Editing TechTV (section)

===Executives===
ZDTV's original executive lineup consisted primarily of television veterans; chairman and CEO Larry Wangberg was previously CEO of [[Times Mirror Company#Broadcasting|Times Mirror Cable Television]], senior vice president of programming Greg Drebin previously served the same position at [[MTV]], and news director Harry Fuller previously worked for [[KPIX-TV]] and [[KGO-TV]].<ref name=Customized>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-zdtv-cooking/144212860/ |title=ZDTV cooking up customized cable for computerniks |last=Armstrong |first=David |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date=March 29, 1998 |pages=D-1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-zdtv-cooking/144211724/ D-10], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-zdtv-cooking/168613613/ D-11]}}</ref> TechTV's executive vice president, COO and acting CEO Joseph Gillespie previously managed sales and marketing for Ziff-Davis.<ref name=Rutgers/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/gillespie-joins-cnet-techtv-373080 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307094712/https://www.nexttv.com/news/gillespie-joins-cnet-techtv-373080 |title=Gillespie Joins CNET from TechTV |website=[[Multichannel News]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |date=May 25, 2004 |archive-date=March 7, 2021 |access-date=March 12, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/william-ziff-tech-media-pioneer-dies-at-76/ |title=William Ziff, tech media pioneer, dies at 76 |last=Lombardi |first=Candace |website=[[ZDNet]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis|Ziff-Davis]] |date=September 11, 2006 |access-date=March 12, 2025}}</ref> [[Jim Louderback]], apart from hosting ''Fresh Gear'',<ref name=ZDTVShows1/> also served as the network's vice president and editorial director.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0%2C23350%2C2430400%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010805161347/http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0,23350,2430400,00.html |title=Meet Jim Louderback |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=August 5, 2001 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2003, the senior vice president of programming position was inherited by Greg Brannan, formerly of [[E!]].<ref name=Transforms/><ref name=Brannan/>