In March 2013, Participant Media announced that Documentary Channel and
Halogen TV would merge, with both relaunching as
Pivot, a network focused on 18 to 34 year olds, with elements of programming from both networks. The change was later announced to take place on August 1 of that year. Documentary Channel built up to the launch of Pivot with a countdown clock in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, where the logo normally is, saying "xx Hours xx Minutes until we document and pivot", but there was no special programing taking a look back at the channel's history, instead just showing a normal day of programing. At approximately 6 p.m ET on Dish receivers, the channel's EPG name changed from "DOC" to "PIVOT", signifying the change happening overnight, in 12 hours time. At 5:40 a.m ET, the channel's final documentary,
8: The Mormon Proposition, ended. 5 minutes later, the channel's final regularly scheduled program, the channel's original program
Doc Talk, began, with the subject being "Full Frame Fest 2". At 5:58 a.m ET, the channel began playing an old style
Indian Head test card, and started playing
Edward R. Murrow's "Wires and Lights in a Box" speech, talking about how television can help people learn, but only if they accept it. Midway through the speech, in the bottom right corner, a message appeared: At 6:00:04 a.m ET, Pivot begun, with the final words spoken on the network being "Good night, and good luck." When the successor channel DocPivot folded three years later the last program on the network was five consecutive showings of the film
Good Night, and Good Luck from 8PM on the 30th onward until the shuttering. The film choice was likely a nod to the final words spoken on Documentary Channel. ==See also==