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Audiyoda
post May 7 2004, 09:12 PM
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Per the WARN Act (governing plant closings) all the employees of TechTV have been given 60 days notice. The San Francisco operation will be shuttered by July. 100 of the existing jobs will be posted for those willing to relocate to LA.

Outgoing COO, Joe Gillespie will say good-bye to the troops tomorrow. Incoming CEO Charles Hirschorn will say hello (and good-bye) on Monday.

No word on which shows G4 will keep or which hosts will be kept on.

I personally hate Comcast. Unfortunatly, where I live I'm stuck with them as a ISP - but I refuse to give them any more of my money - I've been a loyal DirecTV subscriber for years. You may not like TechTV, but it's head-and-shoulders better than Comcast's G4 channel.

If you'd like to tell Comcast how you feel about this deal, there is an on-line petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?tech001
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post May 7 2004, 10:05 PM
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it's sad, although the channel has gone downhill for a while now, with so many taped shows (robot wars, etc.)
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Audiyoda   Comcast to shutdown TechTV   May 7 2004, 09:12 PM
PimpScourge   it's sad, although the channel has gone downhi...   May 7 2004, 10:05 PM
TWINE006   That really sucks. I really did enjoy that channel...   May 7 2004, 11:16 PM
spidermanx   That blows SOOOOOO much im a huge fan of TechTV, ...   May 8 2004, 02:37 AM
Shoe   crapppp, well we just got foxtel digital (australi...   May 8 2004, 10:49 AM
PimpScourge   call for help, cybercrime, and maybe techlive will...   May 18 2004, 01:18 AM
Shoe   im just hoping where i live they replace tech tv w...   May 18 2004, 02:15 AM
Audiyoda   From what I've been able to gather, the new ch...   May 18 2004, 02:51 AM

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