TechTV = UndoTV

une chaîne de télévision lancée en 1998 par Ziff Davis va renaître sous le nom de Undo TV. Tech TV était une chaîne très connue à l’époque mais a succombé avec la bulle internet. Les anciens de Tech TV vont tenter de reformer l’équipe. L’annonce de Chris Pirillo et l’article de Wired Mercredi [IMG Myspacebeta]Myspace, qui vient de conclure un accord avec google pour ses publicités et la recherche, souhaite faire payer aux marques les espaces Myspace auparavant exploités gratuitement.

Oh, also of note, Leo’s TWiT.tv media network gets about 5x more listeners/viewers then G4’s highest rated shows. How’s bout dem apples. Read More | Permalink |Linking Blogs |Comments[0] posted by Timmy at 12:35 PM

the cast and crew of ye olde TechTV has still been working doing what they do best just for different companies. Now the old gang is actually planning on doing another channel of their own this time on the web instead of TV. It will be called UndoTV and all will be right with the world again. [IMG] Currently listening : Music By 311 Release date: By 25 April, 1994 [IMG ]

Click here. It really makes me miss the good old days. This site is very much true. Just one day I turn on the TV, and theres the G4 logo sitting next to the TechTV logo… A truly dark day. At leastUndoTVis coming soon.

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Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo are in the works of developing an on-line version of TechTV. [digg]

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Click here. It really makes me miss the good old days. This site is very much true. Just one day I turn on the TV, and theres the G4 logo sitting next to the TechTV logo… A truly dark day. At least UndoTV is coming soon. [IMG ]

Chris-buddy, I think I love you. http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/

archived and pushed out to all these video networks (and on our own site) within a relatively short amount of time. Yeah, I’ve really been liking live lately. Really. tv show, video, video recording Related Content: UndoTV Party An UndoTV Update TechTV = UndoTV World’s Highest Linux Distribution OPEN: The Small Business Network? TV Didn’t Want Call for Help: Do You? The Lab Launches with Leo Laporte Bijan Yaminafshar on Linksys Network Optimizer File Sharing from Windows Vista to OS X

TechTV = UndoTV ~ Chris Pirillo … TechTV was a cable channel, I think mostly carried on satellite services, that catered to the techie crowd who salivated over the latest tech stuff. It got bought out and eventually morphed into G4, which I think is mostly for games players. The

and other host shows but this possible reunion is great news! I never understood why TechTV went the way of the dodo bird apart from pure economics. Here’s hoping their heyday returns. Update: Here are Chris Pirillo’s comments on what he’s helping to do

This is for those who remember TechTv’s “The Screen Savers” http://digitallifetv.com Here are the episodes on Google Video. H/T: Ubuntu Video ALSO!!! Call For Help is still on the air. Digg.com is Kevin Rose’s project. TechTV = UnDo TV via Chris Pirillo’s blog. Revision3.com is M. Sergeant’s and K. Rose’s other project. Twit.tv is another Leo project.

Looks like I got my wish! The old Tech TV alumni have been podcasting for months now – I’m an avid TWIT listener, and if you haven’t been listening – how the heck do you know what’s going on? And now Pirillo, Leo and the gang seem to be collaborating on an online videocast… how cool is that? Here’s hoping they find a sponsor and run this SOON… I need my TechTV Fix!

on a Bus? Bigfoot in Space? (My thanks to the Kemper for those). Here’s a cool slideshow of some well known “pictures that lie”. They were actually unknowingly photoshoped and published. Interesting stuff.[IMG ] TechTV is coming back? Apparently UndoTV sees a future as starting up new, organized tech programming. If it all falls into place, it should be pretty cool. Here again is yet another example of when a liberal editing wiz gets bored. Check out Evil Bush’s State of the Union. Pretty funny

Chris, if this happens it will be amazing not only will it bring all the old TechTV alumni and the fans back but all the people who where not able to get TechTV back in the day.

And remember someone will post this on digg and everyone will go crazy, digg’s full of TechTV lovers, myself included.

I really hope it happens, don’t be afraid to ask the fans for help, you know we will.

For a logo, how about an image of a TV with and image of the classic MS Word Undo arrow on the screen?

I set up an IRC channel for interested parties: #undotv on irc.wyldryde.org ( irc://irc.wyldryde.org/undotv )

For a web chat you may use, http://www.lockergnome.com/community/chat/ and enter /join #undotv once connected.

Sounds like a great idea, Chris. Can’t wait for the release. Us TechTV fans have been craving this for quite a while now.

Leo has crafted all the makings of a network. Besides being a one-man media factory, he’s putting out shows people like us want to listen to and/or watch.

UndoTV smacks of what the world is right now: more media democratized than ever. But that means that an UndoTV network — coupled with the ever-falling means of producing media — could end up like iTunes podcasting distribution. There’s so much clutter that it’s really hard to get above the noise (spoken like a podcaster with less than 500 subscribers).

So who decides what gets “on” UndoTV? Who the talent is? What emerges?

