Radio / Television News

Rogers Media pulls the plug on G4


TORONTO – Rogers Media has confirmed that it will shutter its technology-focused channel G4 effective August 31, 2017.The channel, which originally launched in Canada as TechTV before morphing in to G4techTV Canada and then just G4, bills itself as “the only television station that is plugged into every dimension of games, gear, gadgets and gigabytes”.A Rogers Media spokesperson confirmed to Cartt.ca that the company will not be replacing the channel with another brand.“In the current competitive television landscape, closing G4 is the right business decision as we continue to focus on our core speciality portfolio”, reads the emailed response.www.g4tv.ca