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VENN unveils 20 hours of weekly video game programming for broadcast TV

VENN, or the Video Game Entertainment and News Network, is announcing it will create 20 hours of weekly video game programming for broadcast television channel as well as digital outlets. The shows will debut August 5, but the New York-based company isn’t yet saying how the content will air. For the past couple of years, the company has been developing content toward a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week channel for fans of games.

More shows and talent will be announced in the coming weeks, co-CEO Ben Kusin said in an interview with GamesBeat. He said the shows are being designed for multiple broadcast TV, streaming, and online platforms.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.