G4, the Comcast Spectacor-owned cable channel dedicated to gaming, has shut down — again.
Dave Scott, the Comcast Spectacor chairman and CEO, broke the news to the G4 staff in a memo circulated on Sunday. (IndieWire obtained the note; it’s posted below.) Comcast Spectacor is the sports- and entertainment-focused subsidiary of Comcast that owns the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and used to own the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. Forty-five staffers at G4 lost their jobs immediately as a result of the decision.
The shutdown comes just under a year since the channel’s relaunch last November. The channel’s relaunch — first announced in July 2020 — followed seven dormant years for the gaming channel, which first began in 2002. The early version of the network was operated by G4 Media, a joint venture between Comcast and NBC Universal Cable.
The channel ceased original programming in 2012, when NBC Universal signed a deal with...
Dave Scott, the Comcast Spectacor chairman and CEO, broke the news to the G4 staff in a memo circulated on Sunday. (IndieWire obtained the note; it’s posted below.) Comcast Spectacor is the sports- and entertainment-focused subsidiary of Comcast that owns the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers and used to own the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers. Forty-five staffers at G4 lost their jobs immediately as a result of the decision.
The shutdown comes just under a year since the channel’s relaunch last November. The channel’s relaunch — first announced in July 2020 — followed seven dormant years for the gaming channel, which first began in 2002. The early version of the network was operated by G4 Media, a joint venture between Comcast and NBC Universal Cable.
The channel ceased original programming in 2012, when NBC Universal signed a deal with...
- 10/17/2022
- by Tony Maglio and Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
When it comes to video games, Jirard Khalil likes to be thorough. Some players are willing to put down the controller after beating the final boss, but Khalil doesn't quit until he's collected 100 of the items and completed 100 of the missions that are available to him. That thorough approach has earned him the moniker The Completionist -- and 1.5 million YouTube subscribers to go with it.
Khalil's dedication to the games he plays has not gone unnoticed, and in 2020, a cable channel hit him up. The G4TV network was planning its revival, and it wanted The Completionist to serve as one of its primary on-air hosts. Two years later, G4 is back on the airwaves, and Khalil appears on some of its flagship programs, including Attack of the Show and X-Play. Now, he's branching out even more by launching God of Work, a mockumentary that imagines what The Office would...
Khalil's dedication to the games he plays has not gone unnoticed, and in 2020, a cable channel hit him up. The G4TV network was planning its revival, and it wanted The Completionist to serve as one of its primary on-air hosts. Two years later, G4 is back on the airwaves, and Khalil appears on some of its flagship programs, including Attack of the Show and X-Play. Now, he's branching out even more by launching God of Work, a mockumentary that imagines what The Office would...
- 8/10/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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