VICE Content Headed to Verizon Mobile Video Platform

NEW YORK: A range of VICE digital content will be made available to Verizon's mobile video platform, which is launching later this year.

The multiyear pact announced today will include original U.S. and international programming made exclusively for the upcoming OTT platform, plus a curated selection of original VICE videos. Also set for the platform is the new VICE series Autobiographies.

"The media landscape is experiencing a seismic shift in storytelling, audience, immediacy and platforms," said Terry Denson, the VP of content strategy and acquisition at Verizon. "VICE is connecting with an entire generation in a way that no one else is and Verizon will connect consumers to VICE in a way that no one else does by combining VICE's storytelling with the most compelling mobile video platform."

"Partnering with Verizon allows us to bring some of the best new VICE video to millions of new mobile viewers across America," said VICE's co-president, James Schwab. "It's part of our commitment to push the boundaries of video distribution across all platforms; mobile is key to the emerging brave new world of video distribution, and with deals like this we are making sure we are staying at the bleeding edge of innovation in that space."

Verizon already has deals in place with AwesomenessTV and Scripps, among others, for the new mobile video platform.