I just realized ...

[unixronin]

... This whole SciFi rebranding thing, and the comment about wanting to "distance the SciFi Channel from science fiction".

Well — maybe they were inspired by Fox and news.

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[mrakg.livejournal.com]

I got meaner/nastier in my musings.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i was told the idea was they can't brand/own "SciFi" but they *CAN* p0wn SyFy... l33t d00d. and thus, they can potentially, you know, have something they can then beat people with, and stuff. like Fox. ... Well Fox is a word. Animal. but maybe they have more money? :) no no, I bet FOX is an acronym ;)

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[lebo-superman.livejournal.com]

I'm going to call you on that one - you're being totally unfair to Fox. Not that I like them, but they aren't any different than the other stations that cover "news" these days. None of them are unbiased. What you don't like is that the bias Fox has is different from yours.

[fair-witness.livejournal.com]

My favorite quote so far on this topic:

As if science fiction as a genre weren’t already the butt of so much unfair derision, now the Sci Fi Channel has gone and changed its name to “Syfy,” which is precisely the corporate equivalent of that girl in eighth grade who rechristened herself “Braaandiii” with hearts over all the i’s, and just as stupid.

Courtesy of the Flick Filosopher. (http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2009/03/031709question_of_the_day_syfy.html)

[strega42.livejournal.com]

Two things.
1) "Ever since the Franchise Wars, ALL restaurants are Taco Bell."
2) On the Fox news thing... well, here. http://overqueen.livejournal.com/1540.html

[guppiecat]

As I see it:

* More stations mean less viewership per station
* Crappy economy means less ad revenue over all, therefore less ad revenue per station
* Increased bandwidth means more people able to download what they want when they want it
* Crappy economy also means fewer people paying for cable/dish

All in all, it means that TV is dying, and cable is dying faster. Thus, I suspect that the cable channels are in a "try something, try anything" mode.

I think that we'll see some very interesting collapses and some VERY interesting new models over the next few years.

[cipherpunk.livejournal.com]

I actually like Fox News. They're every bit as biased as CNN and MSNBC, but unlike those other two channels they're both aware of their bias and quite honest about it.

This isn't to say I like their bias. But I'd rather have them than CNN or MSNBC.