[1] In August 2014, A&E Networks (a 50–50 joint venture between Hearst Communications and The Walt Disney Company) acquired a 10% stake in Vice Media.

[4] In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Smith explained that, despite Vice traditionally being oriented towards digital content, "75 percent of the world's advertising budget" was being spent on television advertising, and that partnering with an established media company gave Vice access to A&E's infrastructure and the 70 million homes that already received H2, rather than having to build Viceland entirely from scratch and negotiate carriage with providers.

[4][6][8] The Walt Disney Company, which 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.

[9] Prior to launch day, Vice ran newspaper ads for Viceland, containing only the network's name and a phone number that, when called, invited viewers to contribute answers to questions.

ET, the channel began broadcasting a countdown clock to the official relaunch as Viceland later in the evening, accompanied by footage of Vice executives answering the viewer-contributed calls as voice mail.

[7][10][11][12][13][14] The network's launch lineup featured programs hosted by existing Vice personalities such as Action Bronson and Thomas Morton, as well as notable figures such as Eddie Huang, Elliot Page,[a] and Lance Bangs.

[15][6] Creative director Spike Jonze stated that his goal for Viceland was to make its lineup have "a reason to exist and a strong point of view", rather than be just a "collection of shows".

Jonze explained that Viceland would continue to reflect Vice's core mission of "trying to understand the world we live in by producing pieces about things we're curious about or confused about or that we think are funny.

[7] A month after Viceland's initial launch, the network announced a second slate of shows, including Traveling the Stars: Action Bronson and Friends Watch ‘Ancient Aliens’—a series in which Action Bronson watches episodes of Ancient Aliens with guests whilst smoking marijuana,[23] Black Market— a series in which Michael K. Williams explores underground economies around the world, the U.S. premieres of Cyberwar and Dead Set on Life,[24] Party Legends— a show about re-enactments of entertaining party stories,[25] WOMAN— a series in which Gloria Steinam features the lives of different women around the world,[26] and VICE Does America— which Abdullah Saeed and two VICE co-workers explore forgotten places of the world.

The series was meant to anchor Viceland's primetime lineup and act as a replacement for Desus & Mero after that show's hosts moved to Showtime.

The block's slate for 2025 included the new college basketball documentary miniseries Calipari: Razor’s Edge (which was produced by Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions) and Pitino: Red Storm Rising, new seasons of series such as Dark Side of the Ring, and other acquisitions such as Arena Football One, The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis, Nightcap with Shannon Sharpe, highlights of Red Bull-organized events and the PDC World Darts Championship, and reruns of American Ninja Warrior.

[32] Vice's current programming includes original documentary series (such as Dark Side of the Ring and its various spin-offs), and acquired reality shows, and film telecasts.