in the netherlands and flanders, the television channel is called vicetv since november 1, 2019. vicetv started as viceland nederland on march 1, 2017 exclusively with the cable-operator ziggo, owned by vodafoneziggo. viceland had concluded a deal with liberty global, 50% owner of vodafoneziggo. on june 15, 2017 viceland started with the local cable operator caiway. only on july 18, 2018, viceland managed to obtain distribution with kpn, a national provider and competitor to ziggo, resulting in nationwide availability. at the same time distribution started with t-mobile thuis, another national operator. viceland nederland produces a few dutch productions and was in the beginning of its existence in the news for having a documentary with geert wilders.