VICELAND
| Viceland | |
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| Launched | 29 February 2016 (Canada & United States) 19 September 2016 (UK) 23 November 2016 (France) 1 March 2017 (Netherlands & Belgium) |
| Owned by |
Vice Media Rogers Media (CDN majority partner) A+E Networks (U.S. majority partner) |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs) |
| Country | Canada France Netherlands United Kingdom United States New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters |
Brooklyn, New York, United States Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Replaced |
H2 (U.S.) The Biography Channel (Canada) |
| Website | Viceland |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Bell TV (Canada) | Channel 622 (SD) |
| Shaw Direct (Canada) | Channel 157 / 506 (SD) |
| DirecTV (USA) | Channel 271 (HD/SD) |
| Dish Network (USA) | Channel 121 (HD/SD) |
| Sky (UK & Ireland) | Channel 153 (SD/HD) Channel 284 (SD) |
| Sky Television (NZ) | Channel 13 |
| Canal (France) | Channel 83 |
| Cable | |
| Available on many U.S. and Canadian cable systems | Check local listings, channels may vary |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 26 |
| Telenet (Belgium) | Channel 21 (Flanders) Channel 137 (Brussels) |
| IPTV | |
| Verizon FiOS (USA) | Channel 127 (SD) Channel 697 (HD) |
| AT&T U-verse (USA) | Channel 257 (SD) Channel 1257(HD) |
| Bell Fibe TV (Canada) | Channel 62 |
| Google Fiber | Channel 2 (SD) Channel 238 (HD) |
| MTS (Canada) | Channel 297 (SD) |
| Optik TV (Canada) | Channel 9397 (SD) Channel 397 (HD) |
| SaskTel (Canada) | Channel 82 (SD) Channel 382 (HD) |
| HuronTel Digital TV (Canada) | Channel 361 (SD) |
| VMedia (Canada) | Channel 91 (SD) |
| Streaming media | |
| Apple TV | Free Application |
| Roku | Free Application |
| Ziggo GO | ZiggoGO.tv (Netherlands only) |
Viceland (stylized as VICELAND) is a multinational television channel brand owned and programmed by Vice Media. Viceland launched on February 29, 2016 with the simultaneous launch of two Viceland-branded cable channels; one in the United States which is a joint venture majority-owned by A&E Networks (who owns a 10% stake in Vice Media, alongside a separate 10% stake owned directly by A&E's co-owner Disney), and in Canada, where Viceland operates as a Category A-licensed specialty channel majority-owned by Rogers Media. Viceland respectively replaced the U.S. version of H2 and the Canadian version of Bio.
Operating under the creative direction of film director Spike Jonze, Viceland has a focus on lifestyle-oriented documentary and reality series aimed towards millennials, leveraging the resources of Vice's verticals with new original series, along with adaptations of and reruns of existing Vice web series. The network's launch programs featured programs hosted by existing Vice personalities such as Action Bronson and Thomas Morton, as well as notable figures such as Eddie Huang, Ellen Page, and Lance Bangs.
Vice's first foray into television was VBS.tv, an online video joint venture with Viacom's MTV Networks division (specifically, MTV and Logo TV. As part of the venture, MTV Networks had international television distribution rights for the content produced for VBS.tv, resulting in the creation of television specials that compiled content from the service (in the U.S., these aired on MTV2). Vice later produced a series for MTV, The Vice Guide to Everything. In 2013, Vice premiered a self-titled newsmagazine series for HBO. The following year, HBO's parent company Time Warner expressed interest in acquiring a stake in Vice, and proposed the possibility of Vice taking over its struggling cable news channel HLN, and revamping it as a millennial-focused service drawing from its own content. However, the deal fell through due to concerns regarding editorial control.
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