Leo Laporte signs the lease for the new TWiT studio!

[Limes102]

Can't believe this was a year ago. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago!

[SpringyRubber]

I love how Tom Merritt hit the launch month on the head. As soon as Leo said he's shooting for May 2nd (but he wanted April), Tom said, "Whenever we say April, I assume June..."

By deduction, Tom thinks that a goal of May means it will done in July, and he was exactly right! He knows Leo like the back of his hand.

[nighthawk006phoenix]

3 CNN executives did not like this...

[jjthejetplane342]

leo = Person In Managerial Position.....pimp

[nagrom97]

Leo is a lefty!! Woho, my hero writes with the same hand as me!

[johncolesuk]

Could you set up a camera somewhere streaming to allow us to see the progress?

[BrowncoatJedi]

It's the tech bubble all over again! Expect Twit to lose half their staff and dump the new studio as soon as Ford and Audible etc wise up and realize they aren't getting value out of nerds talking about iPhones.

[exitwest]

What an amazing achievement. To think Leo more or less has resurrected TechTV via "new media" and on his own terms in just 7 years. I hope he keeps it independently operated as long as possible......I'd hate to see them sell it out only to have it shut down the same way TechTV was.

[Cheevus]

lmao @ him getting hacked

[Garaith]

Congratulations! Please design in room for a studio audience.

[TripTucker]

the downstairs is the new Gadget Warehouse!

[cagex007]

you the Man Leo, i always listened to you and also watched your shows, your the best

[townradio]

I look forward to the June launch of the new studio. ;) Amazing how sticking up a webcam lead to this.

[inmyforties]

twiterrific

[bleedrr]

Leo you are the man. It's been a real pleasure watching you build TWiT. Wish you continued success.

[1madDogz]

What's the date on this?

What fountain pen is he using?

[hoadlck]

Congratulations! Can't wait to see the new setup. :)

[samalex1701]

This is awesome! I'd love to see them bring back a nightly Screensavers-type show like they had on ZDTV/TechTV. Plus personally I'd like to see a more formal/professional news studio similar to what they had in the ZDTV/TechTV days that might air hourly news. I can see myself keeping this going on my DroidX all the time. Nice work guys!

[canuckmackem]

Very excited.... nice one Leo

[braveedge]

Can't wait to see the new Brick TWiT House

[aastevens70]

sounds like TWIT is set up as an LLC, good move to prevent some legal issues....TWIT llc pays out, not LEO....this is how id do it....

[dansmath]

Mr. Laporte -- this is a big step for you, for all of us in the TWiT army, and for 'netcasting' in general. congrats Leo!

[leepetersonuk]

Well done guys

[AdamhaiderTV]

Congrats! Look forward to seeing the new office spaces. I would love to work in such an environment.

[darkridr25]

My congratulations to Leo and all the TWIT team. I am very happy to see all of you have such a bright future ahead of you. :)

[FirstAndromedan]

Congrats on signing the lease. I wish you the best of luck. I hope to see great things from TWIT

[soitsawhat]

I hope you keep the Twit Cottage Soul in the new studio. I'd hate to see TWIT end up looking like CNN.

It is about the content...right?

[soitsawhat]

I hope you keep the Twit Cottage Soul in the new studio. I'd hate to see TWIT end up looking like CNN.

[Shunobies]

Awesome news I can't wait to see the new area's through your show's I love all of the twit Network shows. So much so that my wife has to remind me to get some work done.

[docbreger]

...Leo's a lefty...my hero!



[billys262]

Where does the studio audience sit?

[jeriellsworth]

Very exciting. When do I move in?

[kms007]

congrats, Leo! Can't wait to see the new TWiT studio!

[3uster]

I wonder if Leo is going to have a intern in the background playing PS3 all the time like he did on the Lab. And how do I become that intern?!

[hamiltonwallace]

Congrats Leo, I have enjoyed you since Screen Savers

[Jflux69]

strait UP Leo!!!!!

