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{{Infobox television channel
| name = TWiT.tv
| logo = TWiT.svg
| logo_size = 130px
| founder = [[Leo Laporte]]
| launch_date = {{Start date|2005|04}}
| headquarters = [[Petaluma]], [[California]]
| country = [[United States]]
| language = English
| owner = TWiT LLC
| area = Worldwide, via [[Internet]]
| website = {{URL|twit.tv|TWiT.tv}}
| online_serv_1 = [[YouTube]]
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.youtube.com/c/twit/live Watch Live]
}}
'''TWiT.tv''' is a [[podcast]] network that broadcasts technology-focused podcasts, founded by 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. As of January 2024, the network hosts 14 podcasts;<ref name="numbershows">{{cite web |title=Tech Podcasts from This Week in Tech - TWiT |url=https://twit.tv/shows?shows_active=1 |access-date=December 26, 2023 |publisher=TWiT.tv}}</ref> however, due to declining advertisement sales, some are being discontinued, or are only available with a Club TWiT subscription<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club TWiT Exclusives |url=https://twit.tv/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=TWiT.tv}}</ref> and the TWiT studio was closed in August 2024.  Podcasts include ''This Week in Tech,'' ''Security Now'', and ''[[MacBreak Weekly]]''.
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2009/10/03/leo-laporte-video/|title=Leo Laporte Makes $1.5 Million Per Year from Podcasting [Video]|publisher=[[Mashable]]|date=October 3, 2009|access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> In November 2014, during an interview with [[American Public Media]]'s [[Marketplace (radio program)|''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/podcastings-audience-and-its-profits-are-growing|title=Podcasting's audience (and its profits) are growing|publisher=[[American Public Media]]|date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref name="TWiG414">{{cite web|url=https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/414|title=This Week in Google episode 414|website=TWiT.tv|language=en-US|date=July 19, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
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. [[Voiceover]]s are provided by Jim Cutler.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/483|title=This Week in Tech episode 483|publisher=TWiT.tv|date=November 6, 2014|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
==Programming {{anchor|Current podcasts}}==
TWiT's podcasts are centered around technology and technology news. They are hosted by journalists with knowledge in their coverage areas.
==Shows==
The TWiT Network is host to the following shows<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twit.tv/shows?shows_active=1|title=Podcasts}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Show !! Hosts
|-
| Hands-On Mac* || Mikah Sargent
|-
| Hands-On Tech || Mikah Sargent
|-
| Hands-On Windows* || Paul Thurrott
|-
| Home Theater Geeks* || Scott Wilkinson
|-
| Host-Read Ads || Lisa Laporte
|-
| iOS Today* || Mikah Sargent, Rosemary Orchard
|-
| [[MacBreak Weekly]] || [[Leo Laporte]], [[Andy Ihnatko]], Alex Lindsay, [[Jason Snell (writer)|Jason Snell]]
|-
| [[Security Now]] || [[Steve Gibson (computer programmer)|Steve Gibson]], [[Leo Laporte]]
|-
| Tech News Weekly || Mikah Sargent
|-
| This Week in Google || [[Leo Laporte]], [[Jeff Jarvis]], Paris Martineau
|-
| This Week in Space || Rod Pyle, Tariq Malik
|-
| [[This Week in Tech]] || [[Leo Laporte]]
|-
| Untitled Linux Show* || Jonathan Bennett
|-
| Windows Weekly || [[Leo Laporte]], Paul Thurrott, Richard Campbell
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Video access only via Club TWiT membership.
==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 (Internet entrepreneur)|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.<ref>{{cite news |last=England |first=Rachel |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/17/twitter-trademark-infringement-lawsuit-twit/ |title=Twitter faces trademark infringement lawsuit from podcast network |work=Engadget |date=January 17, 2018 |access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
In March 2018 Twitter filed a [[motion to dismiss]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://totaldrama.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Motion-to-dismiss.pdf |title=Motion to Dismiss: TWiT LLC vs. Twitter Inc. Case: 3:18-cv-00341-JSC |access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/380754323/TWiT-LLC-vs-Twitter-Inc-Case-Dismissal?secret_password=JZ9Wc0VllMdZv4mDt4z8#from_embed |title=Case Dismissal: TWiT LLC vs. Twitter Inc. Case: 3:18-cv-00341-JSC |access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>
==Awards==
* ''This Week in Tech'' was the recipient of the 2005, 2008, and 2010 People's Choice [[Podcast Awards]] in the Technology category and Best Video Podcast in 2009 and 2011.<ref name="PodcastAwards">{{cite web|url=https://www.podcastawards.com/past-winners|title=Podcast Awards - Past Winners|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
* ''Tech News Today'' was the recipient of the 2012 [[International Academy of Web Television]] award for Best News Web Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iawtv.org/iawtv-awards-ap/|title=Winners From The 2012 IAWTV Awards Held At CES In Las Vegas Jan. 12, 2012.|publisher=[[International Academy of Web Television]]|access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> It also won the People's Choice [[Podcast Awards]] in the Technology category in 2011 and 2013.<ref name="PodcastAwards"/>
* ''Security Now'' was the recipient of the 2007 People's Choice Podcast Awards in the Technology category.<ref name="PodcastAwards"/>
* ''This Week in Computer Hardware'', ''Home Theater Geeks'', ''NSFW'', ''This Week in Tech'', ''MacBreak Weekly'', ''TWiT Live Specials'', ''iPad Today'', ''Tech News Today'', ''The Tech Guy'', ''This Week in Google'', and ''Windows Weekly'' were named "Best of 2010 in Podcasts" by iTunes Rewind.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soundandvision.com/content/home-theater-geeks-among-itunes-best-podcasts-2010|title=Geeks Among iTunes Best Podcasts of 2010|publisher=Sound & Vision|date=December 10, 2010|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
* In 2011, ''This Week in Tech'' was named "Best Technology Podcast", and ''TWiT Photo'' was named "Best New Technology Podcast" by iTunes Rewind.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://1x57.com/b/the-year-in-podcasts-best-of-2011-from-itunes-rewind/|title=The Year in Podcasts – best of 2011 from iTunes Rewind|publisher=1x57.com|date=December 23, 2011|access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
* In 2017, ''Triangulation'' was awarded the first "Best Podcast: Technology" Webby Award for the episode ''Leo Laporte Talks with Edward Snowden's Lawyer,'' and Leo Laporte was chosen as an Honoree for "Podcasts: Best Host" by The Webby Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2017/podcasts/general-series/technology/10405/leo-laporte-talks-with-edward-snowdens-lawyer|title=Leo Laporte talks with Edward Snowden's Lawyer|publisher=webbyawards.com|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=June 24, 2023}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[This Week in Tech]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://twit.tv}}
{{TWiT podcasts}}
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