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Hulu will stream Viceland shows like 'Gaycation' and 'Weediquette'
You can already watch Viceland via Hulu's live TV service, but now you'll get even more content on demand. According to a report at Variety, Hulu has inked a deal with the TV show creator, which will provide the past seasons of 15 shows, including "Gaycation," "What Would Diplo Do?" and "Woman." The shows will start streaming on June 8th.
Vice goes to the big screen with Motherboard science documentary
Vice-owned outlet Motherboard's documentary The Most Unknown, about "the biggest questions in science," will debut on Netflix after its theatrical run. The publication sent nine scientists around the world to get answers to big topics like the definition of consciousness, what exactly comprises dark matter and where life originated. According to Motherboard, "The film is an experiment, one in which we posited that by tossing scientists who'd never met into a petri dish of our own design, we'd learn something about what it means to dedicate one's life to questions we're not yet sure we can answer."
Dailymotion is trying to clean up its act with major redesign
Dailymotion announced this week that it has completely redesigned its app and advertising strategy. And the company hopes to attract viewers with higher quality content created through partnerships with media and entertainment brands. Three new partnerships with Universal Music Group, CNN and Vice were also announced.
AP and Vice sue FBI for San Bernardino iPhone hack info
The Associated Press and the Gannett Satellite Information Network, parent company to USA Today and Vice Media, filed suit against the FBI in federal court on Friday demanding information on how the bureau broke into the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. The news organizations are leveraging the Freedom of Information Act in their lawsuit, arguing that the FBI has no expectation to privacy regarding the methods used to crack the shooter's phone encryption and that those methods should be disclosed to the public.
Viceland brings 'Bodega Boys' podcast hosts to late night TV
The latest podcast-to-TV transfer hails from the Bronx, as Viceland announced plans for a late night talk show from Bodega Boys hosts Desus Nice and The Kid Mero. This is the 6 month-old channel's first dive into late night programming that co-president Eddy Moretti tells Variety is aimed towards "a young, smart, affluent audience." With a planned October launch, Desus & Mero could arrive on screens before we see in-development shows based on the Serial & Lore podcasts.
Apple made a documentary with 'Vice' for its Music service
Apple has joined forces with Vice for a six-part documentary called The Score that puts a spotlight on different local music scenes across the globe. If you'll recall, Cupertino is rumored to be making its first original show starring Dr. Dre for a TV service. The company hasn't confirmed that yet, but perhaps making this docu-series is a way to test things out. The first episode, which is already available, focuses on the Native American (specifically the Ojibwe tribe) hip hop scene in Minnesota.
A&E and Vice hope that you still like conventional TV
You may be devoting a lot of your viewing time to streaming services, but A&E reckons that you still have a soft spot for old-school TV. Its parent company A+E Networks is teaming up with Vice to launch Viceland, a 24-hour TV channel aimed right at that all-important youth demographic. They're largely leaning on Vice's edgy reputation to draw you in -- the initial shows include Gaycation and Weediquette, and Spike Jonze is overseeing the channel. However, they're also acknowledging the realities of an era where DVRs and online video are commonplace. Viceland is planning to run fewer ads during prime time, and there are hints of "innovative monetization strategies" that won't simply involve wave after wave of commercials.
Facebook's 360-degree videos bring immersive content to your News Feed
Always trying new things to improve your News Feed browsing, Facebook now supports more immersive videos. The social network announced that 360 video will begin rolling out to that portion of the site today. Right now, they're only viewable on the web and Android with support for iOS "in the coming months." The more immersive videos on Facebook work similarly to what you've probably seen on YouTube. As the footage plays, you can use your cursor to click and move around the video on the desktop. With a mobile device, you can use your finger to navigate around the visuals or you can simply move the device itself to change perspective. This new addition also paves the way for VR content to hit the News Feed when devices like the Oculus Rift and PS VR head to consumers.
