g4tv for sale???
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rumours ufc wants to but g4 tv and turn it into a ufc channel.......UFC Looking To Buy Part OF G4 Channel
By BRIAN STELTER
Comcast is in talks to sell a controlling interest in the G4 cable channel to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.It is unclear how close the parties are to a deal, but representatives of UFC and Comcast’s NBCUniversal division were said to have met in New York on Wednesday, according to three people with knowledge of the ongoing talks. The people insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized by their employers to comment.UFC, which produces popular but sometimes controversial mixed martial arts matches, is known to be seeking an expansion of its television footprint. It is in talks with several different potential distributors, one of the people said.Last fall, the president of UFC, Dana White, predicted in an interview with Broadcasting & Cable that the league would start its own network “within the next couple years.” At the time he also expressed an eagerness to bring UFC fights to broadcast television in the U.S. for the first time. Presumably a deal with Comcast could also include specials on the NBC broadcast network, which Comcast also controls.Representatives for Comcast, G4 and UFC declined to comment Wednesday night. The talks were first reported by the Web site of The Wall Street Journal. Two of the people with knowledge of the NBCUniversal talks said that UFC, which is privately held, could take ownership of 60 percent or more of G4, which is one of the lowest-rated cable channels in Comcast’s portfolio. Its target audience of men ages 18 to 34 overlaps nicely with UFC’s audience on Spike, a unit of Viacom, which has carried a fighting reality show for the last six years.Spike’s $170 million-a-year deal with UFC for the show, “The Ultimate Fighter,” and for live fights expires in six months. Negotiations between Spike and UFC for a new deal started almost one year ago, one of the people said, but broke down after UFC proposed a $325 million-a-year fee, a price that was far steeper than Spike was willing to pay. Spike executives, meanwhile, are said to be eyeing an alternative for fights: MTV2, another unit of Viacom, recently started showing fights produced by Bellator, a smaller mixed martial arts league, and those fights could be moved over to Spike.The fate of shows currently on G4, like the video games and pop culture telecast “Attack of the Show,” is undetermined.
By BRIAN STELTER
Comcast is in talks to sell a controlling interest in the G4 cable channel to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.It is unclear how close the parties are to a deal, but representatives of UFC and Comcast’s NBCUniversal division were said to have met in New York on Wednesday, according to three people with knowledge of the ongoing talks. The people insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized by their employers to comment.UFC, which produces popular but sometimes controversial mixed martial arts matches, is known to be seeking an expansion of its television footprint. It is in talks with several different potential distributors, one of the people said.Last fall, the president of UFC, Dana White, predicted in an interview with Broadcasting & Cable that the league would start its own network “within the next couple years.” At the time he also expressed an eagerness to bring UFC fights to broadcast television in the U.S. for the first time. Presumably a deal with Comcast could also include specials on the NBC broadcast network, which Comcast also controls.Representatives for Comcast, G4 and UFC declined to comment Wednesday night. The talks were first reported by the Web site of The Wall Street Journal. Two of the people with knowledge of the NBCUniversal talks said that UFC, which is privately held, could take ownership of 60 percent or more of G4, which is one of the lowest-rated cable channels in Comcast’s portfolio. Its target audience of men ages 18 to 34 overlaps nicely with UFC’s audience on Spike, a unit of Viacom, which has carried a fighting reality show for the last six years.Spike’s $170 million-a-year deal with UFC for the show, “The Ultimate Fighter,” and for live fights expires in six months. Negotiations between Spike and UFC for a new deal started almost one year ago, one of the people said, but broke down after UFC proposed a $325 million-a-year fee, a price that was far steeper than Spike was willing to pay. Spike executives, meanwhile, are said to be eyeing an alternative for fights: MTV2, another unit of Viacom, recently started showing fights produced by Bellator, a smaller mixed martial arts league, and those fights could be moved over to Spike.The fate of shows currently on G4, like the video games and pop culture telecast “Attack of the Show,” is undetermined.
The WWE is also interested. WWE: Is The G4 Channel The Answer To WWE
I suspect that the WWE in particular would quickly change the channel to its own vision. UFC would likely do the same thing but it might take longer. that is of course my opinion not fact.
I suspect that the WWE in particular would quickly change the channel to its own vision. UFC would likely do the same thing but it might take longer. that is of course my opinion not fact.
Leo has said that he always thought that Tech TV was a mistake or at best a stopgap measure and that ultimately the place for programming about technology was on the internet. Revision 3 and his own TWIT are pretty much what he was talking about. I would be surprised to see him jump back into cable Tv ina big way.
WHY THE HELL WHY?!?! so he can make it PG like all his other stuff??? G4 with Olivia showing tits and whatever is almost PG13 and I like it that way!!
I seriously doubt Vince McMahon purchases G4 TV (even though it's HD) just because Vince is WELL on his way to getting WWE Network itself off the ground. Why would he throw away the money and effort he has made thus far?
If he did it he would do it just to get the carriage contracts. I don't see G4 getting a premium price. When NBC set up CNBC they did the same thing. They boughts struggling channel called Tempo to get carriage on some systems and then built from there.
BTW this is in the wrong forum. It would be more likely to be seen if it was in the Cable and Satellite network forum.
BTW this is in the wrong forum. It would be more likely to be seen if it was in the Cable and Satellite network forum.
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