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G4 Drops TechTV Name

Posted by Zonk on from the *headdesk*-*headdesk*-*headdesk*-*headdesk* dept.

MrM writes "According to the latest press release from G4techTV, G4 will drop the TechTV name in mid-February 2005. This comes as a major step to the old TechTV viewers, as the focused content has become gaming-oriented once more. G4 also released a copy of their "redesigned" logo, but quickly pulled it off the web after release." The article also includes details of "two new series, "Formula D" and "Girls Gone Wired." Formula D appears to be coverage of Drift Racing (because obviously gamers love that), and unfortunately Girls Gone Wired appears to be exactly what you'd expect: Guys ogling video game characters in a beauty pageant.

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  1. Uh oh... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    The dumbing down of G4 starts.

    Soon you'll have "Trading CPUs" where neighbours trade machines for a day and soup them up and "What Not to Warez" where a couple of leet kids go through your hard disk and erase downloaded software.

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  2. Remember the Golden Days by sir_mud_the_hairless · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When Patrick wore his utilikilt and the network actually taught people about computers.

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    1. Re:Remember the Golden Days by mopslik · · Score: 5, Insightful

      ...or when TLC meant "The Learning Channel" rather than "Monster $OBJECT" and "$TRENDY_HOUSE_DECORATING_SHOW"?

  3. Well Duh. by allenw · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are obviously trying to steal "back" the viewership from Spike TV. That whole Video Game Awards thing means war!

  4. G4 bought TechTV for one reason ... by HP-UX'er · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... to get their crappy programming into millions of more homes by 'buying' TechTV's slot in most Cable Companies lineup. I mean really, no one would give them a whole freaking channel otherwise. Any clown can see their current (not original TechTV shows) shows are total shit. /rant

  5. Worse thing in ages... by eSavior · · Score: 5, Insightful

    G4 buying Tech TV was the worst thing to happen in ages.
    Damn... I wish I lived in that universe. :(

  6. Re:SOB.... by elecngnr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I too am glad they dropped the TechTV name. I had stopped watching TechTV when they started getting rid of people who knew what the hell they were talking about or would bring people on who knew the what they were talking about. Replacing these true techies with rejects from 'The OC' was a bad move. And, not surprisingly, with these rejects you started to see a younger client base that wanted more game crap.

    I was not aware how bad it was until a few weeks when I switched in on and it was all gaming stuff. That was enough for me. Sorry to see the old TechTV go, it was pretty cool having a station like that--although my wife appreciated it much less than I did.

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