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Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Picture format | 480i SDTV/1080i HDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | NBCUniversal International Networks Spanish Latin America (NBCUniversal/Comcast (majority); Ole Communications (minority)) (distributed by Ole Distribution) Brazil: NBCUniversal International Networks Brasil (NBCUniversal/Comcast (50%), Canais Globo/Grupo Globo (50%)) (distributed by Canais Globo) |
Sister channels | Universal TV Studio Universal Telemundo Internacional E! DreamWorks Channel |
History | |
Launched | October 1, 2023 |
Former names | Sci-Fi (2007–2010) Syfy (2010–2023) |
The second incarnation of the USA Network in Latin America, is a channel dedicated to series and movies programming, owned by NBCUniversal International Networks, a division of NBCUniversal. The local version of the channel, available both in Spanish and Portuguese-language feeds (for Spanish-speaking countries and for Brazil, respectively).
In 2023, it was announced by NBCUniversal that the channel would be revived in Latin America during the Q4 of 2023 after 19 years of absence in the region.[1] The channel currently broadcasts dramas like Briarpatch and Dr. Death, also the channel will be the official broadcaster of the Miss Universe pageant which was broadcast on November 18.[2] USA Network was relaunched on October 1, 2023, replacing Syfy in the region.[3]