Three-part dev diary reveals inspirations behind Far Cry 4
In lieu of traditional developer's diaries, Ubisoft and Vice Media have joined forces to create something of a miniature documentary that follows the people behind Far Cry 4 as they visit Nepal. While not as informative as a proper documentary - dev diaries are marketing materials, after all - the three-part series does shed light on what players might see in Far Cry 4. Along with surveying the geography of the area, the developers focus on local religious customs, the famed Nepalese Gurkha soldiers and the political instability that has plagued the region with violence and strife for most of the past century. It's unknown what may or may not make it into Far Cry 4 in time for the game's November 18 debut, but for a glimpse at the inspiration behind Far Cry 4 this series of videos is your best bet. The first entry can be found above, while the second and third are below the break. [Image: Ubisoft]
Next Call of Duty focuses on private military corporations
Activision, developer Sledgehammer Games and news organization VICE have teamed up to detail the narrative direction of the next Call of Duty, which, judging by this video, will apparently focus on private military corporations. A banner on the official Call of Duty YouTube channel points to a full reveal of the franchise's next installment, helmed by developer Sledgehammer Games, on May 4. The Call of Duty series now spans three dedicated development teams on a new three-year cycle. Previously, efforts were split between Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Founded in Montreal in 1994, VICE is an international magazine and online news organization that focuses on arts, culture and world events. Perhaps best known for its documentaries, VICE also develops a series on HBO, currently in its second season. Update: Game Informer has announced its next cover will feature Sledgehammer's upcoming Call of Duty game, teasing an in-game shot of heavily armored soldiers. [Image: Activision]
Dishonored's attempt to Cure Violence with revenge, by Vice
Vice, founded as a punk zine in 1994, is now a major global brand with a network of television, documentary and digital production studios, an online hub, magazine, record label, publishing house and advertising agency. It's notorious for brash exposition and unapologetic presentation, finding the dark yet honest angle in its productions.Vice has taken on Bethesda's Dishonored as its first attempt to market a single product, and while it doesn't have to dig far to find the dirt in an assassination video game, it managed to take the "revenge" angle in an unexpected direction, as noted by Gapers Block. Vice filmed Chicago Interrupted, a documentary chronicling the violence-prevention group Cure Violence as its members attempt to diffuse dangerous street situations, ending with a plea for America to not become desensitized.Chicago Interrupted begins with an advertisement for Dishonored, whose tagline is "Revenge solves everything," and the documentary was featured on Eye for an Eye, Vice's multimedia project to market the game, before being pulled yesterday. Part one is embedded above and still features the Bethesda and Dishonored intro.One of Dishonored's draws is the ability to play the entire game in stealth mode, without killing anyone, but it is an action assassination game at heart. Perhaps the juxtaposition of real-world violence is supposed to make us think twice about killing people in-game, but that street travels both ways. Showing how fun it is to slit people's throats in the digital realm right before chronicling the grim reality of violence marks the very desensitization Cure Violence stands against.As gaming becomes an increasingly mainstream endeavor, new companies will handle its subject matter in various ways to find a sweet spot of marketing and social sensitivity. Vice may have just stumbled on one of those thresholds.
Samsung Vice hits Bell, QWERTY and all
You're really going to blow away your friends with this snazzy trick. Come on, you know what we're talking about: "Hey, check out this sweet new Samsung candybar I got." That's how you set them up -- by calling it a "candybar," see? Then, out of the blue, without any warning whatsoever, you deftly deploy a glorious full QWERTY keyboard out from under the Vice's bottom with one swift motion of your hand. Jaws drop. At this point, everyone in your presence obviously wants to know where they can purchase such a device borne of pure magic and wonder of their own, and you'll tell them -- you've got to be Canadian, willing to go to Bell, have at least CAD $50 (about $43) worth of loonies and toonies in your pocket, and a willingness to commit three years of your life to a carrier. A pittance, if you ask us. [Via MobileSyrup]
Samsung prepping Vice QWERTY slider for Bell?
There's no sign that the insane momentum powering the texting craze among North American carriers is slowing down any time soon, and in the meantime, you can pretty much count on boatloads of QWERTY models launching across the entire range. Latest for Bell appears to be the "Vice" from Samsung, continuing Sammy's dubious tradition of odd handset branding ("Rant," anyone?) and staying true to the SMS trend with a full landscape keyboard. There's a little bonus on the Vice, too, though: you get a numeric keypad positioned like you'd find on an ordinary candybar, making for an E75-esque layout -- LG's Neon solves this same problem by using a touchscreen, so it'll be interesting to see what form factor wins out there. No word on pricing or availability on this bad boy yet.
