Pivot cable network to close in fall

Participant Media is calling a halt to its Pivot cable network, which will wind down this fall, the company said.

Three-year-old Pivot targeted young adults with a message of social advocacy and involvement. But the changing media landscape has steered Participant Media away from network ownership as it reaffirms its mission “to entertain and inspire social action around the world’s most pressing issues,” Chief Executive David Linde said.

Founded in 2004, Participant Media has produced more than 70 films with a social-impact theme including “Spotlight,” “Lincoln” and “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Linde said the environment for stand-alone, independent cable networks has grown significantly more competitive since Pivot launched in August 2013.