Talk:TechTV/Archives/2015

Starting Article

I'm sorry, I couldn't think of much more. Can someone help me, especially by checking my facts on when the channel has been on-air since? ilyanep 23:27 17 Jun 2003 (UTC)

You could put down what country it airs on. I've never seen it here in the uk Theresa knott 16:44 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I should do that, shouldn't I. ilyanep 16:58 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Revision 3

I think Revision 3 should be noted in this article as many of the "stars" of techtv are now working there. Jim Louderback, Kevin Rose, Dan Huard, Sarah Lane, Alex Albrecht, Martin Sargent, Jessica Corbin, and Patrick Norton are currently employed. Racer x124 19:55, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable to me. Go for it. --Sketchee 20:04, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Article Revamped

Wow, I owe Minesweeper a few Wikis. ilyanep 17:38 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate the gesture. By the way, someone who gets TechTV should mention that Wikipedia was recently featured on the network. (My cable provider carried it for a few years back when it was new, but dropped it a year ago for some reason.) -- Minesweeper 18:17 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

I have it on satelite. BTW, that's how I found wikipedia ;) ilyanep 18:21 18 Jun 2003 (UTC)

"Silicon Spin"

What was "Silicon Spin" about anyways? Ilyanep 13:56, 1 Sep 2003 (UTC)

It ha John_c_dvorak ("I get no SPAM") and was a round table for tech-business discussions.--x1987x 01:33, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Comcast merger

Anyone know what to do about the (now complete) merger? I think this should be moved to G4TechTV, but the content also needs to be rewritten. --Random|832 06:32, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I think this could be moved to G4TechTV and make this a redirect. Ilyanep 17:29, 16 Jun 2004 (UTC)

TechTV had a rich history and even after the merger continues to have a huge following. This will remain a seperate article

Don't merge. Tech TV had a clear purpose. To showcase technology. Comcast bought it rather than compete against it, and now all G4 shows is a lot of Cops episodes and old cartoons. I wish someone else would create a NEW TechTV and NOT allow Comcast to buy it EVER. CaribDigita (talk) 20:28, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Merging

Do we need to merge G4 (television) and TechTV into G4TechTV? OR do we let them be? (Please Respond on This talk page to keep it in one place.Ilyanep 17:54, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

It wasn't a merger. Comcast bought TechTV with the sole purpose of destroying it to eliminate G4's competition. They never intended to keep any of the TechTV shows around. Why is there no mention of this in the article? It's common knowledge. 50.130.9.4 (talk) 17:19, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Old Casts on IMDB

You can find the old TechTV shows and their old casts in the Internet Movie Database[1]. Michaela Pereira, Victoria Recaño and Jennifer London - previous personalities on TechLive have no wikis yet.--x1987x 02:10, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

I think Kevin Rose has left the G4 tv network

Wasn't this a while ago? I think he works for Digg (or at least that's what I heard on TWIT)— Ilyanep (Talk) 02:36, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Victoria Recaño page is now up. :) --Elonka 19:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Production Values

Can we mention that techtv and zdtv had much higher production values than g4tv? TechTV > G4

Probably not, as that is not really as much quantifiable statement of fact but rather more opinion, although I do agree with you on that point. Marc Hudson 20 October 2006 09:05 AM CST

Rapid loss of viewership

Why is there no mention at all of what the viewership of G4 was versus TechTV, and what this "merger" did to the viewership of TechTV? I get the feeling that Comcast wouldn't want it widely known that they took a channel with a massive viewership and turned it into a channel with a relatively miniscule viewership in the space of four months flat. Certainly it's a notable fact of the merger--that they attempted to buy a successful tech channel and then run it the way they had been running their own tech channel, only to find that no one wants to watch what that makes. (umm... "gamers" with deep tans? Puh-lease.)

If you can find measurable statistics then I'm sure that no one would have a problems. Nielsen ratings would be a good place to start looking for that, although I'm not sure where exactly to get charts that go that deep on the channel lists. Normally you have to be a paying member of the Nielsen journalism group. Marc Hudson 20 October 2006 09:09 CST

Yeah, they pretty much screwed themselves over. Maybe some small article buried in the archives of some major news site... or if G4TV publishes their viewer information... Ahanix1989 03:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

I have arbitron ratings prior to June 2004 as well as access to Nielsen Netratings both before and after the merger forthe website. However none of that is publicly accessible. How would one cite that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.12.149.68 (talk) 00:45, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

In essence, G4 at the time was WORSE off then, so they tried to make it better, and used underhanded tactics to try and get rid of TechTv, THE PROBLEM WAS IT TRIED TO RUN IT LIKE IT LIKE IT RAN THE FAILING G4. Comcast should stick to what it does best (and not well either) , Cable. hahaha 13:39, 17 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Angelocasio (talk • contribs)

KTQW OTA Broadcast

Someone in another TechTV related article was asking about a clarification on OTA broadcasting of the network, so I've added a section on KTQW, the only TechTV affiliate. -SHARD 05:27, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

History

Where are the references for the history section? I believe that the statement: Vulcan Ventures first invested in ZDTV in November 1998, acquiring a one-third interest from Ziff-Davis. is inaccurate because CNET News.com saids that Vulcan Ventures bought 64 percent stake in ZDTV, not one thirds [2][3] --Nhlarry 00:23, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Remove UndoTV and possible reunion

Since the reunion didn't happen and UndoTV has been abandoned by Pirillo and Laporte I suggest that these sections either be removed or at the very least combined into another section since they don't seem to merit their own subheadings. Jccalhoun (talk) 05:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

The reunion didn't happen so I agree it should be removed. However, I think the tense around UndoTV should be changed since little has come of that project in two years and it has never fulfilled its announced purpose. Mhudson3 (talk) 13:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Old Link

Old Link to TV channel's website:

http://web.archive.org/web/19990508115932/www.zdnet.com/zdtv/

Coffee4binky (talk) 05:45, 17 May 2009 (UTC)