Chiller (stylized as chiller) was an
American cable and satellite
television network that was owned by NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal, all owned by Comcast. It later opened its own film production company as
well. Chiller specialized in horror, thriller and suspense programming, mainly films.
As of February 2015, 38,820,000
American households (33.
4% of households with television) received Chiller, though this declined with later removals by several cable services as carriage agreements expired.
The channel ceased operations on December 31, 2017.
Their website now redirects to Syfy Wire (formerly Sci-Fi Wire and Blastr) operated by Syfy featuring coverage of news in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres
n January
12, 2007, NBCUniversal announced its intent to launch Chiller on March 1, dedicated to films and television shows related to the horror genre.
The network officially
left the
air around 11:59
p.m. ET on December
31 after an airing of The Babadook with a simple message of "Thank you for watching Chiller. Good night!", after which the channel spaces created by Fearnet in 2006 and Chiller TV Network in 2007 both folded and ceased to exist. Its website was redirected to that of Syfy a few hours before.
