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9 November 2012
REFOCUS: G4TV has committed to delivering exclusively “male friendly” content.
By Aaron Sanders, Diversions Editor
In 2002, the former president of Walt Disney Television and Television Animation designed a new television channel to compete with the successful gaming and technology channel of the time, TechTV. This new channel, named G4TV, would still appeal to the same “geek” demographic, but would simply be geared toward a more “MTV” style. The baby program launched a slew of gaming-oriented shows such as Arena (multi-player gaming competitions), Cheat! (tips and cheat codes for in-game use) and, most importantly, X-Play (painfully truthful videogame reviews).