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Audiyoda

May 7 2004, 09:12 PM

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Houston, we have a problem...

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http://leo.typepad.com/tlr/2004/05/comcast_fires_t.html

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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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Audiyoda	May 18 2004, 02:51 AM Post #2
Houston, we have a problem... Group: Moderator Posts: 340 Joined: 23-March 04 From: S of Superior-E of Michigan-W of Huron-N of HERE. Member No.: 64	From what I've been able to gather, the new channel is called G4TechTV. All programming will come out of the G4 studio in Los Angeles and the San Francisco TechTV studio will be closed. Some of the on-air talent from TechTV will be moving to LA - Leo Laport I guess is not one of them. And I guess Patrick Norton has not indicated if he's moving to LA or not. But it appears most of the popular shows will remain (for the most part) intact.

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Audiyoda Comcast to shutdown TechTV May 7 2004, 09:12 PM

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TWINE006 That really sucks. I really did enjoy that channel... May 7 2004, 11:16 PM

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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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