Another one bites the dust...

Just wanted to mention this because it's a part of history that's just going down the drain:

Because of the wordwide economic crisis, German pay-TV company Premiere shuts down its (free) TV station GIGA, whose program focus lay on gaming. Premiere acquired GIGA in 2008, while GIGA itself existed since 1998. It was always leading in letting the viewers contribute to the shows live via forums, SMS, E-mail etc. and allowing them to voice their own opinion.

All employees of GIGA received their pink slip today. TV production is halted, and until the web stream and TV channel go down at the end of March, viewers will see re-runs of old recordings.

I feel sorry for all of the guys who made GIGA what it was, and hope that an investor will jump out of the bush last-minute; but as this won't happen for obvious reasons, the only thing left to say is good-bye GIGA, and thanks for 10 years of great TV (which was, by the way, produced on a yearly budget that your average TV station will burn in a week)!

-- Tobias