This article appeared in the March issue of VICE magazine. Click HERE to subscribe.Whoever said "the revolution will not be televised" had never heard of VICELAND—our new cable channel that brings you your daily dose of VICE-flavored music, food, travel, and culture… 24 hours a day. At home. On your television.But why, in the age of "unplugging," are we even bothering with TV, a medium long declared dead? "It's us 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," says Spike Jonze, our longtime creative director and co-president of VICELAND. In other words, out of the tenderness of our hearts (and a compulsive need to create entertaining shit), we just want to give you more. More documentaries, more stories, more personality. "It feels like most channels are just a collection of shows," says Jonze, but VICELAND is a grand kaleidoscopic vision of what it's like to live in our world, the land of VICE.
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The channel went live on February 29, so find the nearest TV set, stock up on beer and Funyuns, and tune in.VICELAND is available on TV, iTunes, Apple TV, and the VICELAND app for iPhone and Android. Samsung TV, Roku, and more viewing options are coming soon!