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G4techTV
Launched	September 7, 2001
Owned by	Rogers (66.67% & managing partner) G4 Media (33.33%)
Country	Canada
Broadcast area	National
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario
Formerly called	TechTV Canada
Website	www.g4techtv.ca
Availability
Satellite
Bell ExpressVu	Channel 515
Star Choice	Channel 514
Cable
Rogers Cable	Channel 250
Shaw Cable	Channel 127
Vidéotron	Channel 152
EastLink	Channel 164
Cogeco	Channel 140
Available on many other Canadian cable systems	Check local listings

G4techTV Canada is a Canadian English language category 1 digital cable specialty channel co-owned by Rogers Media and G4 Media [1]. Its programming is devoted to the technology genre including computers, internet, video games and more.

Licensed as TechTV Canada by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on November 24, 2000; it launched under the same name on September 7, 2001 as a joint venture between Rogers Media (33.34%), Shaw Communications (33.33%) and TechTV (33.33%). On May 28, 2004, it was renamed G4techTV as a result of a merge between American cable services TechTV and G4 to become a service under the same name. On February 15, 2005, less than a year after the merger, American service G4techTV was renamed back to G4. G4techTV Canada kept its name because it would keep its tech-related programming to abide by the rules of its CRTC license. In June 2006, Shaw Communications opted to sell its interest in the channel to Rogers Media.

As a category 1 television service, it is mandatory for all digital cable and direct broadcast satellite providers in Canada to carry the channel that have the capacity to do so.

G4techTV Canada is also broadcasted internationally in the Barbados market. The government-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation in Barbados switched from providing the American-based feed, in favour of the Canadian-based feed for its cable television network known as Multi-Choice TV.

Although G4techTV Canada airs a large amount of G4 shows such as Attack of the Show!, Cinematech, X-Play and more; its schedule largely differs from its American counterpart due to the fact that G4 has shifted towards a male orientated programming direction with less of an emphasis on gaming and technology and more on male general interests.^{[original research?]}

G4techTV Canada was the final home to Call for Help with Leo Laporte. The taping location was moved to the Rogers Media studios in Toronto, Canada after the show was cancelled in the United States as a result of the merger. In early 2007, Call for Help Production was outsourced to Greedy Productions in Vancouver, Canada and the show was renamed The Lab with Leo Laporte.

Until 2006, the station was not allowed, by its license, to broadcast dramatic programming. This changed in September 2006, and G4techTV can now send a limited amount of drama, such as anime.

• A Gamer's Guide To…
• Anime Current (similar to Anime Unleashed)
• Attack of the Show!
• Brainiac
• Call for Help (reruns)
• CNET TV
• Code Monkeys
• The Electric Playground
• Gadgets and Gizmos (reruns)
• gamer.tv
• Get Connected
• Major League Gaming Series
• Reviews on the Run
• Tech Books
• The Lab with Leo Laporte
• The Block
• The IT Crowd
• Torrent
• When Games Attack
• X-Play

Logo as TechTV

Original logo as G4techTV

Current logo

• G4
• TechTV

• Official G4echTV website
• G4techTV Canada forum

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