What Actually Happened to TechTV?

thelancer asks: "Early last year, Australian cable got TechTV. But not for long. It turned out the fix was already in, and TechTV left Australian screens at the end of 2006 when G4 pulled the plug on international distribution. As someone who only got a taste, but desperately wanted more (of what I saw in the first two months, not nearer the end), I've done the rounds and read some stories on the buy out, but nothing has given me the who, when, and the all important why? And they all assume you know the history. Can the Slashdot crowd put together a more complete picture on what really happened at TechTV?"

Re:Here:

[Anonymous Coward]

owned

2006?

[SillySnake]

2006? I knew with timezones and international datelines and stuff.. plus the whole toilet spinning backwards thing.. But it's already the end of 2006?

Re:Just out of curiosity...

[Faylone]

Amazingly, 'Trek 2.0' still manages to look WORSE than you make it sound.

How the deal work

[mattxmayhem]

1) Start company
2) Buy out a competition company
3) ???
4) Profit.