Vice's TV ambitions jump forward with $100 million Canadian deal

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The rapidly growing media empire, helmed by CEO Shane Smith, has signed a $100 million deal with a Canadian cable provider to launch a 24-hour television channel in 2015

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The joint venture with Rogers Communications includes plans for a television studio based in Toronto, which will help launch Vice TV Network, according to Canadian Business magazine.

Guy Laurence, CEO of Rogers Comm., busts out his leather jacket to announce partnership with Vice's Shane Smithhttp://ift.tt/1zjjjaS

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