TWiT.tv


TWiT.tv, which is the operating trade name of TWiT LLC, is a podcast network that broadcasts many technology news podcasts, founded by technology broadcaster and author Leo Laporte in 2005, and run by his wife and company CEO Lisa Laporte. The network began operation in April 2005 with the launch of This Week in Tech. Security Now was the second podcast on the network, debuting in August of that year. The network hosts 28 podcasts and live streaming shows. Podcasts include The Tech Guy, This Week in Tech, This Week in Enterprise Tech, Security Now, FLOSS Weekly, and MacBreak Weekly. In addition to shows on technology news, it also has podcasts like Ham Nation on amateur radio and Hands-on Photography".
TWiT founder and owner Leo Laporte, in an October 2009 speech, stated that it grossed revenues of $1.5 million per year, while costs were around $350,000. In November 2014, during an interview with American Public Media's Marketplace Leo Laporte stated that TWiT makes $6 million in ad revenue a year from 5 million TWiT podcasts downloaded each month, mostly in the form of audio, and that 3,000 to 4,000 people watch its live-streamed shows. On March 18, 2015, prior to the filming of This Week in Google, Leo Laporte stated that TWiT expects to make $7 million in revenue in fiscal year 2015, and made "almost" $10 million in revenue in 2016.
TWiT gets its name from its first and flagship podcast, This Week in Tech''. The logo design originated from a traditional logic gate symbol of an "AND gate" turned on its side. Voiceovers are provided by Jim Cutler.

Programming

TWiT's podcasts are centered around technology and technology news. Hosts of the shows are usually experts in certain fields, either by working in the field itself or by being a journalist covering the field.
As of August 2019, there are 17 podcasts produced by TWiT.
All the shows are available free to watch or download from the TWiT.tv website and are funded by cost per mille embedded sponsorship. Most of the shows are livestreamed from the TWiT studio in Petaluma, California. TWiT's servers host the network's chat rooms using the Internet Relay Chat.

Shows

The TWiT Network is host to the following shows
ShowHosts
This Week in TechLeo Laporte
Security NowSteve Gibson, Leo Laporte
The Tech GuyLeo Laporte
Ask The Tech GuyLeo Laporte
Windows WeeklyLeo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley
MacBreak WeeklyLeo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Rene Ritchie, Lory Gil
This Week in GoogleLeo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, Ant Pruitt
Tech News WeeklyJason Howell, Mikah Sargent
iOS TodayLeo Laporte, Mikah Sargent
All About AndroidJason Howell, Florence Ion, Ron Richards
Hands-On TechLeo Laporte, Jason Howell, Mikah Sargent, Ant Pruitt
This Week in Enterprise TechLouis Maresca, Brian Chee, Curt Franklin, Brian McHenry, Heather "Mo" Williams
This Week in Computer HardwarePatrick Norton, Sebastian Peak
FLOSS WeeklyRandal Schwartz, Aaron Newcomb
Ham NationBob Heil, Gordon West, George Thomas, Don Wilbanks, Valerie Hotzfeld, Amanda Alden, Dale Puckett
Hands-On PhotographyAnt Pruitt
Hands-On WellnessAnt Pruitt
Hands-On MacLeo Laporte
Smart Tech TodayMikah Sargent, Matthew Cassinelli
Hands-On AndroidJason Howell
Hands-On iOSMikah Sargent
TWiT SpecialsVaries
TWiT BitsVaries

Retired Shows

The following are the shows that have been retired from the network:
ShowHosts
Abby's RoadAbby Laporte
Android App ArenaJason Howell
Before You BuyFr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Leo Laporte
Coding 101Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, Louis Maresca
Dr. Kiki's Science HourDr. Kiki Sanford
FourCastTom Merritt, Scott Johnson
Futures in BiotechMarc Pelletier
Game On!Brian Brushwood, Veronica Belmont
Green Tech TodayBecky Worley, Dr. Kiki Sanford
Home Theater GeeksScott Wilkinson
iFive for the iPhoneMegan Morrone
Jumping MonkeysMegan Morrone, Leo Laporte
Know How...Jason Howell, Sam Machkovech
MacBreakLeo Laporte, Kendra Arimoto, Emery Wells, Merlin Mann, Alex Lindsay
Marketing MavericksTonya Hall
Maxwell's HouseRay Maxwell
MunchcastLeo Laporte, Cammy Blackstone
net@nightLeo Laporte, Amber MacArthur
NSFW ShowBrian Brushwood, Justin Robert Young
OMGcraftChad Johnson
Padre's CornerFr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
redditUPSarah Lane, Chad Johnson
Roz Rows the PacificRoz Savage
Science News WeeklyDr. Kiki Sanford
Tech News 2NightMegan Morrone
Tech News TodayMegan Morrone, Jason Howell
The Giz WizDick DeBartolo, Chad Johnson
The Laporte ReportLeo Laporte
The New Screen SaversLeo Laporte
The Social HourSarah Lane, Amber MacArthur
this WEEK in FUNSarah Lane, Martin Sargent
This Week in LawDenise Howell, Stefan Szpajda
This Week in Radio TechKirk Harnack
This Week in YouTubeChad Johnson, Lamarr Wilson
Trey's Variety HourTrey Ratcliff
TriangulationLeo Laporte, Jason Howell, Mikah Sargent, Denise Howell
TWiT PhotoLeo Laporte, Catherine Hall
Valley of GeniusLeo Laporte, Adam Fisher

Litigation

In May 2017, Twitter announced that it would deliver original video content on its platform. Lawyers from TWiT believed this violated a spoken agreement between Leo Laporte and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams made in 2009, and infringed on TWiT's trademark. TWiT tried to informally resolve the trademark issue, and in January 2018 filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Twitter.
In March 2018 Twitter filed a motion to dismiss. On May 30, 2018, US Magistrate Judge Jaqueline Scott Corley granted Twitters' motion to dismiss the case. The judge found that TWIT's discussions with Twitter "do not support a plausible inference that Twitter agreed to never offer audio or video content under the Twitter brand."

Awards