CNET TV
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CNET TV is a San Francisco, California
based Internet television
network showing original programming catering to the niche market of technology enthusiasts, operated by CBS Interactive through their CNET
.com brand. CNET TV originated as the television
program production arm of CNET Networks in the United States
, producing programs starting in the mid to late 1990s. It was CNET Networks' first project. Technology-themed television shows produced by CNET TV also aired on G4 in Canada
.
. Full-length CBS News
programming such as Face the Nation
and 60 Minutes
is also hosted on CNET TV since the merger with CBS Interactive.
and Gina St. John
(later replaced by Daphne Brogdon), CNET Central was the flagship program of CNET TV. It aired from 1995 to 1999 on the Sci Fi Channel
and USA Network
in the United States. Individual segments were hosted by Desmond Crisis, Ryan Seacrest
, and Hari Sreenivasan
. Reviews of software and hardware were provided by John C. Dvorak
in his "Buy It, Try It, Skip It" segments. http://web.archive.org/web/19970419204515/www.cnet.com/Content/Tv/Dvorak/ The show often ended with a segment called The Last Word featuring commentary from Dave Ross
.
. The show was an hour in length and included segments called The Hall of Fame and The Hall of Shame which showcased interesting and bizarre websites respectively. The show also interviewed famous tech celebrities such as Jerry Yang and David Filo
, Todd Rundgren
, and Thomas Dolby
.
, one of his first on-air jobs. http://web.archive.org/web/19970802202426/www.cnet.com/Content/Tv/Newedge/hosts.html Unlike CNET Central and The Web, The New Edge was not nearly so focused on computing; it explored all aspects of science and technology, from Magnetic Resonance Imaging
to gasoline powered blenders.
was a co-host.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
based Internet television
Internet television
Internet television is the digital distribution of television content via the Internet...
network showing original programming catering to the niche market of technology enthusiasts, operated by CBS Interactive through their CNET
CNET
CNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
.com brand. CNET TV originated as the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
program production arm of CNET Networks in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, producing programs starting in the mid to late 1990s. It was CNET Networks' first project. Technology-themed television shows produced by CNET TV also aired on G4 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Shows
Current productions of CNET TV comprise of short-form tech shows and live video podcasts, the latter branded under the CNET Live banner. All current CNET TV online productions are distributed as podcasts and some programming is available on the iTunes StoreITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
. Full-length CBS News
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
programming such as Face the Nation
Face the Nation
Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an American Sunday-morning political interview show which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954. It is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television...
and 60 Minutes
60 Minutes
60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....
is also hosted on CNET TV since the merger with CBS Interactive.
Tech shows
The following are short-form tech shows produced by CNET TV, primarily produced in video in front of greenscreen. These are also distributed as podcasts. Also distributed by CNET are programming from Revision3 through a contract deal with Revision3.| Name | Hosts | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Checked In | Bridget Carey Bridget Carey Bridget Marie Carey is an American technology journalist and author of the nation's first social media etiquette column, Poked. She also hosts a popular online gadget review show, Bridget Carey's Tech Review. Her award-winning writing commentary on netiquette started at The Miami Herald and was... |
Announced |
| How To | Sharon Vaknin Sharon Vaknin Sharon Vaknin is an American technology reporter currently working at CNET, a subsidiary of CBS Interactive. Sharon is a full-time editor and on-air host at CNET.com, where she covers technology news, and hosts videos for CNET TV.-Background:... ; formerly Tom Merritt |
Periodically |
| The Apple Byte | Brian Tong | Weekly: Fridays |
| Tap That App | CNET editors | Weekly |
