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Broadband Not Fiction for Sci Fi
By R. Thomas Umstead 4/27/2006 11:37:00 AM
Sci Fi Channel will launch originally produced “Webisodes” of existing shows such as Battlestar Galactica, as well as Internet-exclusive fare, as part of its new “Sci Fi Pulse” broadband channel launching May 8, according to network officials.
The broadband service, available through Sci Fi’s Web site (www.scifi.com), is part of the network’s upfront pitch to advertisers that also includes an overall ambitious slate of original programming created for the linear channel that will bow later this year, president Bonnie Hammer said.
Sci Fi Pulse will launch with full-length episodes from such shows as Galactica and upcoming original series Eureka, as well as full-length uncut Sci Fi original movies. Eventually, the site will offer original Webisode spinoffs of Galactica and other Sci Fi series, as well as Web-exclusive series, executive vice president and general manager David Howe said.
**snippity doo-dah**
As for original programming, the network will develop several new series over the next year, according to Howe, who added that Sci Fi hopes to have seven scripted drama series on the air by early 2007: incumbents Galactica, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis; Eureka, set to launch this summer; and three more that have yet to be determined.
**snippage**
© 2006 Reed Business Information
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Morjana
http://www.multichannel.com/article/...=Breaking+News
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
Broadband Not Fiction for Sci Fi
By R. Thomas Umstead 4/27/2006 11:37:00 AM
Sci Fi Channel will launch originally produced “Webisodes” of existing shows such as Battlestar Galactica, as well as Internet-exclusive fare, as part of its new “Sci Fi Pulse” broadband channel launching May 8, according to network officials.
The broadband service, available through Sci Fi’s Web site (www.scifi.com), is part of the network’s upfront pitch to advertisers that also includes an overall ambitious slate of original programming created for the linear channel that will bow later this year, president Bonnie Hammer said.
Sci Fi Pulse will launch with full-length episodes from such shows as Galactica and upcoming original series Eureka, as well as full-length uncut Sci Fi original movies. Eventually, the site will offer original Webisode spinoffs of Galactica and other Sci Fi series, as well as Web-exclusive series, executive vice president and general manager David Howe said.
**snippity doo-dah**
As for original programming, the network will develop several new series over the next year, according to Howe, who added that Sci Fi hopes to have seven scripted drama series on the air by early 2007: incumbents Galactica, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis; Eureka, set to launch this summer; and three more that have yet to be determined.
**snippage**
© 2006 Reed Business Information
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Morjana
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