in november 2017, canadian newspaper "the globe and mail" reported that rogers intended to cease providing funding to viceland in early 2018, citing inside reports of low viewership and unprofitability. representatives of both companies declined to comment. on january 22, 2018, rogers and vice jointly announced a termination of their partnership, with the viceland channel discontinued on march 31, 2018. vice inherited complete ownership of the toronto production studio and the original content produced for the channel as the vice website will stream viceland's programming in canada. plans for a french-language channel were also dropped; v media group will feature vice content in french on its channels.