Leo speaks!
I emailed Leo Laporte to say something on all that is going on. I got no rely but found this on his forum. This is what Leo Laporte said:
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I haven't had anything to say about this because I haven't talked to any of the principals yet. I just got back from the cruise late Sunday and left for Toronto Monday AM. I have been trying to reach David Prager to find out what's going on.
My initial (uninformed) reaction is sorrow for all the good people who took jobs in LA, moved down there, and find themselves out of work so soon. And relief for those, like Roger Chang, who smelled a rat and decided not to sign G4's apallingly one-sided contracts.
I expected this, but not so soon. G4 has been very clear all along that they bought TechTV for the subs not the programming. The only champion of the TechTV programming was fired last month. Ratings have undoubtedly been abysmal. The company plans to rebrand in December. They were shopping the "TechTV" name and assets all summer. The signs were there.
I'm trying not to feel any schadenfreude - many of my good friends were affected by this - but it's hard not to feel some vindication in the death throes of a network that treated so many of us so badly. And I do see this as the beginning of the end. I just hope someone can seize this opportunity to create a channel that truly reflects the excitement and historic importance of the tech revolution that is happening all around us.
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hmmm.
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I haven't had anything to say about this because I haven't talked to any of the principals yet. I just got back from the cruise late Sunday and left for Toronto Monday AM. I have been trying to reach David Prager to find out what's going on.
My initial (uninformed) reaction is sorrow for all the good people who took jobs in LA, moved down there, and find themselves out of work so soon. And relief for those, like Roger Chang, who smelled a rat and decided not to sign G4's apallingly one-sided contracts.
I expected this, but not so soon. G4 has been very clear all along that they bought TechTV for the subs not the programming. The only champion of the TechTV programming was fired last month. Ratings have undoubtedly been abysmal. The company plans to rebrand in December. They were shopping the "TechTV" name and assets all summer. The signs were there.
I'm trying not to feel any schadenfreude - many of my good friends were affected by this - but it's hard not to feel some vindication in the death throes of a network that treated so many of us so badly. And I do see this as the beginning of the end. I just hope someone can seize this opportunity to create a channel that truly reflects the excitement and historic importance of the tech revolution that is happening all around us.
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hmmm.
posted by samureye at 9:27 PM
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