on the canadian content on the canadian version of the channel, vice co-founder suroosh alvi stated that viceland would view its canadian productions as being of global interest, as opposed to a regulatory obligation of little interest of non-canadians; one-third of the network's first slate of original programming are canadian productions from the new facility. vice media plans to enter into similar partnerships in international markets to further expand viceland. the walt disney company, who co-owns a&e networks with hearst corporation, made a second 10% investment of $200 million in vice media to support the production of new programming.