February 4, 200620 yr 1,000,000,000 worldwide television audience 130,000,000 US viewers 70,000 fans at Ford Field in Detroit 720p HD standard of the broadcast 500 monitors in control trucks 400 crew people for production, technical, administrative and support 180 frames per second of Sony’s new experimental super slo-mo camera 100x optical zoom of the longest Canon lens to be used 90 inputs on the video switcher 90 miles of cable for cameras and microphones 60 microphones, including 12 on-field parabolic mics 54 cameras used by FOX at last year’s Super Bowl, but not all were HD as they are this year 40 digital video instant replay units 36 TV cameras 36 seasons of ABC NFL coverage, of which this is the last season and last game 29 mobile vehicles 25 degrees, forecast temperature outside the domed stadium at kickoff, a concern of ABC technicians 20 “hard” cameras (stationary as opposed to hand-held) 10 television production trucks (not including the infamous horse trailer) 10 commercials bought by the game’s biggest advertiser, Anheuser-Busch 7 handheld cameras 6 robotic cameras 6 super slo-mo cameras 5 million dollars per minute to buy a commercial 4 announcers: Al Michaels, John Madden, Michelle Tafoya and Suzy Kolber 3 60-second advertisements (the rest are :30), bought by General Motors, Burger King and ESPN 2 operators for SkyCam: one cameraman, one “pilot” 1 director, Drew Esocoff, his second Super Bowl as a director Super Bowl Tech numbers
February 5, 200620 yr there's actually an article in SI that states the ACTUAL number of viewers for the superbowl is around 100 million. The rest is *possible viewers.
February 5, 200620 yr QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 08:29 AM) Wasn't the Super Bowl almost always on CBS??? It has been rotating for as long as I remember??? Did it used to be on CBS in the olden days or something?
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