Under the old format, a division winner's chances of winning the World Series were only about 44% better than a wild card's.

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Much of that investment will go toward converting shows into digital cable format, building an ad sales division and paying to beam programming cross-country by satellite.

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The division sells things like inkjet printers, laser printers and large-format printers.

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