| Tech Review | Molly Wood Molly Wood Molly Kristin Wood is an executive editor at CNET.com and previously a writer for Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, and O'Reilly Media. Wood hosted the "Gadgettes"... |
Weekly |
| Loaded | Bridget Carey Bridget Carey Bridget Marie Carey is an American technology journalist and author of the nation's first social media etiquette column, Poked. She also hosts a popular online gadget review show, Bridget Carey's Tech Review. Her award-winning writing commentary on netiquette started at The Miami Herald and was... ; formerly Natali Morris, left CNET as of April 29, 2011; Wilson Tang until October 2011; interns Mark Licea, Jeff Bakalar |
Weekly: Monday-Thursday; to be replaced by show Checked In |
| The Buzz Report | Molly Wood; interim host Brian Cooley | Weekly |
| CNET Top 5 | Brian Cooley Brian Cooley Brian Cooley is an Editor at large for CNET and their senior pundit, seen frequently on CNN, ABC News, CNBC as well on the TV screens in most major tech retailers around the U.S... ; formerly Tom Merritt |
Weekly |
CNET Live
Programs on CNET Live stream live on CNETTV.com and mainly consist of talk shows mostly produced as audio shows with video feeds. These are also distributed as podcasts.| Show | Summary | Genre | Hosts | Schedule | Launch date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily tech news and pop culture. High Tech, Low Brow Lowbrow Lowbrow may refer to:*Lowbrow, relating to, or suitable for a person with little taste or intellectual interest* Lowbrow , describes an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970s... |
Technology, movies, television, financial advice | CNET editors Jeff Bakalar, Wilson Tang, Justin Yu; Randall Bennett left May 15, 2008 was replaced by Justin Yu | |||
| CNET editors examine Android smartphones | Android smartphones | ||||
| CNET news | Technology, gadgets | Molly Wood Molly Wood Molly Kristin Wood is an executive editor at CNET.com and previously a writer for Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, and O'Reilly Media. Wood hosted the "Gadgettes"... , Brian Tong, Stephen Beacham |
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| CNET news | Technology, gadgets | Brian Cooley Brian Cooley Brian Cooley is an Editor at large for CNET and their senior pundit, seen frequently on CNN, ABC News, CNBC as well on the TV screens in most major tech retailers around the U.S... , Antuan Goodwin, Wayne Cunningham |
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| ? | Technology, gadgets | Eric Franklin, Donald Bell | |||
| CNET editors discuss product reviews on all consumer electronics | Technology, gadgets | ||||
| ? | Cellular phones, smartphones | ||||
| CNET editors demo new video game releases | Technology, gadgets | Jeff Bakalar, Mark Licea | |||
| ? | Technology business news | ||||
| ? | Technology |
Produced outside of U.S. as of 2011
| Name | Brand | Hosts | Type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNET UK Podcast | CNET UK | Ian Morris, Flora Graham and CNET UK team | Audio | Weekly (records Thursday, available Friday) |
| GameSpot UK Podcast | GameSpot UK | Guy Cocker, Luke Anderson and the GameSpot UK team with news and features on UK Gaming. | Audio | Thursdays |
| OzSpot GameSpot AU Podcast | GameSpot AU | Randolph Ramsay, Dan Chiappini, and James Kozanecki bring you the GameSpot AU podcast. Biggest news and trends in the world of Australian Gaming. | Audio | Bi-weekly (Wed) |
Past podcasts
| Name | Brand | Summary | Hosts | Type | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital City | CNET | Dan Ackerman Dan Ackerman Dan Ackerman is a former radio DJ turned technology and video game journalist. Ackerman resides in New York City and has written about video games and gadgets for publications including SPIN, Blender, WWE Magazine, and The Hollywood Reporter.He is currently a Senior Editor at CNET.com and a... , Joseph Kaminski, Julie Rivera, Scott Stein |
Audio, video | Weekly | |
| Planet CNET | CNET and international | Kara Tsuboi (In CBS now), Louise Ghegan, Rory Reid, Ella Morton, John Chan | Video | Weekly | |
| Gadgettes | CNET | Molly Wood Molly Wood Molly Kristin Wood is an executive editor at CNET.com and previously a writer for Associated Press, MacHome Journal magazine, and O'Reilly Media. Wood hosted the "Gadgettes"... , Kelly Morrison, Jason Howell |
Audio, video | Weekly | |
