Comcast shut down G4TV one year after relaunch

Part of the email from Dave Scott, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Spectacor reads: Over 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. This is certainly not what we hoped for, and, as a result, we have made the very difficult decision to discontinue G4's operations, effective immediately. Scott thanked the G4 staff for their hard work and commitment to the network. The end of G4 resulted in the layoff of 45 staff members. Comcast has assured G4 team members that the company will provide support and discuss other opportunities that may be available.

The 45 staff members are the ones that remained with the company after 20-30 people were laid off last month. Some members of the staff found out that they were unemployed through social media, a disturbing trend that has been on the rise recently in gaming media.

The Washington Post's Nathan Grayson reported that "former G4 employees who requested anonymity due to the signing of nondisclosure agreements told The Post that staff were locked out of internal communication services like Slack and Google Drive without immediate explanation."

The news of G4's shutdown did not come as a surprise to fans after the news that the network laid off employees a month ago. Others also noted that the departure of Indiana "Froskurinn" Black and Kevin Pereira were signs that the network was in trouble.

G4 TV President Russell Arons also left the company a month ago, which left the network in the hands of Comcast exec Joe Marsh.