Airlock Alpha

Airlock Alpha, formerly SyFy Portal, was an entertainment news website focusing on science-fiction, fantasy and comic book television series and films.

Airlock Alpha

Formerly	SyFy Portal
Type of site	Science-fiction/fantasy entertainment news
Dissolved	November 2018 (2018-11)
Headquarters	Tampa, Florida , USA
Owner	Nexus Media Group Inc.
Created by	Michael Hinman Greg Boubel
URL	airlockalpha.com (defunct)
Commercial	Yes
Launched	1998 (1998)

History

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

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