Aug 1, 2009
Goodbye Sci Fi, Hello Syfy!
Talkin’ bout change, the Sci Fi channel is ditching the name they had for over two decades for something new: Syfy. Yes, you read that right. Syfy.
Why? Because "Sci Fi" is too limiting, apparently:
The principal reason the idea kept coming up, Mr. Howe said, was a belief “the Sci Fi name is limiting.”
“If you ask people their default perceptions of Sci Fi, they list space, aliens and the future,” he added. “That didn’t
capture the full landscape of fantasy entertainment: the paranormal, the supernatural, action and adventure, superheroes.”
Now, if they only have a fat man as a logo .. Link – via io9
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