Fanfreekin’ tastic news. Where can I donate?

I’m totally with you folks on this!!! I’ve been gathering all the various podcasts, TV shows (that are sadly no longer available in the US), articles and blog entries (can’t forget about good ole John C!) manually.

Even with RSS, this is a daunting task and I’m sure I’m not alone. Even if Undo.tv is merely a repository or a portal to all the various content that interests former TechTV fans, it would be a godsend!

Thanks to you all, and we look forward to being active members in this new community!

DownloadBob

I really hope this does succeed! As someone who has been involved with TV production since 5th grade in the studio and truck in my school district, and now studying the industry in college, I definitely agree with you that the industry is changing. It is changing in a big way in content, distribution, and programming. Lately it has been changing for the worse in content and distribution, which is why I would love to see this succeed so much. This type of thing is what the industry really needs; a good community involvement and relationship, good content, and and good people involved. I can go on and on, but I am not. Anyway if you need a cameraman or someone for tele-prompter, or CG I am willing to fly out there!

And then God spoke from the flaming bush and said “Chris, Leo! You will free the TechTV fans, and bring them the techy goodness that they deserve!”

Bring it on, I can not wait till this is up and running!!!!

Chris,
Steve Borsch does have a point, how do you plan to rise above the internet clutter? Please don’t say your the chosen one (Matrix) but if you can bend a spoon with your mind…well that’s a start!

I noticed for example CNET is trying CNET TV (on the net) but they tend to show case alot of new cell phones, cameras etc.

Whats needed is live online broadcasts! (Free for all who have questions or need a little help)

Chris if you want, I would like to help.

Karl

Go for it Chris- Many of us will be more than ready to lend a hand.

Dave

Chris,

I think the idea is great! I just have one concern: from the way you’re describing it, it sounds like it might just be an agregate site for all the things you guys are doing. Qill you just be re-posting the twit.tv and chrispirilloshow content?

I hope this does very well.

You have to be kidding me! It would be the greatest to bring something back like this. I learned so much from thescreensavers and call for help. Wish it was on now ,so my friends and family could watch and learn. But, one thing you will need is Pat and his sledge hammer! Chris don`t talk about it , just do it!

CHRIS! THANK YOU!!!! Try and get Adam S. and Morgan W. if you can. They were really good on TechTV. I know that they may not be allowed though because of contracts…. Stupid G4

Go for it! I miss Tech TV! I did not have Tivo, and there were no videocasts available for download, at that time. So, I only saw, on a fairly regular basis, your show and Leos and (forget the other guy’s name!!)’s show.

I would support this endeavor. Brie

why not make it part of revision 3?

@ DownloadBob, you posted the story on digg.com and it’s not going anywhere because or the title, now no one will know anything.

I am very excited to see this come about! I was a huge TechTV fan, and I hope that this is a successful venture for you guys.

Hi Chris!

I absolutely love the idea. I am a huge fan of the old TechTV, and would love to help you design the website. I am a media developer of over 10 years, and would love to design the logo or web template, or assist in any way possible. Please e-mail me! Thanks!

I am so STOKED about this!
Chris, Leo, Kat, Kevin, ahhhhhhhhh!
This will be great.

I just love the part:”We’re undoing TechTV’s untimely and unwarranted demise.”

But It would be nice to maybe have a ZDtv/Techtv rememberal page on there linking to sites with Techtv and ZDtv articles,like Fan sites and makybe Wayback Machine pages?

In the words of Leo Laporte:”UP YOURS G4!”

Fantastic!!! We use to always TIVO Call For Help, The Scream Savers and a few others. Tell us what channel and we will be there. Too bad I am not camera friendly or I would ask for a job…LOL. Good luck and hope it works out.

What about a reward system or money generating scheme for the less famous non-techtv alumni

Chris,

You and Leo should approach TLC to see if they’ll pickup the shows.

[...] I haven’t seen this posted yet, sorry if it already has.I know many of us here joined the TechTV boards back in the day and were big fans of the programming before it was taken over by Comcast. This idea has been floating around the Internet for a while as I’m sure listeners of TWiT and readers of Lockergnome already know.Just thought I’d share. It might not all be tech content and the content might not end up being as good as DLTV, but let’s give them our support. It’d be nice to see the TechTV personalities together again.http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71595-0.htmlhttp://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ Edited: Tuesday August 15, 2006 at 11:18 AM by aprior [...]

Great concept, Chris! I was very disappointed at the aptly described “untimely and unwarranted demise” of TechTV after the merger with G4 (blech!). I would definitely want to be a part of this, whatever it turns out to be!.

I would agree with the other commenters as well as your own observations that this is a perfect time to introduce UndoTV. I am not sure about the name just yet, but it’s growing on me.

Keep up the great entrepreneurial spirit!

[...] Now, there’s a movement to bring back the old TechTV talent to form their own network, called UndoTV. Chris Pirillo announced the effort last night on his blog. It’s looking like it’ll probably be an online network, perhaps like Leo Laport’s Twit.tv network, but for video. [...]

