| Universal Channel (Japan) ユニバーサル チャンネル |
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| Launched | April 1, 2008 (As Sci-Fi Japan) April 1, 2010 (As Universal Channel) |
| Owned by | NBC Universal |
| Country | Osaka, Japan |
| Replaced | Sci-Fi Channel (Japan) |
| Website | www.universalchannel.jp |
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Sci-Fi Channel was a Japanese television channel broadcasting from 1 April 2008 until 1 April 2010.[1][2]
The was the result of an agreement between NBC Universal and Jupiter Telecommunications for NBC Universal to acquire Jupiter Telecommunications' subsidiary company JSBC2 and launch Sci Fi Channel on J:COM.[3] Under the terms of the agreement, NBC Universal acquired 100% of the equity of JSBC2, which held the broadcasting license for Reality TV on the SKY PerfecTV! platform in Japan.
Sci-Fi Channel was rebranded in the US on July 7, 2009 as Syfy as part of a global rebrand. Sci-Fi Channel in Japan did not adopt it because it was rebranded in the merger with Universal Channel.[4] Sci-Fi occupies a programming block on Universal Channel. The channel's website no longer exists, instead redirecting to The Universal Channel's website.
On April 1, 2010, Sci-Fi Channel (Japan) was rebranded into Universal Channel (Japan); a Syfy programming block later premiered.