IGN Hits Television This Holiday

IGN Hits Television This Holiday

TV Version of IGN's Holiday Buyer's Guide To Be Presented Saturday, December 12th @ 7:30PM on 18 FOX Stations Nationwide

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading videogames Web site IGN.com and Fox Television Stations will bring IGN's Holiday Buyer's Guide to viewers nationwide in "GameBreak! IGN's Ultimate Videogame Gift Guide," on Saturday, December 12th at 7:30 p.m.

A television adaptation of IGN's online holiday feature, the show will be presented on the FOX owned-and-operated stations in 18 markets. This is the latest move by IGN to extend its content offline and reach consumers across a variety of media and entertainment platforms.

"For the first time ever, IGN's Holiday Buyer's Guide will be extended from an online feature to a television special in major markets across the country," said Roy Bahat, President, IGN Entertainment. "A show dedicated to all-things videogames marks an exciting move for IGN - more proof that videogames are taking the pop culture world by storm."

Hosted by Jessica Chobot, from IGN's Daily Fix and Strategize online shows, the special will feature various gift ideas, highlighting category-leading games from IGN's Buyer's Guide, including: top sports, family, action and "couch-buster" games (designed to get gamers active and off the couch); never-before-seen game trailers; and more.

The show will also feature an in-depth segment highlighting the year's runaway hit, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 from Activision Publishing, Inc.

IGN currently syndicates its video offerings to external partners, including Xbox Live, Yahoo!, Hulu, MySpace and more, and its dedicated YouTube channel currently ranks among the Top 100 YouTube channels of all time, with subscriber numbers surpassing Oprah, ESPN and the NHL.

About IGN Entertainment

IGN Entertainment, a unit of News Corporation, is a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN's properties reached more than 44 million unique users worldwide October 2009, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix. IGN's network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others) is one of the Web's leading videogame information destinations. IGN also owns and operates the popular movie-related website, Rotten Tomatoes and one of the leading male lifestyle websites, AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices across North America, Europe and Australia.

About Fox Television Stations

The Fox Television Stations is one of the nation's largest owned-and-operated network broadcast groups, comprising 27 stations in 18 markets and covering nearly 37.21% of U.S. television homes. This includes six duopolies in the top 10 markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C. and Houston; as well as duopolies in Minneapolis, Phoenix and Orlando.

Source: IGN Entertainment

CONTACT: Kris Sharbaugh of IGN Entertainment, +1-415-519-6526,
ksharbaugh@ign.com; or Jessica Moss of Fox Television Stations,
+1-212-301-3817, jessica.moss@foxtv.com

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