| MP3 Insider | CNET | Jasmine France, Donald Bell Donald Bell Donald Bell is a Canadian bass-baritone and vocal pedagogue. For over four decades he actively performed in concerts and operas internationally. He retired from performance in 1994. As a vocal pedagogue he has researched and published studies on vocal acoustics and laryngeal function... (formerly Veronica Belmont Veronica Belmont Veronica Ann Belmont is the co-host of the Revision3 show Tekzilla alongside Patrick Norton, and the former host of the monthly PlayStation 3-based video on demand program Qore. Formerly she was the host for the Mahalo Daily podcast and a producer and associate editor for CNET Networks, Inc... , James Kim James Kim James Kim was an American television personality and technology analyst for the former TechTV international cable television network, reviewing products for shows including The Screen Savers, Call for Help, and Fresh Gear... ) |
Audio, video | Weekly: discontinued May 2010 | |
| CNET To the Rescue | CNET | Rafe Needleman Rafe Needleman Rafe Needleman is a magazine and website editor and published author. He wrote a Star Trek trivia book in 1980 and has covered technology and business since 1988... , Josh Lowensohn (formerly named "The Real Deal", with Rafe Needleman Rafe Needleman Rafe Needleman is a magazine and website editor and published author. He wrote a Star Trek trivia book in 1980 and has covered technology and business since 1988... , Tom Merritt Tom Merritt Thomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today... ) |
Audio, video | Weekly: Wednesdays, discontinued July 2011 | |
| Security Bites | CNET, News.com | Robert Vamosi | Audio, video; on CNET TV | Discontinued November 2008 | |
| CNET Live | CNET | Tom Merritt, Brian Cooley, Brian Tong | Video (CNET TV) | No longer airing weekly, was on Thursdays; as of 2011 is the name of a website dedicated to live streaming of CNET podcast recordings | |
| Crossfade TV | Download.com Download.com Download.com is an Internet download directory website, launched in 1996 as a part of CNET. Originally, the domain was download.com.com. The domain download.com attracted at least 113 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.... , MP3.com MP3.com MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting... |
Kurt Wolff, Mike Tao, Peter Gavin, Anngie Dehoyos | Video; CNET TV | Bi-weekly | |
| Studio C | CNET, Download.com Download.com Download.com is an Internet download directory website, launched in 1996 as a part of CNET. Originally, the domain was download.com.com. The domain download.com attracted at least 113 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com study.... , MP3.com MP3.com MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting... |
Kurt Wolff, Ariel Nunez, Mike Tao, Peter Gavin | Audio | Weekly | |
| Today on the Spot | GameSpot GameSpot GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which... |
Video game talk show; segments include news since the last episode (host: Tor Thorson), a Daily Demo, This Week on Wii shop channel (Tue.), Xbox live (Thu.), and PlayStation Network (Sat.) and trivia segment at the end of most episodes | Varied GameSpot employees, with other editors and guests | Video | Weekly: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays; 4 PM PST |
| The LineUp | GameSpot GameSpot GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which... |
Sports video game talk show | Brian Ekberg, Aaron Thomas, Shanker Srinivasan | Video | Bi-Weekly: Fridays |
| Import Friendly | GameSpot GameSpot GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which... |
Import game and culture show | Takeshi Hiraoka | Video | Monthly: 1st Thursdays |
| Start/Select | GameSpot UK | News and features show on UK gaming | Guy Cocker | Video | Weekly: Fridays |
| The Hotspot | GameSpot GameSpot GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which... |
Video game news podcast; some weeks have multiple episodes, such as E3 09, which had three consecutive podcasts from the show | Brendan Sinclair | Audio | Weekly: Tuesdays |
| From the Bleachers | GameSpot GameSpot GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which... |
Sports video game podcast | Brian Ekberg | Audio | Weekly: Mondays, on hiatus until further notice |
| The Digital Home | CNET | Don Reisinger | Audio | Weekly | |
| The TV.com UK podcast | TV.com | Ben Howard, Heather Hughes, Ian Morris | Audio | Weekly: Friday | |
CNet Central
Hosted by Richard HartRichard Hart (journalist)
Richard Hart was a staple of Bay Area television throughout the 1980s on the popular Evening Magazine. EM aired at 7:30 pm nightly, with co-host Jan Yanehiro and showcased some of the interesting and often technology-based activities and happenings around the San Francisco Bay Area.Richard Hart...
and Gina St. John
Gina St. John
Gina St. John is an American actress and television presenter. She has hosted shows including CNET Central and E! News Daily, and has had roles in television dramas such as Crossing Jordan and Commander in Chief.-References:...
