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For Immediate Release

VICE Media Group Appoints Bea Hegedus to Lead New Distribution Group

(London) July 27th, 2020 -- Group (VMG), has appointed Bea Hegedus as SVP, Global Head of Distribution. The newly created role will lead the company’s global distribution and licensing strategy with a focus on building new US domestic and international partnerships as the company looks to maximise the value of its vast array of IP around the world.

Hegedus, who will report to VICE Studios President Kate Ward, will be tasked with forging global distribution partnerships focusing on linear, OTT, SVOD and AVOD strategies via the distribution of all VICE’s IP including programming from VICE TV and the recently announced VICE World News.

With unparalleled scale in documentary, lifestyle and news programming, this new division will be responsible for the distribution of VMG’s library of over 900 hours of programming with hundreds of new hours added each year. Titles include VICE TV’s top rated TV show , the Emmy award-winning Tonight, upcoming weekly talk show with journalists Jemele Hill and Cari Champion, Hate Thy Neighbour with Jamali Maddix, Karley Sciortino’s Slutever, and the award-winning documentary Gaycation with Ellen Page.

Alongside a dedicated team, Hegedus will work closely with VICE Media Group’s 35 offices around the world, to build on its already successful content partnerships, such as with All4 in the UK, Bell in , AMC International in Iberia and Hulu in Japan - delivering distribution partnerships backed by strategic marketing, driving impact and access to VICE’s young and highly engaged audiences around the world.

Announcing the appointment, Kate Ward, President of VICE Studios, said: “We are delighted to welcome Bea to VICE. Establishing a dedicated distribution group as part of Vice Studios will allow us to supercharge our distribution efforts and deliver stronger and more strategic global partnerships bringing more of VICE’s powerful programming to an even greater number of viewers, platforms and channels around the world. In doing so we will further maximise the value of our IP and investment in premium programming.”

“VICE is renowned for making compelling, engaging and original content that reaches young people on a global level, all of which has undisputable appeal to international broadcasters and streaming platforms,” said Hegedus. She added: “It is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the company at this time and I look forward to working with Kate, the Studios team and the wider VICE Media Group.”

Hegedus, most recently was at ITV Studios where she was Vice President of Global Scripted Content charged with leading the company’s scripted strategy, financing premium high-end drama content and managing international co-productions. During her career, she has worked on both sides of the creative and commercial divide starting out in production and going on to hold a variety of senior executive and advisory roles at companies including Pinewood Pictures, , MTG (NENT) and Fox TV Studios. Hegedus is an active member of BAFTA, a judge at the International Academy of Television Arts and and received the International Emmy’s Joan Wilson Drama award during her initial career as a producer.

With the addition of the new distribution business, VICE Studios cements its place as a major player on the international production and distribution stage with 130 projects in production and development across all genres and formats internationally.

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ABOUT VICE STUDIOS VICE Studios is a global production division VICE Media Group delivering premium original programming across documentary, scripted and film. With development and production teams in the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, VICE Studios cuts through culture, delivering stories that are popular, human and spotlight the unexpected for audiences around the world.

VICE Studios also houses VICE’s new licensing and distribution group, with a catalogue of over 900 hours of programming created across the VICE Media Group, across a range of genres from documentary to lifestyle to Vice News.

VICE Studios upcoming original productions include Pride for FX and Last Looks for Quibi. Launched in 2017, VICE Studios productions include Chris Smith's Emmy-nominated Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond and Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened (); feature film The Report starring Adam Driver and Annette Bening (Amazon); Diego Osorno's 1994 (Netflix), Dark Side of the Ring (VICE TV), AKA Jane Roe (FX), and Satanic Verses (BBC).

ABOUT VICE MEDIA GROUP VICE Media Group is the world’s largest independent youth media company. Launched in 1994, VICE has offices in 35 cities across the globe with a focus on five key businesses: VICE.com, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE TV, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division with the most Emmy-awarded nightly news broadcast; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 25 offices around the world. VICE Media Group’s portfolio includes , the leading global media and entertainment company focused on women; PULSE Films, a London-based next-generation production studio with outposts in , New York, Paris and ; i-D, a global digital and bimonthly magazine defining and contemporary culture; and Garage, a digital platform and biannual publication converging the worlds of art and design.