VICELAND TO LAUNCH IN AUSTRALIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SBS
Wednesday 22 June, 2016
VICE, the global youth brand, will partner with Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) to launch a new channel in Australia
The channel will feature all-new shows covering culture, music, sports, fashion, technology and more from around the world
SBS and global youth media company VICE
will partner to bring Australians a new lifestyle and culture TV channel,
featuring the best programming from VICELAND free-to-air on SBS in late 2016.The new channel will be owned and operated
by SBS, leveraging the distinctive creativity and experience of both VICE and
SBS creative teams. It will be on the SBS 2 channel spectrum and online
platforms, available to all Australians for free.
VICE is committed to telling the world’s
most compelling stories in new and ever better ways, spanning all corners of culture
and featuring a diverse range of talent, filmmakers and fresh new voices.
Programming will focus on a distinct,
immersive style of original lifestyle and culture content for young viewers and
will feature Australian produced programs.
Michael Ebeid, SBS Managing Director and
CEO, said: “Exploring diversity through culture is at the heart of SBS’s
purpose and we are excited to be partnering with VICE to bring some of the best
available content from across the world, never before seen in Australia, in documentary,
journalism and inspiring entertainment, free to all Australians on SBS channels
and platforms.”
Michael Slonim, VICE Australia Managing
Director, said: “This is a unique partnership that will help catapult VICE
further into the consciousness of young Australians. SBS shares our
storytelling sensibilities and curiosity about the world, and we’re delighted
to be partnering up to bring VICELAND to this market in the biggest way
possible.”
Overseen by Oscar-winning film director
Spike Jonze as Co-President, VICELAND launched to critical acclaim in the US in February 2016 and
features hundreds of hours of original programming, including Gaycation (with
Ellen Page and Ian Daniel), Huang’s World (with Eddie Huang), Noisey (with Zach
Goldbaum), F*ck, That’s Delicious (with Action Bronson), Weediquette (with
Krishna Andavolu), Balls Deep (with Thomas Morton) and many more.
Since launching in 2003, VICE Australia has
been producing award-winning editorial and video programming for young Australian
audiences across a network of digital channels spanning news, culture, music,
fashion, tech and sports. VICE Australia’s work has been recognised by the Australian Publish Awards (Winner – Multi-Channel of the Year 2015), Mumbrella (Silver – Content Company of the Year, BE Fest 2015), B&T, The Walkley Awards, and more.
VICE has developed an outstanding global
reputation for producing the gold standard of video content for young people,
forging innovative distribution partnerships with A+E Networks, HBO, YouTube,
Snapchat, Live Nation, 20th Century Fox, Verizon, Spotify and more to take its
programming to young people everywhere.
Further information about the channel will
follow in coming months.
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ABOUT VICE MEDIA
VICE is the world’s preeminent youth media company and
content creation studio. Launched in 1994, VICE now operates in over 30
countries and distributes its programming to viewers across digital, linear,
mobile, film and socials. VICE includes an international network of digital
channels; a television and feature film production studio; a magazine; a record
label; an in-house creative services agency; a book-publishing division; and a
newly launched U.S and Canadian TV network, VICELAND.
VICE’s award-winning
programming has been recognized by the Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences, Peabody Awards, Sundance Film Festival, PEN Center, Cannes Lions,
Frontline Club, Knight Foundation, American Society of Magazine Editors, LA
Press Club, James Beard awards, and Webby Awards, among others.
ABOUT
SBS
With a background as Australia’s
multicultural broadcaster, SBS holds a unique place in the Australian media
landscape. As described in the SBS Charter, SBS’s principal function is to provide
multilingual, multicultural and Indigenous radio, television and digital media
services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, reflecting
Australia’s diverse society. SBS carries out this function through an
ever-increasing number of distribution platforms including free-to-air
television channels, subscription television, analogue and digital radio,
online, and via mobile devices and apps. SBS inspires all Australians to
explore, appreciate and celebrate our diverse world, and in doing so
contributes to a cohesive society. For more information visit sbs.com.au.