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Broadcasting has come a long way since the first radio programmes were transmitted about a century ago. It developed into a solid pillar of societies in terms of informing, entertaining, and educating the population. However, the world has completely changed with the onset of the digital revolution some decades ago. Obviously, this did not leave broadcasting untouched.

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Beutler, R. (2017). Introduction. In: Evolution of Broadcast Content Distribution. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45973-8_1

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