Airlock Alpha
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| Formerly | SyFy Portal |
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Type of site | Science-fiction/fantasy entertainment news |
| Dissolved | November 2018 |
| Headquarters | Tampa, Florida , USA |
| Owner | Nexus Media Group Inc. |
| Created by | Michael Hinman Greg Boubel |
| URL | airlockalpha.com (defunct) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 1998 |
Airlock Alpha, formerly SyFy Portal, was an entertainment news website focusing on science-fiction, fantasy and comic book television series and films.
History
[edit | edit source]In 1998, Michael Hinman created the website SyFy World and Greg Boubel created the website Star Trek Portal.[1][non-primary source needed] In 2001, Boubel joined with Hinman, merging their two websites into SyFy Portal, under joint ownership.[1][non-primary source needed] When Boubel left in 2007, Hinman created Quantum Global Media, incorporated in Florida, to hold his SyFy Portal website.[1][non-primary source needed]
In February 2009, Hinman rebranded his website Airlock Alpha, having sold the SyFy Portal brand name to NBCUniversal, owner of the Sci Fi Channel;[1][non-primary source needed] the cable television channel changed its own name to Syfy a month later.[2] In 2011, reincorporated his holding company as Nexus Media Group.[3][non-primary source needed]
The last new item posted to the website was dated 14 November 2018,[4] and the domain had expired by no later than 20 February 2022.[5][6]
Portal Awards
[edit | edit source]Starting in 1999, with the SyFy Portal Genre Awards, later shortened to the Portal Awards, Airlock Alpha handed out fan-vote awards for genre television and movies until at least 2010,[7] missing 2002 due to the September 11 attacks.[8][non-primary source needed]
By 2010, awards had been presented in the categories of:[8][non-primary source needed]
- Best Series – Television
- Best Actor – Television
- Best Actress – Television
- Best Supporting Actor – Television
- Best Supporting Actress – Television
- Best Episode – Television
- Best Guest Star – Television
- Best Movie
- Best Actor – Movie
- Best Actress – Movie
- Best Young Actor
- Best Web Site (introduced 2006)
- Best Web Production (introduced 2007)
- Gene Roddenberry Lifetime Achievement Award
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