[icebug]

congrats to everyone at TWiT! I am really excited to see the new studio in action

[ak4apple]

what happens to this twit cottage ?

[TravSaz]

Leo is a Lefty!!!! OMG.

He is so Awesome

[DaveUFO]

Thank you guys for letting us follow you through the whole process. Its really interesting.

[lehel89]

Congrats to Leo and everyone else at TWiT... looking forward to this! :)

[StanPilkadaris]

Congratulations Leo. Best wishes on new venture. You deserve all the success that will follow.

[siouxmoux3]

Congratulations Leo for in signing the lease for the new TWiT Studios. I can't wait for video tour of the new studios!

[EverNoticeThat]

Is he signing it in blood?

[joshua25fm]

This is HUGE. I am so fricken excited. I feel like I am a part of this whole thing.

[SeniorSpiky]

DUDE! I just found out me and leo are born on the same day, Nov. 29th. I was born exactly 36 years later though...

[HeadacheVideo]

First time very long time Leo - congrats on this great milestone!

[sego209]

congrats leo. :)



[SeniorSpiky]

Huh, Leo's left-handed. Never knew that.

[HeadacheVideo]

First time very long time Leo - congrats on tjhis great milestone!

[tubejay1]

Congrats! Been watching since TechTV Leo, I'm so proud that you did it when everyone else thought it was impossible! Seriously man, way to go. I'll be watching...

[sac7000]

I remember when Leo was doing his radio show on KSFO in San Francisco, no video and no chat room back then. I still have my Leo Laporte pocket pen protector

[TheRaceforTech]

Congratulations!!

[dkgemini]

Congratulations! Looking forward to even more quality content from TWiT

[TheCanadianPublic]

I've signed one of those. It does take a while. Every page has to be initialized.

[negitivesinx]

this was the 1338th video... appropriate

[mrmagoo662]

I think TWiT should have their own station on SiriusXM as well as their own tv station. Now that would be total geek overload. Lol

[skatomas]

Can we have a 24/7 pre/post show stream, haha

[mrmagoo662]

@17R3W I don't think Leo has a political leaning but I think he is a Liberal. Tom, on the other hand, is a different story. Even though Tom is a conservative, he's cool in my book.

[17R3W]

@mrmagoo662

If you watch the TWiT show enough you'll know Leo's leanings, but I won't get into that on here.

[cbpdingo]

Congratulation Leo and TWIT crew

[ilikemonkeysblogcom]

Leo is left handed? Never picked up on that lol.

[durandshort]

Congratulations Leo and Gang!!!

[ShinmaRyuu]

Watched the first one being built and now i get to watch the new one being built woot. You should put the editors in the basement us editors like the dark :D. I love that you guys got the dude who did the old ScreenSavers set. That was such a great set and then never really got used because the show was dead so fast.

[sludgester]

You are an inspiration to us all Leo! Looking forward to it

[skywarnnet]

This is gonna be epic. Great ideas Leo and Tom. Definitely looking forward to this.

[ronaldhennessy]

So much win.

[kenkraly2004]

Leo keep up the good work with all the twit shows you do as well as the tech guy radio show. Looking forward to the new studio can't wait.

[joliefemm1]

Wow! was just trying to get folks to understand podcasting, now this!

I am blown away. Make sure you get Jason Howell's input on designing sets. And When ever you need a housemom let me know..

[Fordprefect1000]

Great stuff. And yeah, like everyone else the first thing I noticed was Leo is a lefty or a citeóg as we call it in Ireland. Love TwiT.

[DigicomSolutions]

TechTv 2.0!

[konno1]

You're a good person Leo ... congratulations. You and your crew provide a wonderful service for the good of all that is great and geeky !

[stormbear]

I LOVED THE SITE! Bring back Dev Null!

[TheQwertyToo]

@stormbear I've been saying that the kitchen should become Dev Null's coffee bar with the Emmy prominently displayed

[jaycook777]

I didn't know Leo was a lefty. Good going Leo, you are the man of business. Doing what you love for work!

