Berke places a lot of significance on the digital rights part of the deal, which fits into the modern broadcast strategy of making games available on multiple screens.

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Murrow was pulled into the great issues of the day ("Resolved, the United States should join the World Court"), and perhaps it's Ruth Lawson whom we modern broadcast journalists should thank for engaging our founder in world affairs.

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Its reporters' prejudices, allied to the modern preference in broadcast news for context and commentary (that is, opinion) over facts, yielded a generally pessimistic account of British and American actions before, during and after the war.

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Regardless of the status of the IOC itself, the modern Olympic games are profit-driven, and the broadcast, merchandising and sponsorship rights are extremely valuable.

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We thought on broadcast television in prime time the sitcom was dead, and then came 'Modern Family.

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The Flintstones, featuring two modern-minded couples living in the stone age, was the first animated series to be broadcast on prime-time television.

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