@ Brendan Clouthier, most people on the Internet do not use the digg.com website, so it’s not the end of the world.

[...] Plus: Pirillo explains more about UndoTV on his blog [...]

[...] A Brazillion years ago, a network debuted that was specifically created for guys like me. It was called The Spice Channel. Er, I mean, it was called TechTV. Yeah. TechTV. It was filled with programming about computers, technology, science, and other geeky things that, unfortunately, only appealed to guys like me, and over the years the really cool geek programming was slowly eroded and replaced with shows like Thunderbirds and Robot Wars. Yeah. Awesome. [...]

[...] UndoTV…TechTV revival? http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ Quote: [...]

Excellent!

I cant wait…

Brilliant, can’t wait to see everything moving. If you need some more brute force, give me a shout!

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Awesome. I look forward to it. Let us know if we can do anything to help.

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I think UndoTV is an awsome Idea. I would gladly help by establishing content, by means of motion videos, logo animations, any visual art mediums at my disposal. It would be an excellent accomplishment to see TechTV revitalized in a means no one has seen before. Certainly it will be difficult to ressurect the long lost epic that was Tech, but, perhaps you could build momentum off a fan supported Streaming content formatt. Hosting options today are getting better and better and with the advent of a few small Internet Revolutions…television producers, executives and chairman of cable and sattelite companies are bound to put their foot in the water. The overwhelming amount of followers will be the means…and the best television reincarnation will be paramount in returning the status quo. Equivalent exchange states that you must give up something to gain something. Well….we gave up the network but what we got wasn’t at all equall in what it delivered.

Wooh! That was a lot to say…. Now to find a magical spell check that can fix the random ramblings i just thrust upon Chris Pirillo’s site.

Lataz and if u need help just contact me at: Loyalekoinu@gmail.com

Yes! Bring it all back!

You’ve heard the old saying: “You can’t go home”. While initally it sounds like a good idea, the time, chemistry, newness, excitement will not be there no matter how much anyone believes or wants it to happen. TechTV went out almost at the top (actually heading on the down slope). If you try to compare you will not be as delighted.

[...] And apparently im not the only one. http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/  Chris Pirillo wants to reassemble the old cast of a few shows to make a new network possibly.  Once G4 came in, they just fucked everything up.TSS FTW.(I know afrotech got flooded with retards because of them, but it was still a good station.) [...]

@ Reality Check

Alot of old TechTV fans are there, because Kevin Rose plugged the site on TechTV, which you would know if you watched the channel, if UndoTV has nothing to do with you, you have no business here.

hey Chris,

I am happy and thrilled that this is in the works. Long time follower of you, Leo, Patrick, Roger Chang and the whole gang. I just posted a comment on my blog, theologyntechnology.blogspot.com. I’m so happy ‘intelligent television is coming back to the airwaves.

Best wishes to you and Ponzi.

p.s. Ponzi, don’t stop blogging.

I was thoroughly hooked on TechTV and was very disappointed in what happened to it. It held my interest, it was fun, and worst of all, I learned a lot. I am looking forward to UndoTV but, not to worry, there’s no rush, in a few months I will ONLY TURN 65! In the words of one or another of our esteemed leaders who’s name I seem to have temporaily misplaced, “BRING IT ON”.

Outstanding! Do it! Keep me from typing any more apostrophes!!!!

it’s about time. I miss tech tv.

Old fan of TechTV here… Bring back The Screensavers, Call for Help and Cat S…wait…whats her last name now? ;)

(She got married :(
Anyway….We need to find the old TechLive crew…if we can drag Sumi Das away from MSNBC.. :) Michaela Pirerra, Chris Leery, Chris Pirillo, Cat Schwartz, Leo ‘TivoMan’ Laporte, Patrick ‘The Sledgehammer’ Norton…
Megan Morrone, and last, but not least…Adam Sandler and Morgan Webb.

We get that crew back and we got the network… Since Discovery Science airs Beyond tomorrow, I imagine we the public might be able to get The Screensavers on there..if we know any blackberry addresses to the learning channel…we can use them. :) Attack of The show is absolute crap…oh…and someone find Dave Meinstien! Scour every Starbucks in the Bay Area! If you bring back TSS and CFH..then Damnit..BRING BACK PORTAL!

TechTV had a dynamic life of its own with people that mattered…I mean, what self respecting geek wouldnt tune in to call for help to pick up tips for programs that very few people knew…or..more likely…call in to flirt with Cat… :)

Where would Tivo sales be without Leo?
Oh…last one..sorry for the long post… Someone find Yoshi DeHerrera! If youre gonna reunite the old cast and crew, then we gotta have madmodder Herrera!

*disclaimer: titles are arbitrary..but having met some of these people, I gotta say…I LIKED them..and felt I fit in. If anyone needs a mirror, or a blogmaster, let me know..I’ll gladly sign up!

