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MUMBAI: US cable network HBO and Vice have announced a new partnership that will significantly expand Vice’s news programming to HBO subscribers over the next four years.
In its most expansive programming deal ever, HBO will dramatically increase the network’s current events coverage, bringing Vice’s brand of high-impact journalism and breaking news content to subscribers in a wide-range of formats. The Vice daily newscast:
The launch of a daily Vice newscast, consisting of five half-hour shows per week, 48 weeks a year.
The weekly series on HBO: A four-year extension (with an increase from 14 to 35 episodes a year) of the documentary show.
Vice specials: A four-year commitment for an increased number of Vice-produced specials, totaling 32 through 2018. Additionally, a Vice-branded channel on the HBO Now streaming service will provide instant access to Vice content for all HBO subscribers.
HBO CEO Richard Plepler, HBO Programming president Michael Lombardo said, “Shane and the Vice team have produced some of the most groundbreaking and dynamic journalism anywhere.
From the front lines in the Ukraine, to the icebergs of Antarctica and the streets of Ferguson, Vice news has helped illuminate and expand our understanding of an increasingly complex world.
This extension of the HBO/Vice relationship, which will include more shows, more documentaries and even a Vice daily newscast, is a natural evolution of our partnership.
All of us at HBO couldn’t be more excited working with the Vice team and helping to tell the stories which define our world”.
Vice founder, CEO Shane Smith said, “I think the first thing, perhaps the hardest thing, I learned about journalism over the past 20 years is that maintaining any type of independence, any type of freedom, is difficult as you scale up.
This deal, simply put, allows Vice the freedom to go after any story, anywhere we find it – and to do so with complete independence.
This deal is a tremendous gift and a tremendous opportunity, and we at Vice realise this.
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/television/hbo-vice-enhance-news-programming-deal/
In its most expansive programming deal ever, HBO will dramatically increase the network’s current events coverage, bringing Vice’s brand of high-impact journalism and breaking news content to subscribers in a wide-range of formats. The Vice daily newscast:
The launch of a daily Vice newscast, consisting of five half-hour shows per week, 48 weeks a year.
The weekly series on HBO: A four-year extension (with an increase from 14 to 35 episodes a year) of the documentary show.
Vice specials: A four-year commitment for an increased number of Vice-produced specials, totaling 32 through 2018. Additionally, a Vice-branded channel on the HBO Now streaming service will provide instant access to Vice content for all HBO subscribers.
HBO CEO Richard Plepler, HBO Programming president Michael Lombardo said, “Shane and the Vice team have produced some of the most groundbreaking and dynamic journalism anywhere.
From the front lines in the Ukraine, to the icebergs of Antarctica and the streets of Ferguson, Vice news has helped illuminate and expand our understanding of an increasingly complex world.
This extension of the HBO/Vice relationship, which will include more shows, more documentaries and even a Vice daily newscast, is a natural evolution of our partnership.
All of us at HBO couldn’t be more excited working with the Vice team and helping to tell the stories which define our world”.
Vice founder, CEO Shane Smith said, “I think the first thing, perhaps the hardest thing, I learned about journalism over the past 20 years is that maintaining any type of independence, any type of freedom, is difficult as you scale up.
This deal, simply put, allows Vice the freedom to go after any story, anywhere we find it – and to do so with complete independence.
This deal is a tremendous gift and a tremendous opportunity, and we at Vice realise this.
Read more at:
http://www.televisionpost.com/television/hbo-vice-enhance-news-programming-deal/
