viceland (stylized in all caps) is a multinational brand of television channel owned by vice media, which also provides programming. viceland launched on february 29, 2016 with two viceland-branded cable channels; the american version (rebranded from h2) is a joint venture majority-owned by a&e networks (who owns a 10% stake in vice media, alongside a separate 10% stake owned directly by a&e's co-owner disney), while the now defunct canadian version (rebranded from bio) operated as a category a-licensed specialty channel majority-owned by rogers media.