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Former online television network of Vice Media

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::summary Former online television network of Vice Media ::

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FieldValue
nameVice Broadcasting System
ownerVice
logoVbslogo.png
logo_size150px
captionVBS logo
company_typeSubsidiary
foundationMarch 2007
location_cityNew York City
location_countryUnited States
key_peopleSpike Jonze (creative director)
Suroosh Alvi (Vice co-founder)
Shane Smith (Vice co-founder)
current_statusMerged
advertisingVice Media
website_typeVideo hosting service
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| name = Vice Broadcasting System | owner = Vice | logo = Vbslogo.png | logo_size = 150px | caption = VBS logo | company_type = Subsidiary | foundation = March 2007 | location_city = New York City | location_country = United States | key_people = Spike Jonze (creative director) Suroosh Alvi (Vice co-founder) Shane Smith (Vice co-founder) | homepage = | screenshot = | registration = | launch_date = | current_status = Merged | advertising = Vice Media | website_type = Video hosting service

VBS.tv was an online television network owned by Vice Media, and later absorbed into VICE.com. The network produced original, short-form, documentary-style video content under the auspice of VICE Films. Subject matter included humanitarian issues, music, insider travel guides, and news. The creative director of the network was Spike Jonze.

History

Formation

VBS began as a deal between Viacom-owned MTV Networks and Logo Group. In March 2007, the network was formed; MTV funded the formation of the network, and Vice magazine would supply the content. MTV has the right to distribute VBS content across its worldwide network of channels. According to Vice co-founder Suroosh Alvi, "traditional journalism always aspires to objectivity, and since day one with the magazine we never believed in that...Our ethos is subjectivity with real substantiation. I don't think you see that on CNN."

Circulation

VBS videos are available via the network's website, as well as being broadcast on MTV Latin America VBS is currently featured as a weekly show on MTV2. VBS.tv content has appeared on CNN as part of their CNN presents line-up, with CNN stating that "... We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers." Much of it is now available at VICE.com.

Content

The network's videos feature reporting on popular culture, travel, extreme sports, and music. The site has also produced special-interest and current affairs-based shows such as an interview with Hezbollah's self-proclaimed mayor of Beirut and a show that explored allegations of environmental abuse. It has also approached drug issues, producing a documentary about the criminal use of the drug scopolamine in Colombia, and a documentary on hallucinogenic frogs in the Amazon rainforest. Other coverage includes a series of short documentaries about Darfur, Hurricane Katrina, The network also produced Heavy Metal in Baghdad, a feature-length documentary film about Acrassicauda. The director of content of the network was Santiago Stelley.

Filmography

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TitleFormatProducerChannelYear
Vice Guide to TravelDocumentary film seriesVBS.tvVBS.tv, MTV22006
Colombian Devil's BreathDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2007
Balls Deep: Sewers of BogotaDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2007
Asses of the CaribbeanDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2007
True Norwegian Black MetalDocumentary film seriesVBS.tvVBS.tv2007
Heavy Metal in BaghdadRockumentaryVBS.tvVBS.tv, film festivals2007
Alarma!Documentary featureVBS.tvVBS.tv, film festivals2008
The Alli ShowDocumentary television seriesVBS.tvMTV22009
VBS Meets Watermelon WomanDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2009
White Lightnin'Dramatic featureVICE FilmsFilm festivals2009
Aokigahara Suicide ForestDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2009
Hamilton's Pharmacopeia: Sapo DiariesDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2009
The Vice Guide to EverythingTelevision seriesVBS.tvMTV22010
Interview with a CannibalDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2010
Rule BritanniaDocumentary film seriesVBS.tvVBS.tv2010
The RideDocumentary featureVICE FilmsFilm festivals2010
Heimo's Arctic RefugeDocumentary filmVBS.tvVBS.tv2010
The Fourth DimensionThree short filmsVICE FilmsFilm festivals2012
ViceDocumentary televisionHBOHBO2013
Lil Bub & FriendzDocumentary featureVICE FilmsFilm festivals2013
ReincarnatedDocumentary featureVICE FilmsFilm festivals2013
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References

References

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  3. Wired]]. 18 October 2007
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  5. (24 March 2009). "When Vice is Virtue – Jeff Beer – Feature". Creativity Online.
  6. "CNN.com". CNN.
  7. [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/oct/22/mondaymediasection3 Television for trendsetters] ''The Guardian''. 22 October 2007
  8. Simonini, Ross. "A Psychonaut’s Adventures in Videoland", ''[[The New York Times]]'', 10 February 2012
  9. Hoby, Hermione. "Hamilton Morris gets high for a living – and invites you to watch", ''[[The Guardian]]'', 1 June 2012
  10. [[Liberia]], [[North Korea]] and suicide in Japan's [[Aokigahara]] Forest.Oshida, Emily. "The Forest turns Japan's suicide forest into an obstacle course for Americans", ''[[The Verge]]'', 8 January 2016
  11. Derrick, Lisa. "Vice TV: Revolutionary, Bold Pop Culture Explorations", ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', 12 November 2009
  12. Cotroneo, Christian. "Devil's Breath: Scopolamine, AKA Burundanga, Hailed as 'World's Scariest Drug'", ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', 3 September 2013
  13. (7 October 2009). "The Alli Show Debuts with Josh Grant".

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