Mr Abbott, a TV weeklies veteran, helped launch TV & Satellite Week before joining TVTimes as deputy editor and most recently as acting editor following the departure of Mike Hollingsworth in January.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Abbott said: "I'm proud and delighted to have the chance to lead a great team on a fabulous magazine."
IPC tx managing director, Philippa Brown added: "Ian is quite simply the perfect candidate for this prestigious role. As acting editor, and before that deputy editor, he knows the magazine, its hugely talented team and its audience better than anyone."
TVTimes relaunched in February this year after a major research and development project, improving its digital coverage and increasing its cover price by 5p to 90p.
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