Yeah, I read that too. Not sure if that bodes good or bad for the quality of the movie...or if it's completely inconsequential.
It could simply be that the movies haven't done that well in the past, and with the current economy and environment for movies, going the SyFy original movie route and then straight to DVD/BluRay might be the most effective course.
Honestly though, I'm expecting quality on a par with The Librarian movies (on TNT). I'm not going to get my hopes up over it...but I'll watch it anyways (even moreso now, since it will be on TV).