O Please come back!!!!! I miss my ZDTV/TechTV

I never was able to get Tech TV & I’m not sure what I would have done with all the info, since I’m not a total geek (just sub-total), but i just love the idea of Undo TV, love it, love it, love it. I’m so old that I remember listening to The Lone Ranger on the radio & i love Undo TV and the thought behind it: namely, empowering the community. We can’t let the corporations continue control and present our content. So, best of luck to you Chris, and make it happen!

[...] TechTV is Back!!! Kinda!!! http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ Screensavers and Leo Laporte FTW! [...]

Get ‘R Done!!!!

absolutely awesome. Over the past several years, Comcast ruined techtv, I’ve been suffering with nothing but dialup and comcast ruined techtv. Now… Here in the space of only two days (Aug 14 – CP makes a wondrous announcement and Aug 16 – I finally get DSL.) the whole world is a-changing!! Yes Santa Claus, there is a Virginia!

THAT’S ONE HECKUVA GOOD IDEA!

But, how do I really feel about it? Couldn’t be happier!
Like Octyl so aptly put it – Get ‘R Done!!!! (Git-r-done?)

Well like I said on DSL Reports I’ve actually been working on a idea like this for some time. I know that a few TechTV people and some other random people on the net have started there own Home brew TechTV shows which are done in small rooms and stuff. How ever I’ve been working with the local TV Studio on getting my show going.

Well I actually work there now and we’re moving into a huge brand new hightech studio that a few million have gone into in about 10 Weeks I expect to release the first episode of this TV show and the difference is like I said we will be coming out of an actual TV studio with all brand new high tech equiptment one of them being a tapeless video system where we have a 8 TB Project server and then a 4 TB streaming server to the cable feed and I’ll be releasing this via YouTube and the internet also.

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[...] Chris Pirillo is looking into rebuilding TechTV. I like reading his plan and vision for it. There is so much there that can be taken into other directions. Pay attention my friends. [...]

Cool! Yes, it doesn’t matter what you guys name it. If the news spread that you TechTV guys are doing it, “they will come”, myself included.

I’m just glad that we still have TechTV Canada with Leo. I hope he doesn’t give up his day job though. Lovin’ the sound of this, since I’ve always found it stupid about Comcast and how they destroyed something good. WTF were they thinking?!!!

This is very exciting. I miss the days when I actually HAD a good job in Silicon Valley, building the machines that make the chips, and watching ZDTV. Dvorak and everyone were refreshing compared to the average “commercial” fare on other networks. Why a professional, truly technically oriented television network won’t take of I simply cannot understand, are people really THAT stupid that they couldn’t care about technology?

But here is one thing: I hope that Chris and everyone remember that many many of us who are into technology and who will be watching will be using Linux, BSD, Mac, etcetera, and I sure hope their format will be supported on such operating systems! I am so tired of having to use activex in Windows or flash which won’t work in 64 bit Linux!

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I think this is a worthwhile idea and hope you go for it. I was a big fan of techtv way back when, infact it was the only reason we kept our directv service for many years. I was there for the old zdtv days, and the techtv “switch over”. Why did Comcast have to go and screw everything up for us? G4 offers nothing in the way of good content and I refuse to give them or comcast any of my business (my business includes sitting through condom commercials during x-play ;)).

If you go forward with this I hope you do not leave us dial-up users out in the cold like many of the ‘web 2.no’ sites are doing these days. As much as I love video and audio streams it’s something I just can’t spare the bandwidth for. I’ve got all of 14kbps to go around and spend most of that bandwidth researching/working on my own projects and the projects that I do for my clients. Please try to have as much text based content as possible! I assure you many of us will be happy with just that!

Good luck! I’ll be visiting again to check up on things and hope to see updates. :) *bookmarks this blog*.

hey, this is cool! i miss the old techtv shows, especially call for help (old format) and screensavers.

hopefully we can download the shows, just hoping.

good luck and hoep to watch you soon!

[...] In other news,  Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo have announced that they are launching a new TechTV called UndoTV! After the takeover of TechTV by G4, many viewers were not happy. After much complaining, Leo and Chris decided to start an online medium for pod/videocast distribution. I hope it works out. I sure miss The Screen Savers. Luckily, I can still buy Call for Help episodes from Google Video. You can read all about UndoTV on Chris’ blog. [...]

Absolutely Spectacular. I knew you guys would come back in one form or another. Risen from the ashes comes a greater being than any can imagine. I heard about this in 3dbuzz’s Daily news, went to diggs and came immediately here. This has my whole college in an uproar. i dont have alot of resources but I will happily offer anything it takes to get this cause running! I have honestly learned more from you and your crew than I ever did at school! This is so awsome T_T *sniffles*

GREAT idea!!!
You should approach the Discovery Channel, or TLC, they would most likely pick you guys up in your idea.

[...] Is TechTV rising from the dead? [...]

[...] TechTV is back. Well Sort of. #1 Sadly, I was never there when TechTV was its own entity, but this this sounds very promising for all the old fans of TechTV. TechTV = UndoTV for all TechTV followers. Here’s the site: http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ [...]

