Halogen TV was an American
digital cable
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and
satellite television
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channel
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that aired feature-length films,
documentaries
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,
short film
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s, and original reality programs that centered on making positive social changes and making the world a better place.
In December 2012, Halogen, along with the
Documentary Channel
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, was acquired by
Participant Media
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and re-branded as
Pivot
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*More generally, the center point of any rotational system
*Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body
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Companies
*Incitec Pivot, an Austra ...
, a channel aimed at
young adults between 18 and 34 years old. The combined channel debuted on August 1, 2013.
Wake Up, Kids: Disruptive TV Is Here Via Participant Media’s Pivot Cabler
''Variety
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* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'', March 27, 2013. Pivot ceased operations on October 31, 2016 folding the former Halogen TV channel space.
Programming
Former
* '' Angry Planet''
* ''Art Race''
* ''Behind the Label''
* ''Boardfree''
* '' Departures''
* '' Extreme Dreams''
* ''Fink''
* '' Food Jammers''
* ''Glutton for Punishment''
* ''Invisible Children
''Invisible Children'' is a 2006 American documentary film that depicts the human rights abuses by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
Synopsis
In the spring of 2003, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to document ...
''
* ''Jump Shipp'' (Original)
* ''Noble Exchange'' (Original)
* ''Penny Revolution''
* ''ReGenesis
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''
* ''Serve the City''
* ''Tainted Love'' (Original)
* '' The Un-Road Trip''
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.halogentv.com/
Defunct television networks in the United States
Television channels and stations established in 2009
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2013