TechTV

TechTV (May 11, 1998 – May 28, 2004) was a 24-hour cable and satellite channel based in San Francisco, California featuring news and shows about computers, technology, and the Internet. It originally was called ZDTV by its founder, Ziff-Davis, when it debuted on May 11, 1998. It later was owned by Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures. Vulcan Ventures sold TechTV to G4 Media (owned primarily by Comcast), which merged it with the video game channel G4 in May 2004 to form G4techTV. In February 2005, the name was changed back to G4, eliminating TechTV from the name completely.

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A few of the personalities and hosts that were featured on TechTV programming included Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Chris Pirillo, Adam Sessler, Kevin Rose, Sarah Lane, Megan Morrone, Jessica Corbin, Catherine Schwartz, Morgan Webb, Martin Sargent, Michaela Pereira, Erica Hill, Victoria Reca?o, Sumi Das, Chi-Lan Lieu, Chris Leary, Dan Huard, Brendan Moran and Jennifer London.

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