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Pivot
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Shapiro exits NBCU’s Seeso as strategy shifts
Evan Shapiro, the head of NBCUniversal-owned comedy SVOD service Seeso, is to leave his post….
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Ex-Pivot exec joins AMC in int’l rejig
Former Pivot exec Chris Loveall has joined AMC Networks as part of a new group…
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Participant shuts down Pivot in restructure
Participant Media has shut down its millennials-focused US cable channel Pivot after three years after…
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MIPCOM confirms US Media Masterminds
Reed Midem has confirmed execs from Disney, Participant Media and STX Entertainment as keynote speakers…
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Pivot, BBCWW visit BBC One’s Capital
Buyers from the UK, Canada and Australasia have acquired BBC One drama Capital from FremantleMedia…
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Cineflix to sell Pivot shows
Cineflix Rights has secured rights to sell programming from US cable channel Pivot. The catalogue…
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Second senior Participant exec exits
Participant Media COO Jeff Ivers is leaving the LA-based network group, a move that follows…
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Pivot tracks down Traceable doc
US cable channel Pivot has acquired a documentary that traces how and where fast-fashion clothing…
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Tom Forman – why you need me if you want to crack the US
The meeting always goes the same way. On one side, you’ve got me and my…
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Participant Media CEO exits
Jim Berk, the CEO of US cable channel Pivot owner Participant Media, has resigned from…
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Shapiro exits Pivot as Rees takes over
US cable group has named a key marketing executive has general manager of millennial-focused Pivot,…
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Tricon picks up content from Canadian producer Fusion TV
Canada-based producer and distributor Tricon Films & Television has acquired Fusion TV’s catalogue of unscripted…
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News brief: Sky’s Pick bags Henson’s Farscape
BSkyB-owned channel Pick TV has acquired cult sci-fi series Farscape from The Jim Henson Company….
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New US cable net Pivot buys French comedy Bref
Lagardère Entertainment Rights has sold its French comedy series Bref to Pivot, the recently-launched US…
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New cable channel buys international comedy drama
An Australian comedy drama will anchor the launch evening of Participant Media’s new US cable…
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Pivot attends Little Mosque
Upcoming issues-themed US cable channel Pivot has acquired all six seasons of Canadian comedy series…