SCI FI Channel announced that its new content-rich online broadband channel, SCI FI Pulse, will go live on May 8. Bonnie Hammer, president of USA Network and SCI FI Channel, and Dave Howe, executive vice president and general manager, SCI FI Channel, made the announcement at the network’s presentation to advertisers in New York on April 26.

Dedicated to original programs and tie-ins to SCI FI’s existing shows, SCI FI Pulse will initially feature complete episodes of select SCI FI original series, full-length uncut SCI FI original movies, behind-the-scenes footage, deleted scenes and more. Throughout the summer SCI FI Pulse will roll out its own exclusive original content, including a weekly SCI FI Wire news show, the return of the popular Exposure online film festival, webisode spinoffs of SCI FI’s hit series, user-generated programming and more.

Among the offerings:

TV 360 & Webisodes:
As part of NBC Universal’s overall commitment to “TV 360” content, every SCI FI Channel show in development will have a unique broadband component, such as the recent live online psychic readings by Char Margolis, the popular videoblogs of Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick and the online voting for Who Wants to Be a Superhero?.

Exposure Film Festival:
Exposure, SCI FI’s unique online short film festival, offers filmmakers the chance to have their short film voted into a two-hour special that will air on SCI FI and possibly other NBC Universal channels.

Online Pilots:
Potential series pilots will be posted online for viewer feedback. The fate of these online pilots will be determined in large part by their reception on SCI FI Pulse.

Source: SciFi Wire