RIP Tech TV

The worst kept secret in the U.S. television industry was confirmed today as G4 Tech TV Founder and CEO Charles Hirschhorn announced that the network would be re-branded G4 TV on Februaury 15.
G4, owned by Comcast, purchased Tech TV (TTV) from Vulcan Ventures last year and quickly merged the two channels into one entity, and over the last 12 months has stripped the channel of most of it's tech content, and instead pushed programming aimed at gamers.
Most experts agree that G4 purchased Tech TV, solely because TTV had more than 50 million subscribers in the U.S., while G4 languished with less than 5 million.
The new G4 will almost certainly be all video games, all the time.
This signals the beginning of a huge void for people looking for tech news and content on television, and will not do much to win over the original Tech TV audience who have nothing but disdain for G4.
No word yet on what is to become of G4 Tech TV Canada. The Canadian Tech TV is majority owned by Rogers Communications, with Comcast holding less than 1/3 ownership, and as a result G4 U.S. has next to no say in content north of the border.
Rogers had no immediate comment when contacted, stay tuned for details.