In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.

[Q]: it was launched on 7 december 1998 , and is available on digital television via satellite , cable , iptv and terrestrial -lrb- freeview -rrb- platforms.
[A]: it first appeared in 1998 and can be viewed on satellite television , cable tv , and free view versions.

[Q]: on a larger scale , mitotic cell division can create progeny from multicellular organisms , such as plants that grow from cuttings.
[A]: on a larger scale , mitotic cell division can create progeny from multicellular organisms like plants which grow from cuttings.

[Q]: it overlies the north pole , touching north america in the western hemisphere and scandinavia and asia in the eastern hemisphere.
[A]:
it overlies the north pole , touching north america in the western hemisphere and scandinavia and asia in the eastern.