User:Nhlarry/Work-in-Progress/History of TechTV
- May 11, 1998: ZDTV launches
- November 1998: Vulcan Ventures invests in ZDTV
- November 19, 1999: Vulcan Ventures starts the purchase process of ZDTV [1]
- January 21, 2000: Vulcan's purchase of ZDTV is complete
- August 21, 2000: ZDTV renamed to TechTV
- September 18, 2000: TechTV's launch from ZDTV
- March 2001: Web staff layoffs [2]
- April 2, 2001: TechLive nine-hour experimental news program starts [3]
- September 7, 2001: TechTV Canada launches
- November 16, 2001: Massive round of layoffs [4]
- January 25, 2002: CEO steps down [5]
- March 25, 2004: Comcast announces plans to purchase TechTV
- May 10, 2004: G4/TechTV merger complete
- May 28, 2004: TechTV becomes G4techTV
- November 11, 2004: G4techTV announces many of its employees were terminated
- February 15, 2005: TechTV dropped from G4techTV