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Spin-offs include a dissenting faction of a membership organization , a sect of a cult, a denomination of a church, a diversified branch of a large corporation, or a start-up company formed by members of a research group at a university. In business, a spin-off is essentially the opposite of a merger. A spin-off of Wikipedia is called a fork.
The process of deriving new radio or television programA television program is the content of television broadcasting. The content of an individual broadcast may be referred to as a television program (US English), television programme (UK English) or television show . A program may be a one-off broadcast or,s from existing ones is also referred to as spinning off; see: List of television spin-offsA spin-off in television is a new series which contains either characters or theme elements from an old series. They are particularly common in situation comedy. This phenomenon was already established in radio before the advent of commercial broadcast te.
Civilian goods which are the result of military or governmental research are also known as spinoffs.