SCI FI Wire To Expand

SCIFI.COM announced a slate of new online programming and added that SCI FI Wire, the site's daily news service, will be spun off as its own Web site.

The announcement follows SCIFI.COM's best quarter ever, which saw record monthly traffic of unique users (3.4 million), visits (5.7 million), page views (36.8 million) and video streams (5.2 million).

SCI.FI.COM's heavily trafficked entertainment news section will be re-launched and expanded as a stand-alone site in the fourth quarter, joining a digital portfolio that already includes SCIFI.COM, the technology site DVICE.COM and the game site Fidget.com. With expanded coverage as part of the site's growth into the entertainment space, viewers will be able to check out the latest happenings in the entertainment world, featuring daily updates on movies, TV shows, games, books and more. SCI FI Wire recently had its best month ever, with nearly 1 million unique visitors.

This fall, SCIFI.COM will launch the first-ever Ghost Hunters social network, "Join the Hunt." Whether you're a seasoned investigator or a novice setting out on your first hunt, this network will serve as the ultimate place to connect with ghost-hunting fans everywhere and learn about ghost-hunting techniques.

With the fourth and final season of SCI FI's award-winning series coming to a close, fans can view Galactica Webisodes as they return in the weeks leading up to the final 10 episodes of the show. SCIFI.COM and Universal Cable Production will produce 10 two- and three-minute serialized Webisode chapters, which will complement and enhance the series.

For viewers who need to know what's next in the world of technology, SCI FI will air a half-hour TV special based on the broadband series DVICE TV. DVICE TV is the video version of SCI FI's popular technology site DVICE.COM, which highlights new technology that SCIFI.COM's young, affluent audience needs to know about. Hosted by Vanessa Rae, the DVICE TV special will feature the best-of gadgets from DVICE TV Online, from hot new technology to crazy inventions. The special will air in the fourth quarter.