It debuted in Greece on May 7, 2009, exclusively on Conn-x TV, the pay-TV service of OTE, one of the major telecommunication groups in Southeastern Europe.

[2] It has aired many series for first time on Greek TV, such as Parenthood, Nurse Jackie, Flashpoint and Haven, while the Sci Fi block aired among the others Eureka, Sanctuary and non-fiction shows like Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files and Destination Truth.

The network also showed many Hollywood blockbusters of various genre such as The Blues Brothers, Twelve Monkeys, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bean, Carlito's Way, Waterworld, Pitch Black, Meet Joe Black, Shakespeare in Love, Twister, Eraser and The Streets of Liberty City from 5 October 2008 to 1 October 2010.

May 31, 2012, NBCUniversal ceased providing Universal Channel to OTE TV and it was replaced by Village Cinema.

On March 31, 2013, this channel ceased broadcasting in Cyprus and was replaced by Sundance TV.