Not happy about this- one of the few channels I watch on a regular basis. And they are getting the new Marvel Anime shows next year, too. Link DirecTV drops G4 by Margaret Lyons Categories: Industry News, News, TV Biz, Tech, Television DirecTV will not carry G4 anymore after negotiations between the satellite provider and G4′s parent company, Comcast, ended Sunday. “At this time we are no longer negotiating and we have no plans to put G4 back up,” a DirecTV rep said in an e-mail. “We are constantly evaluating our lineup in a new world where programming costs continue to rise at significant rates. Since G4 is among the lowest rated networks based on the latest Nielsen data, we decided that it made sense to focus on preserving programming that is more relevant to our larger customer base.” According to a statement from G4, “We have been trying to engage DirecTV in fair and reasonable discussions to continue to carry G4. G4 offered DirecTV the same basic deal we have had for the past three years. However they still plan to drop the network and deny G4 fans the only network that focuses on the popular gaming lifestyle.” G4 is best known for Attack of the Show, its popular gamer-oriented series which launched Olivia Munn‘s career. It also airs Web Soup and Ninja Warrior
G4 sucks anyway. They have what, 2 whole shows (AOTS and X-Play) on their entire network, the rest are COPS reruns and CHEATERS reruns. Plus, you can pretty much watch all the segments online at G4TV.com.
pretty much. old g4 was so good. filter, judgment day, g4tv.com, cinematech, etc current g4 is like spiketv now.
yeah I haven't watched G4 in forever... in fact the only times I ever watched in the past was during San Diego Comicon and that coverage sucked this past year.
TECHTV FOREVER!!! G4 destroyed a terrific channel just so they could acquire 2 shows. It's a poor man's SpikeTV. Attack of the Show X-Play Ninja Warrior That's all they have.
You could take the best of G4, Spike, and SyFy, and you still wouldn't have enough to make one decent network.