[...] TechTV is back. Sort of. http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ YES! In short, Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo are working on a site which will enable former TechTV talent as well as new talent to upload new and existing content. I’m glad they’re doing this, it’ll be nice to have the basic concept back. I hope it does well. Last edited by Samurai Quack : 08-18-2006 at 07:49 PM. [...]

[...] It is really good news to hear of the plans to undo the undoing of TechTv. It wasn’t until I started listening to the This Week in Tech podcasts and hearing alot of the familiar voices, that I missed that great combination of information, style and personality that made much of TechTv what it was. Really hope this takes off. Filed under: general geekery on August 19th, 2006 – [...]

[...] I think this will be the next step in the IPTV industry, the content that users will be able to create can be posted in addition to the official content, which is similar to what YouTube is doing (minus the sub-par videos). The launch date is still not confirmed and Chris has posted more about this upcoming venture, at his blog. Post this!These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

I really miss TechTV – I think it was initially over-invested in itself – much like the dot-com era from which it sprang. It might have been a more long-term success had it started smaller and grew. Instead it started big and imploded. Top notch talent and production, it had everything (including the incredibly watchable Victoria Recano (sp?), Sumi Das, and Jennifer London – all doing very interesting and quite usefull shows! Silicon Spin was just fun too!
As for the name UndoTV – too angry sounding for my taste. Sounds more like it was bourn of revenge more than well thought out innovation.
My opinion is that you will not succeed if you depend on your former fans as much as depending on your former mission. Distill that – and build up from there – don’t bother to reference the past failures – even though they are not yours they are only baggage. Now your past successes – yes! It may be difficult to slice the good programming fruit from the bad business bruises – but that’s what good PR firms do.
Ramble ramble ramble. Good luck – I’ll be viewing!

Des

Chris…Here’s an idea I wanted to float your way…

Hire Amanda Congdon for this project now that Rocketboom has axed her. She is great at internet-only alt media, and she has loads of fans like me!

[...] Techtv was great, but something is in the works for a return… sort of. http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ [...]

[...] Last week, on his blog, former TechTV personality Chris Pirillo made an announcement that has geeks everywhere drooling in fanboy glee. [...]

He11 yeah!!!

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the url I created for my name has link to a project I started working on to do similar but from each of you guy’s sites… no one whent … and I realized that I myself didnt use it.. because by the time it was on the site and linked….. I had already watched it…. oh yeah… and I did not hand out the link to anyone…. because I was scared of infringement issues.. it used to be zipped as it is on deathsstalker.50megs.com in a larger origional idea and I kinda petered out of that idea..

now you guys don’t have to use a psp or a ds or anything of that nature…. hell it could be a large plasma sony and you get advertisement/affiliation right there…chanel buttons change to each of your sites and so on….

I hope that I enspire you guys to head into the least cheesy direction… and in someway shape or form help to make this a better future you guys and others like myself on the recieving end of your content, a lil bit better.

ps… it currently only works with internet explorer… and no I am not about to land a virus into people..

Hi Chris,

You don’t know me and I’m sure you’ve heard it before but I was a big fan of your show. Due to some personal, technical and logistical issues I lost access to the show. Today, I stumbled across the bookmark for your former site and decided to check out what has been happening. What a disappointment to find the show was canceled. Obviously, a tremendous loss for us all.

On a more positive note, your site and the exciting plans you are laying down are most interesting and deserve attention.

The one thing a new entity (site, show, etc.) needs is money. One way to get money, which you have identified above, is through sponsors.

My background (Time-Warner) is such that I have considerable experience and success in bringing solid sponsors to the table, so, I would like to offer help, if you are open to such. Several ideas immediately come to mind and I am sure more will become apparent when and if we discuss things further.

One thing I would like you to know is that my forte’ is in creating awareness and desire on the part of sponsors who are already overwhelmed by numerous attempts at extracting their money. In fact, their resistance may seem impenetrable. However, my favorite expression is “X-Budget.�? That’s where the money is, and I know how to get it. “Their resistance is futile.�? Actually, I know how to have them, and others (networks, for example), coming to you.

So, on the outside chance that you might actually read this, my contact information is available below.

Respectfully,
Monte Romano, Destin, Florida
866-689-4376
Monte-R@hotmail.com

Get Kate Botello! She is damn hot in that geeky sort of way.

I believe she may have been difficult to work with, but you could always have her just send in a weekly opinion column or a tech review.

If there is anything I can do, let me know and I’ll do it. I miss TechTV so much, you have no idea! In Highschool I would watch it right after school…and even on weekends when I wasnt buisy so this is not only good news but GREAT NEWS!!! can’t wait!

It’s funny really. I’m going to college to major in Game Art & Design. I love video games and play them all the time. I own almost every major system in the market and play a wide variety of game genres. You’d think G4 TV would be perfect for me. Wrong.

