Gene Simmons kisses-off on-demand TV

It seems to be an evening for former rockstars finding their over-hyped projects coming to grief. After the fire bobbies have hosed down the remains of the Van Halen reunion, they'll have to rush over to deal with the bitter end of Gene Simmons' previously announced $40 million floatation of NPTV, a cable video-on-demand service.

It's now not going to happen.