The NBCUniversal-owned channels 13th Street and Syfy will disappear from Foxtel's platform next month, replaced by two new Fox-branded channels.
Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions with sibling Matchbox Pictures will shoot Hunters, a 13-episode alien crime drama, in Melbourne next year.
The sequel to last year’s cheesy cult telemovie Sharknado will debut on Syfy at 9.30pm on July 31, express from the US.
The NBCUniversal-owned group of channels on Foxtel is recruiting staff in readiness for the January 1 launch of Syfy.
The local actor has been cast in a show by Farscape creator Rockne S. O'Bannon