{"id":1700921,"date":"2022-10-18T08:03:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700921"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:33:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:33:20","slug":"comcast-officially-kills-g4-less-than-a-year-after-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comcast-officially-kills-g4-less-than-a-year-after-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Comcast Officially Kills G4 Less Than a Year After Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Be careful what you wish for \u2013 after less than a year in business and only ten short months after network host Frosk told critical audiences \u201cif you don\u2019t like it, don\u2019t watch it,\u201d Comcast has officially shuttered the door on their attempted revival of G4.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145122\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145122\" src=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.13-10.57-boundingintocomics-61e0ae6e162ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.13-10.57-boundingintocomics-61e0ae6e162ca.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.13-10.57-boundingintocomics-61e0ae6e162ca-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.13-10.57-boundingintocomics-61e0ae6e162ca-1340x754.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.13-10.57-boundingintocomics-61e0ae6e162ca-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-145122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: G4, Xplay<\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/20\/frosk-done-at-g4-less-than-a-year-after-being-hired-to-help-lead-network-revival\/\">Frosk Done At G4 Less Than A Year After Being Hired To Help Lead Network Revival<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The news that absolutely everyone could see coming was first broken to employees on October 16th \u2013 eleven months to the day since its November 2021 relaunch \u2013 courtesy of an all-company memo sent out by the CEO of the telecom giant\u2019s Spectacor arm David Scott.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know, G4 was re-introduced last year to tap into the popularity of gaming,\u201d Scott opened the memo, as per a copy reportedly obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/10\/comcast-pulls-plug-on-g4-tv-ending-comeback-try-video-game-network-1235145219\/\">Deadline<\/a>. \u201cWe invested to create the new G4 as an online and TV destination for fans to be entertained, be inspired, and connect with gaming content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163607\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163607\" src=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.18-05.21-boundingintocomics-62848247d5944.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.18-05.21-boundingintocomics-62848247d5944.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.18-05.21-boundingintocomics-62848247d5944-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.18-05.21-boundingintocomics-62848247d5944-1340x754.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.18-05.21-boundingintocomics-62848247d5944-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-163607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Is Evil Dead: The Game as Groovy as We Hoped? | Xplay, G4 YouTube<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past several months, we worked hard to generate that interest in G4, but viewership is low and the network has not achieved sustainable financial results,\u201d he then revealed, before declaring, \u201cThis is certainly not what we hoped for, and, as a result, we have made the very difficult decision to discontinue G4\u2019s operations, effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-padding-l-2 pmc-u-padding-l-2 lrv-a-font-body-m\">\u201cI know this is disappointing news, and I\u2019m disappointed, too,\u201d Scott continued. \u201cI want to thank you\u00a0 and everyone on the G4 team for the hard work and commitment to the network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-180945\" src=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.16-01.52-boundingintocomics-6323d6dcf259b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.16-01.52-boundingintocomics-6323d6dcf259b.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.16-01.52-boundingintocomics-6323d6dcf259b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.16-01.52-boundingintocomics-6323d6dcf259b-1340x754.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.16-01.52-boundingintocomics-6323d6dcf259b-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-180945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Is the Last of Us Remake Worth It?, Xplay YouTube<\/p>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/15\/g4-host-frosk-posts-tone-deaf-meme-celebrating-her-continued-employment-after-network-hit-with-massive-layoffs\/\">G4 Host Frosk Posts Tone-Deaf Meme Celebrating Her Continued Employment After Network Hit With Massive Layoffs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noting that Comcast Spectacor\u2019s \u201chuman resources team [would be] reaching out to you to provide you with support, discuss other opportunities that may be available, and answer any questions you may have,\u201d the head of the two-time defunct network ultimately closed the books on G4 by giving thanks to his now-former employees \u201cfor all your hard work for G4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146366\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146366\" src=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.21-11.59-boundingintocomics-61eb48f82a62c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.21-11.59-boundingintocomics-61eb48f82a62c.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.21-11.59-boundingintocomics-61eb48f82a62c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.21-11.59-boundingintocomics-61eb48f82a62c-1340x754.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022.01.21-11.59-boundingintocomics-61eb48f82a62c-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-146366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Xplay Game Awards! Ft. Adam Sessler, The Completionist, Imfrosk, The Black Hokage | Xplay Live, G4 YouTube<\/p>\n<p>In one final stumble as the network made its way out the door, given that this message was issued on a Sunday afternoon and many were understandably away from the email inboxes, a number of now-former employees received word of their termination not from an official company source but rather via internet word of mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to a tweet regarding the news published<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be careful what you wish for \u2013 after less than a year in business and only ten short months after network host Frosk told critical audiences \u201cif you don\u2019t like it, don\u2019t watch it,\u201d Comcast has officially shuttered the door on their attempted revival of G4. 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