Editing TechTV (section)

==Staff==
===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/>

===Hosts and correspondents===
[[Morgan Webb]] co-hosted ''[[Xplay|X-Play]]'' with [[Adam Sessler]] beginning in 2003 after previously serving as associate producer of ''[[The Screen Savers]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0%2C24195%2C3426295%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205225919/http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195,3426295,00.html |title=Who's That Girl? |last=Marx |first=Tracey |publisher=TechTV |date=April 24, 2003 |archive-date=December 5, 2003 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Sessler hosted ''X-Play'' from the show's debut as ''GameSpot TV''; he was previously a banker and actor on a [[Public-access television|public-access]] San Francisco program that ZDTV's casting director happened to be a fan of.<ref name=interviewKotaku/> [[Erica Hill]] was an anchor of ''TechTV News''/''TechLive'', having previously served as a production assistant on ''[[PC Week]]''{{'}}s online news radio program ''PC Week Radio''. She anchored live coverage of the [[September 11 attacks]] during her time on the network.<ref>{{cite news |year=2009 |title=Anchors & Reporters: Erica Hill |work=CNN  |url=http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/hill.erica.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104123246/http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/hill.erica.html |archive-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 22, 2008 |title=Erica Hill |work=CBS News |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/22/earlyshow/bios/main4468573.shtml |access-date=March 25, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215012642/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/22/earlyshow/bios/main4468573.shtml |archive-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref> [[Leo Laporte]] was the host of ''The Screen Savers'' and ''Call for Help''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0%2C23350%2C3370382%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003174545/http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0,23350,3370382,00.html |title=Meet Leo Laporte |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=October 3, 2003 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other TechTV personalities include [[John C. Dvorak]] of ''Silicon Spin'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0%2C23350%2C2430328%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010805152338/http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0,23350,2430328,00.html |title=Meet John C. Dvorak |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=August 5, 2001 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Michaela Pereira]] of ''[[Internet Tonight]]'' and ''TechLive'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/news/aboutus/story/0%2C24195%2C3478714%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030906071709/http://www.techtv.com/news/aboutus/story/0,24195,3478714,00.html |title=Meet Michaela Pereira |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=September 6, 2003 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Chris Pirillo]] of ''Call for Help'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0%2C23350%2C3337620%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010918185248/http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0,23350,3337620,00.html |title=Chris Pirillo |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=September 18, 2001 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Kate Botello]] of ''The Screen Savers'' and ''GameSpot TV''/''Extended Play'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/gamespottv/interact/story/0,3776,2555237,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000622085004/http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/gamespottv/interact/story/0,3776,2555237,00.html |title=Kate Botello's a Gamer |publisher=[[ZDTV]] |archive-date=June 22, 2000 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Becky Worley]] of ''TechLive'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0%2C23350%2C3370420%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806145607/http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0,23350,3370420,00.html |title=Meet Becky Worley |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=August 6, 2002 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Martin Sargent]] of ''The Screen Savers'' and ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/story/0%2C23350%2C3418934%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810201044/http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/story/0,23350,3418934,00.html |title=''Unscrewed With Martin Sargent'' |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=August 10, 2003 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Carmine Gallo]] and [[Pam Krueger]] of ''The Money Machine'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/moneymachine/meetthehost/story/0%2C3666%2C2162735%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012014529/http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/moneymachine/meetthehost/story/0,3666,2162735,00.html |title=Meet Carmine Gallo |last=Gallo |first=Carmine |author-link=Carmine Gallo |publisher=ZDTV |archive-date=October 12, 1999 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0%2C23350%2C2430377%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010615070205/http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0,23350,2430377,00.html |title=Meet Pam Krueger |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=June 15, 2001 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Victoria Recaño]] of ''TechTV News'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0%2C23350%2C2430447%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011101014142/http://www.techtv.com:80/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0,23350,2430447,00.html |title=Meet Victoria Recaño |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=November 1, 2001 |access-date=March 14, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Laura Swisher]] of ''Unscrewed with Martin Sargent'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/story/0%2C24682%2C3427343%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206151132/http://www.techtv.com/unscrewed/story/0,24682,3427343,00.html |title=Laura Swisher |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=December 6, 2003 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Kris Kosach]] of ''AudioFile''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0%2C23350%2C3370381%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806142213/http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0,23350,3370381,00.html |title=Meet Kris Kosach |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=August 6, 2002 |access-date=March 21, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Botello also provided the [[motion capture]] performance and voice of the animated character Tilde, the network's mascot and host of ''Zip File''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0%2C23350%2C2430670%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011105021534/http://www.techtv.com/tvshows/personalities/story/0,23350,2430670,00.html |title=Meet Tilde |publisher=TechTV |archive-date=November 5, 2001 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/interact/story/0,24330,3378298,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020401223724/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/interact/story/0,24330,3378298,00.html |title=TechTV &#124; A Fond Farewell from Kate Botello |last=Botello |first=Kate |author-link=Kate Botello |publisher=[[TechTV]] |archive-date=April 1, 2002 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>