Would you want a new video game network?

 If a group of wealthy people got together and decided to make a new video game network on TV, would you want them to? Would you watch it? Or do you think it's unnecessary for a network to be made about video games?

No. I'd rather they purchase G4 and fire damn near everyone, and start from scratch.

The only thing I watch as far as gaming goes is an occasional Giant Bomb video and SC2 tournaments/Day9 stuff. I don't really feel like I need more than that.

Nope. They'd probably broadcast for a few hours, then fill the rest of the time with reality TV and other crap.

I would like to watch it.

what is TV?  can i watch that on youtube?

I'd only watch if Cops is one eight hours a day

"  If a group of wealthy people got together and decided to make a new video game network on TV, would you want them to? Would you watch it? Or do you think it's unnecessary for a network to be made about video games? "

I think someone should take the idea of a 24-hour news network and apply it to games.  Around the clock constant discussion of video game news.  They could take all the top headlines from the various sites across the internet and in magazines and present it in a hard news format.  I would watch, it's more personal than just reading an article on the internet or in a magazine.  Just a thought. 

We don't need one, we have Giantbomb.

There is probably only 12 hours of expensive hi-end gaming-related content needed each week.  That sounds like something an established channel could do better, or as people have said it needs to be made for online distrubution only.   
 
To be honest I think places like Giant Bomb can make the bulk of gaming discussion content.  Moreover, some of the best commentary on gaming I have seen is from The Escapist with eNN, UNSkippable, Zero Punctuation, Extra Credit, and Load-Ready-Run.

The new video game network is called "The Internet"

" The new video game network is called "The Internet" "

I don't think I'd enjoy watching lots of commercials to learn about video games when similar content is available on demand on the internet without the time restrictions that come with TV programming.

No. Sites like Giant Bomb can do anything a TV network can for a fraction of the cost and at a much timelier bases. Stuff like G4 just doesn't work in this day and age because of the internet, and how cheap it has become to buy audio/video equipment and editing programs. What used to take hundreds and thousands of dollars can be done in some ones bed room for a few thousand if they take the time to learn how. They could never compete.
 
The only thing they had going for them was a few weeks a year when big trade shows happened that they could cover, but now pretty much all of those are made available online for free.

I don't think their is much hope for getting the video game network thing right. 
 
Even back when G4/Tech-TV was "good", it was kind of sad, shallow, and pathetic. Sometimes I'd almost feel sorry for the people on the show having to stand up and say some of that shit in front of a national audience.

" No. I'd rather they purchase G4 and fire damn near everyone, and start from scratch. "

What I wouldn't want is a bunch of tools who consider themselves professional gamers playing in multiplayer tournaments and pretending it's an actual sport.