This follows some news last week about how Vice is planning to launch in the UK too. Indeed, the Broadcast magazine article suggested that they're looking at 12 territories around the world. They note that this will follow a US launch first. From the piece, it definitely doesn't sound like a traditional "news" channel. More a TV outlet for their documentaries and series.
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/vice-to-launch-free-to-air-uk-channel/5095855.article?referrer=RSS (If this link hits a paywall, trying searching for Vice and Broadcast in Google News) Adam On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > While the announced nightly news program on HBO has yet to happen, the > digital news provider has made a deal with A+E Networks to take over the > History spinoff H2 next year and turn it into a Vice channel--no indication > if it will be directly competing with CNN, MSNBC, FNC, Al Jazeera America > and BBC World News or going a more infotainment route: > > > http://www.thewrap.com/vice-media-to-get-u-s-cable-network-in-ae-deal/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Alert&utm_term=breaking-news > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.