[toddstanfield]

I may cry when they say goodbye to the cottage.

[gcs8]

pre shows and post shows only channel?

[weatherservo9]

The power of TWiT - "140 kel" already brings up the address on Google.

[Gamepolice]

Time to start giving money to TWiT again. Tech TV will be coming back in my opinion under Leo's control. I can't wait for the change to occur!!!!

[weeniewawa]

congrats, now I know my donations weren't for naught

[psuwhammy]

Heh, TWIT has 1338 videos on YouTube as of the time of this posting. Missed it by *that* much. You could zero index and call this video 1337.

[Eric18267]

This is very exciting. Leo, Congrats isn't enough. You have built an excelent network from an excelent failed network. Your team deserves this for all their hard work!

[GeoMeek]

Looking forward to all the work you do....

[fredsmith20]

Hope this doesn't kill off the pre/post unedited feeds. Sometimes they're better than the shows themselves.  The unedited feeds are a big part of why I began -- and still -- watch TwitTV.

[17R3W]

@fredsmith20

Sounds like he would have multiple streams.

#1 at least one live, and the other airing the edited programing

[buzzbros2002]

New podcasting in strange places. Can't wait to see the new set!

[TapChus]

Bring back the Screen Savers Babe Corral! LOL

[shawmaan]

Another lefty! Good luck in the new studio.

[17R3W]

@shawmaan

I thought you meant "Another Liberal" until I realized you meant left handed...

[shawmaan]

@17R3W Hahaha, nice. No politics here.

[BruceSkelly]

So now you don't all have to share on bucket for a bathroom?

[jerryh8391]

Left handed? That mean you are right in the brain!

[BKKilby]

Congrats!

[chosuriki]

Oh Leo's left handed. Can't wait for the new studios. Coming back Baby!

[TheEricBooth]

Looks awesome.

[17R3W]

I think Tom's idea of all the edited shows is a good idea. Give it a real schedule. Something else he could do is a short news clip at the top the of the hour, (like they do on talk radio).

[Gamepolice]

@17R3W But how would the chatroom interact with them or how will I be able to watch it live? I do like the schedule idea though

[17R3W]

@Gamepolice

You'd have to watch the live stream to interact.

What it sounds like is this.

# 1 - Live stream, exactly as it is today

# 2 - Morning show stream (live 5 hours, reran the rest of the day)

# 3 - Edited stream - A more tightly scheduled stream with the edited shows.

[Gamepolice]

@17R3W Just watched the whole thing, sounds great to me, I can't wait. Thanks for writing that out and sorry for sounding like I was not supporting your idea, I like it!

[17R3W]

@Gamepolice

It's actually Tom's idea. But me personally, I'm like you, I want to watch it live as it happens, with the pre-show and everything.

I love the chat room too. Once Leo mentioned my screen name *swoon* and a couple of other times he's quoted me.

I made a joke about computers never being fixed, just being less broken, and he repeated it and laughed.

[Gamepolice]

@17R3W Same too, it was a great thing, Leo is like a celebrity to us and for it to be shouted out was amazing

[BitsForPC]

Awesome!

[gandhirama]

Can't wait to see all my favorite podcasts in new spaces! :)

[17R3W]

I love when Leo "talks shop"

[mark92577]

Awesome! Congratulations!!

[SolidMGsnake]

Wow awesome guys

[budgetgamer1968]

yyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssss­sssssssssssssss!

[CoryClaxon]

With the kitchen they should do a tech cooking show! 

[17R3W]

@CoryClaxon

Munchcast anyone?

[CoryClaxon]

@17R3W They should bring that back...

[sorenstudios]

@CoryClaxon Ctrl+Alt+Chicken+Leo?

[Lalizig]

@CoryClaxon This Week In Tasty

[nooze2k]

The new studio sound great Leo!

[Realdude2011]

So exciting! Looks great!

[dee3825]

Really looking forward to the new twit sets

[Bubblesses]

Can't wait!!!!

[GuyEndore]

Way to go Leo . . .