Vice Media to Form TV Network in Canada in Pact With Rogers
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Vice Media Inc., the millennial-focused news company founded in Montreal, is creating a joint venture with Rogers Communications Inc. to bring its brash style of programming to Canadian smartphone and TV viewers.
The companies are investing C$100 million ($89 million) in the partnership to establish the Vice TV network in Canada and produce mobile content, according to a statement today. A new Toronto studio will start delivering news and entertainment shows in 2015.