Portal:TechTV/Projects/History of TechTV
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Unfinished History of TechTV project
[edit] 1998
- May 11 - TechTV is launched as ZDTV [1]
- November 17 - Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures announces it will make a $54 million strategic investment in ZDTV [2]
[edit] 1999
- March - ZDTV Radio launches [3]
- November 19 - Vulcan Ventures buys 64 percent stake in ZDTV [4]
[edit] 2000
- January 21 - The transaction of ZDTV was completed
- August 21 - ZDTV is renamed to TechTV
- October - ZDNet is acquired by CNET
[edit] 2001
- March 15 - TechTV reduces its staff as part of an effort to reorganize its Web site operations [5]
- April 2 - TechLive starts airing nine and a half hours a day [6]
- July 18 - TechTV inked a deal with ABCNews to exchange technology-related editorial content [7]
- September 7 - TechTV launches in Canada as TechTV Canada
- November 16 - TechTV reduces staff by 25 percent [8] [9]
[edit] 2002
- January 24 - TechTV's Chairman and Chief Executive Larry Wangberg annouces he will leave TechTV [10] [11]
- April 1 - TechTV shifts programming focus [12]
[edit] 2003
- May 26 - Unscrewed with Martin Sargent starts to air [13]
- December 10 - First reports of Comcast's talk to buy TechTV [14]
[edit] 2004
- March 25 - Comcast announced a merger with TechTV [15]
- March 30 - TechTV launches 'Hyperactive' [16]
- April 1 - Leo Laporte leaves TechTV
- May 6 - G4 announced the termination of 250 employees
- May 10 - G4 Media completed the acquisition of TechTV from Vulcan
- May 28 - TechTV is replaced by G4techTV
- June 14 - G4techTV Canada announces the return of Call for Help in Canada [17]
- November 11 - Many more TechTV employees and shows are cancelled
[edit] 2005
- February 15 - TechTV dropped from G4techTV
- May 27 - Kevin Rose's last day at G4 [18]
[edit] References
- ^ ZDTV starts broadcasting - CNET News.com
- ^ Paul Allen stakes ZDTV - CNET News.com
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle: Don't Touch That Dial, ummm, Mouse; Ziff-Davis, other firms offer radio over the Internet
- ^ Vulcan Ventures buys 64 percent stake in ZDTV - CNET News.com
- ^ TechTV reorganizes, lays off employees - CNET News.com
- ^ TechTV launches live cable, online news - CNET News.com
- ^ TechTV, ABCNews.com to share content - CNET News.com
- ^ TechTV reduces staff by 25 percent - CNET News.com
- ^ - Wired News: Tech TV Cancels 130 Employees
- ^ TechTV CEO to step down - CNET News.com
- ^ Wangberg Leaving TechTV - Silicon Valley
- ^ TechTV shifts programming focus - CNET News.com
- ^ Unscrewed with Martin Sargent at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle: Comcast's eyes on TechTV
- ^ Comcast to acquire TechTV - CNET News.com
- ^ The TechTV Vault: TechTV Launches Hyperactive
- ^ HighBeam Research: G4techTV Canada announces Canadian-produced Call for Help
- ^ News.blog: New online tech TV shows in the works - CNET News.com
