Colorado Media Newsroom
March 27th, 2013, 11:50 AM
From The Denver Post:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/files/2013/03/jgl1.jpg (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/03/27/pivot-new-cable-network-for-millennials/13428/jgl-2/)Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Those 15-43-year-olds interested in social change may want to locate Pivot, a new cable TV network from Participant Media (“Lincoln,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The Help”) due this summer. Using the slogan “It’s your turn,” Pivot will launch Aug. 1 with an emphasis on “entertainment that inspires and accelerates social change,” targeting Millennials. It will also be available for a monthly subscription fee as an app for mobile devices.
Programming will include a late-night talk show called “Take Part Live”; a partnership with Rolling Stone magazine for live content and documentaries starting in the fall; reruns of “Friday Night Lights” and “Farscape”; “Will,” a scripted period piece about a young William Shakespeare, a reality series*”Raising McCain,” starring Senator John McCain’s daughter, a variety show, “Hit Record,” hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and “Little Mosque on the Prairie,” a long-running Canadian sitcom about a Muslim community.
A spokesperson for Comcast locally was uncertain whether the company would pick up Pivot. Participant Media executives said Pivot will launch with 40+ million subscribers.
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/03/27/pivot-new-cable-network-for-millennials/13428/)
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Those 15-43-year-olds interested in social change may want to locate Pivot, a new cable TV network from Participant Media (“Lincoln,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “The Help”) due this summer. Using the slogan “It’s your turn,” Pivot will launch Aug. 1 with an emphasis on “entertainment that inspires and accelerates social change,” targeting Millennials. It will also be available for a monthly subscription fee as an app for mobile devices.
Programming will include a late-night talk show called “Take Part Live”; a partnership with Rolling Stone magazine for live content and documentaries starting in the fall; reruns of “Friday Night Lights” and “Farscape”; “Will,” a scripted period piece about a young William Shakespeare, a reality series*”Raising McCain,” starring Senator John McCain’s daughter, a variety show, “Hit Record,” hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and “Little Mosque on the Prairie,” a long-running Canadian sitcom about a Muslim community.
A spokesperson for Comcast locally was uncertain whether the company would pick up Pivot. Participant Media executives said Pivot will launch with 40+ million subscribers.
More... (http://blogs.denverpost.com/ostrow/2013/03/27/pivot-new-cable-network-for-millennials/13428/)