Perhaps I’m just too mature or society as a whole is becoming increasingly more childish. I don’t know. But what I do know is this–G4 focuses many of their shows are sexual, immature themes. (The “G-Spot”, anyone?) I’m not going to go into any heated debate about this, but it’s safe to say almost all of G4’s shows offer little or no education and revolve around pre-pubescent jokes. Let alone, you have Cinematic (sp), a show that plays game trailers and intros for 30 minutes. And what a waste of 30 minutes that is.

Those precious 30 minutes could be airing The Screen Savers or Call for Help or any other fine TV show TechTV had to offer. Chris, Leo, and the rest of the TechTV gang, I’ve missed you all for a long time. You made learning about technology fun and interesting. I support UndoTV and any other cause you have to bring back the great, great shows you guys had to offer.

Thank you for not giving up and surrendering, but instead fighting and rising up once again.

[...] This would be easy but the ads for G4 are now saying that it’s the fastest growing cable network. The only thing we could hope for is a real gaming channel that might not ever happen unless someone sees the success of G4 and does it right. http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ and http://leoville.vox.com/library/post/technology-without-an-interesting-name.html [...]

[...] I don't live in Canada. Plus when they aired Call 4 Help Canada here in the U.S. they did it at a horrible time. Like 10am Weekdays so no one could watch it. I taped it a few times and I disliked the high pitched voice co-host and the other Canadian accents. The show was less entertaining than when it was Leo and Patrick or even when it was Chris Pirillo. It still beats AoTS though… That show is pure crap, which should be obvious since all of the people on it but one left, and that stupid girl who does the feed is annoying as crap. They think "hey lets get chicks to do the show and drunk guys and people will watch"…Not.Did some digging and the "new" TechTV will be called UndoTV. http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ [...]

[...] Oh. My. God. I missed TechTV. After G4 acquired it, they fucked up the programming and slowly killed each show that wasn’t right for their fucked-up redneck Spike TV agenda one by measly one. But now, Chris Pirillo and Leo LaPorte have decided to make a YouTube of sorts for everyone in the TechTV community, from the alumni of TechTV to the fans of TechTV. It’s going to be all tech, all the time. It’s about time!!! Now let’s see Kate Botello make a sparkling return!!! [...]

About time, Chris, old buddy! Let’s pry Sumi Das away from CNN or MSNBC or somewhere like that. I’d like to see her in a technology role again. Also, Becky Worley could post her episodes of “Hook Me Up” on Yahoo Tech onto UndoTV, for $1 a piece!!! Buuuut maybe not…

I did post about it on my new blog, hope you like the post.

BJ Wanlund

Chris, man, whatever needs doing, I’m so there! If you want me to do a videogame show just like the old Extended Play, I’m so there! I don’t care WHAT role I may play in this new venture, but I want to! I ADORED the old TechTV and my guts started churning after Comcracks bought them. Let’s get up some old content (like from your Call For Help-a-thons or whatever). I’d like it very much.

BJ

[...] Here’s an interesting post from Chris Pirillo About Tech TV Returning. Bookmark to:          Listen to this podcast [...]

I think my show may look pretty good on UNDOTV. Yessir! It’s all about the unhinged World of cosmic technology. There’s weird and wonderful video clips and clips and stuff right now in episode 4 at sonicstate.com
I’m tellin’ ya…Check it out…It’s Cosmic, Dude!
http://www.sonicstate.com/video/technomania.cfm

[...] Have faith, ye of little hope! Our Lord and Savior, Leo Laporte, plans to bring back the old TechTV crew and make his own damn station – UndoTV [...]

Hope you guys can buy the rights to Call for Help from G4! That would be sweet to see it taped in the US again! G4 sucks and TechTV/UndoTV rocks! This is gonna be sweet like candy!

[...] Pirillo makes an attempt at bringing back TechTV with UndoTV Posted on August 16, 2006 at 2:03 am by Dustin BrewerCategory: technology newsChris Pirillo of the late (circa 2004) TechTV has announced his plans to go forward with the reunion of the cast members from TechTV to form what he has dubbed UndoTV. Although a date hasn’t been released yet about when they will begin this effort (they as assumed at being Pirillo, Dvorak, and Laporte). So far at large, tech filter included, the tech community has supported this idea in hopes of seeing something new for the community. With the pre-fallout of traditional television just over the horizon they have decided to broadcast UndoTV over the Internet.For those of you unfamiliar with TechTV/ZDTV it was the calling of all geeks around the world to watch this channel if they were even remotely interested in technology. The channel began in early May of 1998 and ended in late May of 2004. The reason for its untimely demise was its buyout by Vulcan Ventures and its second buy out by Comcast as it was turned into the not-so-interesting G4TV gaming network. The cast members went on to do various other things, Dvorak a columnist at PC Magazine (and obviously dvorak.org/blog), Kevin Rose invented Digg and got Dugg by the tech community and Pirillo went forth with GnomeDex (a yearly geek convention) and bLaugh. Now hopefully they are all coming together to bring us UndoTV and make us all happy again to see their video broadcast. For example, tech filter would permanently link to it if Chris Pirillo would bring everything together to make it happen. Chris has already registered the domain and has setup an action plan with what he plans on getting together before the web site’s launch. He is currently waiting on Dvorak to shoot down the idea. The real big question is what kind of content would be provided and how often it would be provided to the community, once weekly truly isn’t enough to really make it matter. It would be spectacular if they were able to get the IT community at large to have regular shows that are broadcast through the “UndoTV Network,“ maybe possible, maybe not. We can only wait and watch to see what happens. Link: chris.pirillo.com[ << Return to News Page ] Post a Comment [...]

