{"id":3960,"date":"2009-07-06T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T23:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2009-07-06T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T23:34:39","slug":"engler-on-sci-fis-rebranding-to-syfy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/engler-on-sci-fis-rebranding-to-syfy\/","title":{"rendered":"Engler on Sci Fi&#8217;s Rebranding to Syfy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Engler is the senior vice president and general manager of Sci Fi Digital, and he&#8217;s enthusiastic about the upcoming change in name of the Sci Fi Channel to &#8220;Syfy&#8221; that is heading our way tomorrow, July 7. He talked with Wired.com about the future of the network and its other offerings, especially the many on-line features of its website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a brand that catches up with our programming. It is our stake in the ground,&#8221; Engler said in the phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s eye-catching about the article is the emphasis on two of our Stargate stars: former SG-1 and SGA star <strong>Amanda Tapping<\/strong> (now with <em>Sanctuary<\/em>) and new-to-Stargate star <strong>Robert Carlyle<\/strong> (<em>Stargate Universe<\/em>), both of whom are featured in words and picture in the one-page &#8220;Underwire&#8221; feature. Make sure to visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/underwire\/2009\/07\/sci-fi-channel-reboots-as-syfy-with-eye-on-expanding-empire\/\">Wired.com: Sci Fi Channel Reboots as Syfy With Eye on Expanding Empire<\/a> by Scott Thill for what&#8217;s in store for Syfy both on-screen and on-line as the new name premieres tomorrow. <\/p>\n<p>Of note for Stargate fans for Syfy&#8217;s special day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/wiki\/Stargate:_The_Ark_of_Truth\"><em>Stargate: The Ark of Truth<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"\/wiki\/Stargate:_Continuum\"><em>Stargate: Continuum<\/em><\/a> will be aired at 2pm and 4pm, respectively.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/07\/see-stargate-universe-stars-in-short-syfy-film\/\">Sci Fi Becomes Syfy<\/a> &#8211; <em>Stargate Universe<\/em> star <a href=\"\/blog\/2009\/02\/sgu-lou-diamond-phillips-cast-as-col-telford\/\">Lou Diamond Phillips<\/a> will be at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York, where he, along with Syfy\u2019s Dave Howe and <em>Scare Tactics<\/em>\u2019 Tracy Morgan, will open the \u201cImagination Playground.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wiki\/Stargate_Universe\"><em>Stargate Universe<\/em><\/a> will be premiering on Syfy in October (and <em>Sanctuary<\/em> will be returning for its second 13-episode season then, as well). Currently, the cast and crew are taking a month-long filming hiatus. They&#8217;ll be back in August to finish the <a href=\"\/wiki\/Stargate_Universe:_Season_One\">first season<\/a>, which will premiere at about the same time as principal photography ends.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, you can follow Engler on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/syfy\">http:\/\/www.twitter.syfy<\/a>. And, of course, we here at Solutions invite you to visit us often as we bring you more on what&#8217;s happening in the ever-expanding &#8220;empire&#8221; of Stargate (and we&#8217;re on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/stargatesolns\">Twitter<\/a>, too)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Engler is the senior vice president and general manager of Sci Fi Digital, and he&#8217;s enthusiastic about the upcoming change in name of the Sci Fi Channel to &#8220;Syfy&#8221; that is heading our way tomorrow, July 7. He talked with Wired.com about the future of the network and its other offerings, especially the many &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/engler-on-sci-fis-rebranding-to-syfy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Engler on Sci Fi&#8217;s Rebranding to Syfy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-press","category-sg-1","category-universe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3966,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions\/3966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stargate-sg1-solutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}