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SCI FI SCORES MOST WATCHED 3RD QUARTER EVER

DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH IN KEY DEMOS AND BEST Q3 WITH YOUNGER VIEWERS

RANKS 5TH WITH VIEWERS 25-54 AND 6TH AMONG VIEWERS 18-49

BEST SEPTEMBER EVER AMONG VIEWERS 25-54, 18-34 AND FEMALE VIEWERS


New York, NY – October 1, 2008 – SCI FI's broad appeal, original scripted and alternative programming combined to deliver the Channel's most watched 3rd quarter ever and its best September ever in key demos and female viewers. Double-digit growth for Q3 (Adults 25-54 / +12% vs. Q3 2007, Adults 18-34 / +11%, Women 18-34 / +12%, Women 18-49 / +16%, and Women 25-54 / +14%) places the Channel in the 5th position among viewers 25-54 and 6th with viewers 18-49. The Channel also ranks in the top ten in total viewers, Men 18-34, 18-49, 25-54, and Women 25-54.

Q3 ratings highlights include:

SCI FI is up double-digits in the key demos vs. third quarter of 2007: Up 11% with Adults 18-49 (639,000), + 12% in Adults 25-54 (718,000), +17% in Adults 18-34 (261,000), +17% for Adults 18-34 (261,000) and +12% in total viewers (1.3 Million)

The first half of Eureka's third season has averaged a 2.1 HH rating, 1.6 million Adults 25-54, 1.4 million Adults 18-49 and 2.8 million total viewers. It also delivered double-digit increases vs. the summer 2007 season 2 in HH ratings (+12%), total viewers (+15%) and Adults 25-54 (+15%). The series has also increased by +6% among Adults 18-49 viewer.



Eureka was the #1 cable entertainment program and Tuesday evenings in August and September for Adults 25-54.

The current season of Ghost Hunters is delivering 2.7 million total viewers (+26%) vs. fall of 2007, 698,000 Adults (+4%), 1.6 million Adults 18-49 (+16%) and 1.7 million Adults 25-54 (+26%).

The summer season of Ghost Hunters International attracted 2.4 million total viewers (+11% vs. the first half of its season) and 1.4 million Adults 25-54 (+5%).

The second half of Destination Truth's second season is averaging 1.6 million total viewers vs. its spring season (+10%), 450,000 Adults 18-34 (+14%), 934,000 Adults 18-49 (+8%) and 974,000 Adults 25-54 (+6%).

Season 3 of Scare Tactics returned to the network with stellar ratings averaging 1.8 million total viewers (+79% vs. its second season airing in 2004), 553,000 Adults 18-34 (+60%), 1 Million Adults 18-49 (+60%) and 1 million Adults 25-54 (+65%).




To date, season 5 of Stargate Atlantis is averaging 1.97 million total viewers (+13% vs. fall of 2007), 1 million Adults 18-49 (+8%) and 1.2 million Adults 25-54 (+12%).

SCIFI.com also scored high with its best 3Q ever in uniques(3.2 Million), page views (27.4 Million), visits (4.8 Million) and streams (3.6 Million). The award-winning website also had its best 3Q ever in engagement with an average 11.8 minutes per visit and 18.2 minutes per unique.

· This was the best quarter ever for Eureka in page views delivering 2.3 Million on average and video streams delivering 947,000 streams on average.

· Destination Truth had its best quarter ever in page views (325,000) and video streams (166,000).

· Ghost Hunters International had its best quarter ever in video streams delivering 397,000K on average.

· DVICE www.dvice.com, the tech blog powered by SCI FI.com, had its best quarter ever averaging 1.9 Million page views.