Wednesday, November 9, 2016

IGN Entertainment Names Chief Programming Officer

IGN Entertainment, which produces online video game and entertainment content, said Tuesday that it has named Wade Beckett as its Chief Programming Officer and SVP of Video, based here in Los Angeles. Beckett was previously Chief Programming Officer and Sr. Vice President of Production, at Fusion -- a Disney/ABC & Univision joint venture. He also served at ESPN SportNation and NBCUniversal's G4 network, along with Comcast, ZDTV, Tech TV, DreamWorks, NBC's Peter Engel Productions, TV Guide Channel, and CinemaLine. IGN Entertainment is part of Ziff Davis, which is own by LA's J2 Global.

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