The only thing I would hope is that it wouldn’t de-evolve into the guys talking about what they did on the weekend, or 20 minutes of them laughing at their own inside jokes.

That’s why I stopped listening to Twit. It was a great idea, but became a huge injoke. Stick to the topic.

[...] TechTV Revival? http://leoville.vox.com/library/post…v-reunion.html http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/07/24/…-by-community/ http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ __________________ "Lifting up the Cross to the waiting lost" – Petra | John 3:16 "Tongue tied and twisted, just an Earthbound misfit, I" – Pink Floyd, 1987 [ What I've been listening to | My Xbox Gamertag ] [...]

Why can’t a deal be worked with Ziff Davis… The ZDtv name was not involved in the G4 deal. It was lost when Paul Allen’s Vulcan Ventures bought ZDtv…

Why cant a deal be worked to use ZDtv and any archived ZDtv logo and video media?

opera emailed me your interview, which i found most interesting and which led me here via google.

you say in the interview that the only way for windows is down and that linux is all over the map. perhaps you have not heard of PCLinuxOS in its’ various iterations, the latest of which is Big Daddy.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/news.php

the internet is a great place for stumbling upon pearls beyond price, one of which rescued me when i was beginning to despair of being able to chuck windows for linux, being still unable to afford mac, who may get more market share, but only among the richer of us.

PCLinuxOS is a windows migrant’s dream. any os is a pig to learn in the beginning, but this one makes the transition almost painless. the help from forum users and the irc channel, plus the allied sites is second to none.

you appear to have a large audience. go take a look and you can tell ‘em what you think. i’m confident it will be positive.

halof!
j.

This is absolutely great. I may not be able to support in many ways, UndoTV or whatever it’ll be called will have my view.

Also please bring back X-Play. Or would it be more aptly named U-Play?

[...] For all those interested Chris Pirillo might be resurrecting the old TechTV as UndoTV:http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ [...]

Hell yeah!

Hope it happens, its the only show i watch “back in the day”..and I live in freakin malaysia!

Long live this group of amazing individuals. I was in love with TechTV way back and it was one of the few channels that I watched. Tech is my life and I can’t wait to start creating new content in the form of articles and text. This is great. There exists an army of people ready to take this idea to new heights. I’m on board!

Chris! Oh how I miss TechTV!!!! G4 sucks more than a Dyson. It’s a shame that G4 and Comcast lost sight of what the viewers wanted. Television needs more programming like TechTV had. If you need help getting things started, don’t hesitate to call on your loyal fans. We’ll be there for you.

Long overdo, good luck, put out the “Call for Help” and all fans will respond.

[...] UndoTV, circa August 2006 To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser andinstall the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. _decorate(_ge(’photo_gne_button_zoom’), 215958752); _decorate(_ge(’photo_notes’), _ge(’photoImgDiv215958752′), 215958752, ‘http://static.flickr.com/89/215958752_3302acf025_t.jpg’, ‘1.5′); I wonder how long it will be until we surpass 1,000 results… chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/  [...]

[...] 11-04-06 02:22 PM – Post#122061         In response to SU182 I think you are misunderstanding something. From what I’ve heard on Leo’s Podcasts, they ( Leo and Chris ) want a central location for former TechTV talent to upload new and existing content. While they want to bring new talent into the fold as well. I don’t think the intention is for the site to be a host for just anyone to post their own content. This is a major difference from what GBStv offers, but thanks for respondng…now I know what you were getting at. Yes, if UndoTV was to be open for everyone to post their own shows it would be redundant… but that is not what I think they are trying to accomplish. Here’s a link to Chris’ posting of the philosophy of UndoTV Click Here Reality….What a Concept [...]

[...] 11-04-06 02:22 PM – Post#122061         In response to SU182 I think you are misunderstanding something. From what I’ve heard on Leo’s Podcasts, they ( Leo and Chris ) want a central location for former TechTV talent to upload new and existing content. While they want to bring new talent into the fold as well. I don’t think the intention is for the site to be a host for just anyone to post their own content. This is a major difference from what GBStv offers, but thanks for respondng…now I know what you were getting at. Yes, if UndoTV was to be open for everyone to post their own shows it would be redundant… but that is not what I think they are trying to accomplish. Here’s a link to Chris’ posting of the philosophy of UndoTV Click Here Reality….What a Concept [...]

There is a god

[...] http://www.twit.tv/2006/11/12/undotv_is_here http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71595-0.html http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/08/14/techtv-undotv/ [...]

