Syfy is the French-speaking 24-hour science fiction entertainment channel based on the US version of the same name.

Syfy created the pop-up channel La Chaîne de la Fin du Monde to mark the announcement of the End of the World scheduled on 21 December 2012, it broadcast on Canalsat from 21 November to 21 December 2012.

In December 2016, SFR announced that it had signed an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and resumed exclusive distribution of Syfy, 13ème Rue and E!, available until then in the Canal offers (which are as well distributed via the ISP boxes such as Freebox of Free).

[14][15] In Overseas France and Africa, Canal+ still distribute the channels, while SFR also added them where it operated.

[16] With the end of the exclusivity on SFR, the Universal+ service along with Syfy, 13ème Rue, E!, and the new DreamWorks channel, were launched on 17 November 2022 on SFR,[17][18] and in December on Bouygues Telecom and Prime Video Channels.