Los Angeles - "Sanctuary," an online sci-fi series that was picked up for TV broadcast by NBC Universal's (NYSE: GE) Sci Fi Channel, became the first such program to be picked up for a second season last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The subscription-based, HD online series garnered 4 million viewers, and was later picked up by Sci Fi -- who paid its creators one-third what it normally pays for an original scripted series. The second season was picked up "on better financial terms and a string of international sales in such major territories as Canada, the U.K., Germany and France," THR reported.

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