Seeking Young Viewers, Pivot Bolsters Its Original Programming

In a pitch to advertisers, the cable channel introduced new shows with the actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and the commentator Meghan McCain.



Europe Opens Inquiry Into Licensing of U.S. Films and TV

Officials may seek to break down country-by-country partitions that keep pay TV from being a single market in the European Union.

    



BSkyB’s Shares Fall After BT Takes Over Champions League

Investors were concerned that subscribers would flee British Sky Broadcasting, which has built its subscriber base with soccer programming.

    

An Afghan Media Mogul, Pushing Boundaries

Saad Mohseni has brought soap operas, sitcoms and reality TV to his native country, Afghanistan, and with them a modicum of normalcy. Now he is looking to expand to Egypt, Libya and Iraq.

    

Parliament Asks Murdoch to Discuss Hacking

The British Parliament called on Rupert Murdoch to discuss recorded comments he made to journalists and newspaper executives in March about the culture of paying off police.

    

BBC to Sell Lonely Planet Guidebooks to a U.S. Billionaire

The sale of the Lonely Planet guidebooks, for $77.8 million, is a significant loss on the broadcaster’s purchase price of about $196 million.