Sunday, May 01, 2005

"What is this crap on my TV?" (part 3)

One thing G4 didn't took into consideration is viewer loyalty. TechTV viewers are a bunch of techheads (yours truly included) but they had to replace highly rated shows with crappy ones. The loyal fans are understandably outraged. They also walk away from the channel. Viewership goes down. Guess where G4 is now? Square One.

The question remains, why the hell should G4 buy another channel? Of course, the real reason was for them to buy the audience of the original channel. I wonder what was their reasoning.. Tech fans equals games fans? Yeah! Let's buy off TechTV! You have to remember, TechTV only had one games show, xPlay. The rest are tech stuff, geek stuff. Oh, also, tech stuff doesn't mean the tech virgin can't watch the channel. They can learn from it. Call For Help is a vey informative show, and can teach a thing or two.

Which brings me to a new viewpoint: that TechTV is good because it's a learning channel. G4 has nothing on the learning bit. Name one show G4 has that can teach the viewers. Icons? History of gaming. That's all there is to it. The Screen Savers has better stuff. Call For Help is great. Heck, there's also Spy Game and all other informative shows. That's the keyword: informative.

Here's what G4 should do. They should improve their shows. Improve their presenters. Improve their content. A small step can mean increased viewership. They should look into themselves first, instead of armwrestling another channel.

With the demise of a good technology channel, the world faces a dearth of a technology-centric tv show. Of course TV stations nowadays are struggling to create more tech-savvy shows for viewers, but what channel has its focus entirely on technology? What channel daring to do that? TechTV.

THE END.

Hell, this sounds more like an eulogy in the obituary than an angker story. Sorry for being a bit biased. For the record, I love TechTV so much, and I guess I let out my feelings in here. The channel has taught me so much.

I still remember the days I spent longing in MMU's student hall watching TechTV at uncommon times, because the people who watch the TV over there are sports fans. The memories of those times are precious to me. Those memories are a part of my MMU memory.

I'm sorry for making the blog entry into a walk down memory lane. It was supposed to be an angker story and an info-blog for Pablo.

@Ibanez: Of course TechTV is not l33t enough. Of course they don't show tech-heavy stuff on the channel. TechTV's main objective is to close the gap of the digital divide, and they've done a helluva job. L33t people are already on the other side of the digital divide. It's the people on the far side of the divide that's important. And it's important to close the gap. And TechTV did just that.

i've crapped so much, you guys are probably already dead out of boredom. I'll leave you guys now.