BBC sports news correspondent James Pearce said the amount paid for the new deal was "staggering", marking a rise of 70% on the present deal, worth £1.773bn.
In part, it could be the "Avatar" effect: with 3-D films gaining traction at the box office James Cameron's "Avatar" surpassed the staggering $1 billion mark last weekend companies are now determined to bring an equivalent experience to the living room.
It's the reverse of the Baltimore Orioles' amazing 2012 team, whose remarkable luck saw them roll to a 29-9 one-run record while compiling a staggering 16-2 mark in extra frames.
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This staggering economic milestone marks a momentous victory for the top 1percentt over two generations of students and families.
One in 30 kids in America is homeless, a staggering figure that marks an all-time high for the country, according to a recent National Center on Family Homelessness.
Whoever it is by, Third marked a staggering change in tack.
The censure marks a staggering fall for Mr. Rangel, who has represented Harlem for half of his life, and had risen to become one of the most prominent and well-liked members of Congress.
The semi-final was already over by the time Jordan Lewis slotted his side's eighth goal after the quarter-time siren – but sirens should have been sounding in the Crows' coaching box at the fact Hawthorn had a staggering 37 more uncontested marks in the first stanza alone.
A striking example of this was the discovery of a staggering 67 new histone marks in 2011 104.
The Chiefs, who lost their fifth straight, committed four more turnovers to run their NFL-high mark to a staggering 29, which have led to 104 points.