[...] TechTV Reborn? [...]

from Jamaica. Great idea. I really miss Techtv. i was a loyal fan. Hope this really pans out.

Chris, that would be a great idea!

It’s 3:56pm here in Florida and I was looking back and Tech TV came to mind. I never really got how and why the company was completely engulfed by G4’s dark void so I decided to look it up on Wiki. I was completely suprised in that over 250 personnel lost their jobs because of G4! I still can’t believe it, and refuse to. I grew up with Tech TV and seeing all you guys on tv made me assured and relaxed that nothing had changed, but now, G4’s criminal organization takes control over the airwaves and it’s horrible. G4 is and always was a lousy network and I hate to know that it took apart the great and legendary Tech TV. You guys on Tech TV are still heroes and I know that there is still a future for Tech TV, it’s just currently in the shadows waiting for it’s reprise. I would do anything, hell, even open my own network on tv if it meant bringing all you guys together and every other person that put in their part to make Tech TV a community-based enviornment. You guys need your jobs back and G4 should be taken down. I’m just about as angry as Leo is with G4. Chris, please do anything you can to reunite everyone of the Tech TV staff together. I’ll do everything I can possibly do too, at 17 years of age, that I can!!!

TAKE TO THE AIRWAVES!

~Rob~

[...] About UndoTV UndoTV Update [...]

[...] TechTV fans rejoice! "Undo TV" to start beta testing soon http://blogebrity.com/blog/2006/12/undotv.php "TechTV fans rejoice! Your one time favorite network (you know, before Comcast screwed it up and and got rid of all the good shows and people) is coming back, sort of. That’s right, Undo.tv, which is a new project by Leo Laporte and Chris Pirillo that aims to bring tech programming to fans of the old TechTV and just about anyone interested in tech via the net. Fans of TechTV will recognize many of their favorite hosts from the network in Undo’s content. Viewers will also be able to create and upload their own content that will be eligible to become part of Undo.tv’s official lineup of shows. Currently the online network is invite only, and you can sign up to maybe get and invite, or at least that is what Leo Laporte said when I spoke with him the other day. He feels that "At the very least it’s going to be a central place where listeners can find quality tech content from the extend TechTV family.". And although he cannot be certain, he says that it could turn out to be the online rebirth of TechTV. Leo is more than capable of running such a network, as he is no stranger to the online media business. The TWiT podcast (or netcast, as he insists it be called) network is one of the largest with hundreds of thousands listeners each month. They record new episodes for their many podcasts every week. Almost everyday! He speculates that, " It won’t be very long before people start getting their TV programming from the Internet" and that " IPTV is just around the corner". He says that the internet is probably the best way for he and the other TechTV hosts to distribute the type of tech oriented programming they specialize in, and he may be right. Although no official announcements have been made he said that Undo.tv is expected to launch in January. So sign up now!" Here’s an old blog entry from former Call for Help host Chris Pirillo. This post on Leo Laporte’s site is a good read, too. [...]

[...] Pirillo posted on his blog that he was going to rally his and Laporte’s TechTV alumni and bring their “vetted” talent back to UndoTV as they work to undo TechTV specifically and TV generally. (Background: TechTV was a 24-hour cable channel dedicated to all things tech, from gizmos to culture. It saw a large number of notable hosts, including Laporte and Pirillo, as well as Digg’s Kevin Rose, the late James Kim, Patrick Norton, and many other personalities who, when Comcast purchased TechTV, scattered across the intertubes and into various websites and podcasts.) But as of UndoTV’s launch last week there are no TechTV alums to be found. Even on the user-generated side, there is simply not much content being posted to the site. [...]

It has been three years since I watched the last bit of broadcast from TechTV. At first, I blamed the cable company for the loss of TechTV. A year later, I had the idea of requesting for TechTV, but to no avail. At that time it was already G4TV, and no longer available internationally.
I was saddened by TechTV’s demise, especially because it was a channel dedicated to technology. Imagine having a 24/7 channel that caters what you are interested in.
For business-related reasons, TechTV had to be scrapped.
I managed to move on, but I think it would still be best if TechTV would be resurrected.

UndoTV… The next generation of TechTV…

Years ago, there was this little cable network called TechTV. If you had cable or satellite TV, and were just a little bit geeky, then you probably heard about it, and perhaps even watched a bit.
It was technical programming that served both geeks and …

I still miss the good old TechTV! I know you Chris from the show Call4Help!

Dear Chris,
I miss you, TechTV and the TechTV hosts & crew! Hope this new tech-oriented show Undo TV gets successful & also gets broadcast in Asia! (*_*) Hope you’re doing well! (*_~)

Best regards,
Sophie the TechTV fan :-)

Chris! Leo! Any news when this is happening? – tech-hungry

Please, bring UndoTv to life. I am happy G4 tv exists yet it should never have merged with Tech TV. I was worried when zdtv turned in tech tv because i was scarried that what happened during the techtv G4 tv merger would happened at that time. It was after tech tv was canceled that i sold my tv and have not owned one since then. I would buy a tv if you brought Undo TV in being.