vice's first foray into television was vbs.tv, an online video joint venture with viacom's mtv networks division (specifically, mtv and logo tv. as part of the venture, mtv networks had international television distribution rights for the content produced for vbs.tv, resulting in the creation of television specials that compiled content from the service (in the u.s., these aired on mtv2). vice later produced a series for mtv, "the vice guide to everything". in 2013, vice premiered a self-titled newsmagazine series for hbo. the following year, hbo's parent company time warner expressed interest in acquiring a stake in vice, and proposed the possibility of vice taking over its struggling cable news channel hln, and revamping it as a millennial-focused service drawing from its own content. however, the deal fell through due to concerns regarding editorial control.