Participant Media Acquires Documentary Channel, Halogen TV

Will rebrand and relaunch with new content by Cineflix and the Jim Henson Company

Participant Media has acquired cable networks Documentary Channel and Halogen TV and will combine them into a single as-yet unnamed cable network to launch next summer with a distribution of some 40 million households, based on those networks’ existing distribution agreements.

The purchasing company has made its name in recent years with its documentary features, including An Inconvenient Truth, Page One: Inside The New York Times, Waiting for Superman and others. Scripted features on which Participant is credited include Good Night, and Good Luck and this year’s Oscar favorite, Lincoln.

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