{"id":22014,"date":"2016-01-13T09:04:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/cbs-to-unveil-new-technology-for-super-bowl-50\/"},"modified":"2016-01-13T09:04:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T17:04:33","slug":"cbs-to-unveil-new-technology-for-super-bowl-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/cbs-to-unveil-new-technology-for-super-bowl-50\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS to unveil new technology for Super Bowl 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

PASADENA, Calif. \u2014 <\/strong>The Super Bowl is turning 50, although the game played next month on America\u2019s informal national holiday will hardly be showing its age as CBS Sports debuts new gadgetry.<\/p>\n

A replay system will give viewers a 360-degree perspective and higher resolution than previously ever seen for the game. Thirty-six cameras strung around the upper deck of Levi\u2019s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, can freeze the moment and revolve around the play before continuing to show the scene. <\/p>\n

Viewers on Feb. 7 will be able to check out the quarterback\u2019s view from the pocket to other players\u2019 perspectives on the field, and it can be animated, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tried it on a couple regular-season games and it looks remarkable,\u201d CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said Tuesday at a gathering of TV critics.<\/p>\n

For the first time in a Super Bowl, CBS will use eight custom-molded pylons that house 16 cameras to film the goal lines and sidelines of both teams. The cameras also will have microphones embedded in them to enhance the game\u2019s natural sound. They were used in the College Football Playoff championship Monday.<\/p>\n

The new technology could even influence the game. The officials are able to use any replays a network shows when they review a play.<\/p>\n

During the game, the network will use the NFL\u2019s Next Gen stats that track how fast and far players run over the course of the day and matchup-based statistics between players.<\/p>\n

CBS Sports is also updating its logo and on-air graphics for the first time in 35 years.<\/p>\n

Gayle King of \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d will conduct a live interview with President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as part of the coverage.<\/p>\n

McManus said planning for the event\u2019s landmark anniversary began five days after last year\u2019s game ended. CBS will be airing its 19th Super Bowl, the most of any network.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pumped up about it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for Super Bowl Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n

During game week at 8 p.m. nightly, CBS will air one-minute updates from either San Francisco or Santa Clara.<\/p>\n

On game day, the network will air seven hours of programming using four sets: one on Market Street in downtown San Francisco and three from the stadium in Santa Clara (one outside near the tailgating area, one on the field and the main hosts on a concourse overlooking the field).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the appetite is insatiable when it comes to football,\u201d pregame host James Brown said.<\/p>\n

The game has grown dramatically since the first one Jan. 15, 1967, from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.<\/p>\n

Back then, there was a scant 30 minutes of pregame programming, one marching band at halftime, 11 cameras, two production trucks and \u201cLassie\u201d aired directly afterward. Besides this year\u2019s massive pregame hype, British band Coldplay and Beyonce will perform at halftime, there will be 70 game cameras, 12 production trucks and the coveted post-game slot goes to \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack Whitaker was part of the announcing team for the first game, calling it \u201cthis first meeting ever between the American Football League and National Football League.\u201d The term Super Bowl had yet to be popularized.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not like it is today, but we thought it would be a very important game,\u201d said Whitaker, who at 91 is the only surviving member of the original four-man broadcast team that included Ray Scott, Frank Gifford and Pat Summerall.<\/p>\n

CBS and NBC both carried the game, with Scott calling the first half and Whitaker handling the second. Whitaker recalled that NBC got caught in commercial when the second half began, so the teams re-did the kickoff.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere around the big game has grown accordingly, too.<\/p>\n

Phil Simms, who will call this year\u2019s game with Jim Nantz, remembered his first Super Bowl as a quarterback at the Rose Bowl in 1987.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my linemen was crying and another was throwing up. That doesn\u2019t happen anymore,\u201d he said. \u201cToday\u2019s players are so used to being on the stage, they can\u2019t wait to get on the stage. That\u2019s why we see such exciting plays and such great moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the NFL is reviewing network bids for the rights to Thursday night games after the first two years aired on CBS. McManus said the league sought proposals for either an exclusive package or splitting the eight weeks of games between networks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have the advantage because the template is in place for CBS,\u201d he said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t call us the front runner.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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