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RIP TechTV?

TechTV is dying on the vine. The company, owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, slapped 285 San Francisco workers with pink slips as part of its merger plans with Comcast, CNET's News.com reported. Comcast plans to merge TechTV with "its own G4 video game network when the buyout is finalized next week. David Shone, a spokesman for G4 TV, said the company plans to hire 80 people from the San Francisco office to work at the game channel's Los Angeles headquarters. Employees were given two months notice and various severance packages, he said." The Laporte Report blog has more details (thanks, Slashdot, for the link): "I've just learned that G4 has fired the entire staff of TechTV," the blog reported yesterday. "Per the WARN Act (governing plant closings) all the employees of TechTV have been given 60 days notice. The San Francisco operation will be shuttered by July. 100 of the existing jobs will be posted for those willing to relocate to LA."

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