History Creator / TechTV

The [[NetworkDeath network]] [[{{Retool}} rebranded itself]] as [=TechTV=] in 2000 after [=CNet=] purchased [=ZDNet=] and sold the network's assets to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. It soon launched a major push into live programming with ''[=TechLive=]'', an unprecedented nine-hour block of live programming every weekday, which eventually mutated into several live or semi-live shows such as ''Series/TheScreenSavers'', ''Unscrewed With Martin Sargent'', and ''Call For Help''. The network also ran a handful of taped shows, including video game review show ''Gamespot TV'', which later became ''Extended Play'' and ''Series/XPlay''. Late into its run, it also broadcast a handful of {{anime}} series, including ''LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars'' and ''Anime/TheSoulTaker'', as something of an answer to Creator/AdultSwim, as well as cult TV series like ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' and ''Series/MaxHeadroom''.

* Chris Pirillo (Host of ''Call For Help'' with Leo Laporte as co-host; went back to focusing on Lockergnome full-time and later became a vlogger on Facebook; eventually founded the Galaxaar Pop Culture Marketplace events. Currently employed at Intel as a product consultant).

* Chris Pirillo (Host of ''Call For Help'' with Leo Laporte as co-host; went back to focusing on Lockergnome full-time and later became a vlogger on Facebook; eventually founded the Galaxaar Pop Culture Marketplace events).

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* Adam Sessler (The original host of ''Gamespot TV''/''Extended Play''; co-hosted ''Series/XPlay'' until he was fired in 2012; would go on to lead [=Revision3=]'s gaming division until 2014 when he left, wanting to pursue a career outside of gaming)

* Morgan Webb (Co-host of ''X-Play'' who started out as on-screen talent for ''The Screen Savers''; co-hosted ''Series/XPlay'' until it ended in 2012; now with [[Creator/{{Activision}} Activision Blizzard]])