(later replaced by Daphne Brogdon), CNET Central was the flagship program of CNET TV. It aired from 1995 to 1999 on the Sci Fi Channel
Sci Fi Channel (United States)
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
and USA Network
USA Network
USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...
in the United States. Individual segments were hosted by Desmond Crisis, Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
, and Hari Sreenivasan
Hari Sreenivasan
Hariharan "Hari" Sreenivasan is an Indian-born journalist who has worked primarily for American broadcast media.Sreenivasan was born in Mumbai, India around 1974. After immigrating to the United States at age seven, he attended high school in Seattle, Washington, where he became a radio disc jockey...
. Reviews of software and hardware were provided by John C. Dvorak
John C. Dvorak
John C. Dvorak is an American columnist and broadcaster in the areas of technology and computing. His writing extends back to the 1980s, when he was a mainstay of a variety of magazines. Dvorak is also the Vice-President of Mevio and well known for his work for Tech TV...
in his "Buy It, Try It, Skip It" segments. http://web.archive.org/web/19970419204515/www.cnet.com/Content/Tv/Dvorak/ The show often ended with a segment called The Last Word featuring commentary from Dave Ross
Dave Ross
Dave Ross is a talk show host on Seattle's KIRO-FM radio station, with whom he had been a news anchor from 1978 until his talk show started nine years later in 1987. He has sometimes broadcast his show while on assignment in other locations, including overseas, such as Baghdad, Iraq in April...
.
The Web
Hosted by Sofie Formica and Justin Gunn, The Web explored an emerging facet of computing: the World Wide WebWorld Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
. The show was an hour in length and included segments called The Hall of Fame and The Hall of Shame which showcased interesting and bizarre websites respectively. The show also interviewed famous tech celebrities such as Jerry Yang and David Filo
David Filo
David Filo is an American businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang.Until the company decided to switch to PHP, his Filo Server Program, written in the C programming language, was the server-side scripting software used to dynamically serve variable web pages, called Filo Server...
, Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
, and Thomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby is an English musician and producer. Best known for his 1982 hit "She Blinded Me with Science", and 1984 single "Hyperactive!", he has also worked extensively in production and as a session musician.-Early life:Dolby was born in London, England, contrary to information in early 1980s...
.
The New Edge
The New Edge was hosted by Ryan SeacrestRyan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
, one of his first on-air jobs. http://web.archive.org/web/19970802202426/www.cnet.com/Content/Tv/Newedge/hosts.html Unlike CNET Central and The Web, The New Edge was not nearly so focused on computing; it explored all aspects of science and technology, from Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , or magnetic resonance tomography is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to visualize detailed internal structures...
to gasoline powered blenders.
TV.COM
TV.COM was focused on the best the Internet had to offer. It was broadcast in syndication. Ron ReaganRon Reagan
Ronald Prescott "Ron" Reagan sometimes known as Ronald Reagan, Jr., is a former talk radio host and chief political analyst for KIRO radio in Seattle until his show was canceled on August 8, 2007...
was a co-host.
Tech Briefs
Tech Briefs were 90 second tech inserts for local news media. They were hosted by Richard Hart. Later renamed Tech Reports.Cool Tech
Cool Tech showcased new gadgets. It was hosted by Desmond Crisis and Daphne Brogdon.News.com
News.com was originally hosted by Richard Hart and Gina Smith (later replaced by Sydnie Kohara) with Hari Sreenivasan as senior correspondent.External links
- CNET 10, 10th anniversary video of CNET TV
- CNET TV website from the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
- CNET Live