :) --Mistress Selina Kyle16:54, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Company number: FC019016

BR003277Name, Address: SCI-FI CHANNEL EUROPE L.L.C.OXFORD HOUSE76 OXFORD STREETLONDONW1D 1BSDate Open: 01/11/1995Closed(Y):  Type of Business: OPERATION OF CABLE AND SATELLITE TELIVISION CHANNEL

Parent:

Name & Registered Office:SCI-FI CHANNEL EUROPE L.L.C.THE PRENTICE- HALL CORPORATIONSYSTEM INC. 32 LOCKERNAN SQUARESUITE L-100 DOVERDELAWARE 19004 USACompany No. FC019016

Looks like they ceased to trade??LoopZilla12:11, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't actually have the channel myself, but shouldn't channel be capitalised?DrWho4208:25, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, because the channel's just called Sci Fi...and looking at the logo for the American channel, that seems to be just called Sci Fi too. In fact, I'd say all Sci Fi channel articles need the 'channel' removed, as the word seems to have been dropped from the name worldwide in about 1998ish.BillyH23:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I work for SCI FI, and that's how we spell it. All capitals, no hyphenation, just the same as all the other SCI FI channels across the world. We sometimes use SCI FI Channel, SCI FI (UK) or similar to distinguish ourselves where there might be confusion.

Over the past months, TV episodes have been redirected by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here[1]. Even if you have not, other opinions are needed because this issue is affecting all TV episodes in Wikipedia. --Maniwar (talk)02:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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