10-01-2024, 07:09 PM
CBS' Super Bowl plans have been unveiled:
- The network will have a week-long "residence" in Las Vegas, with the main studio located in front of the Fountains of the world-famous Bellagio Hotel on the Strip.
- All CBS Sports programming (including CBSSN and CBS Sports HQ) will air during the week on that studio, including its special edition of The NFL Today pregame show.
- Moreover, other Paramount properties (including content from CBS News, Stations and Media Ventures) will use the studio: Norah O'Donnell will anchor the Evening News during Super Bowl week there, and CBS Mornings will air from Las Vegas the Thursday and Friday before the event; The Talk, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition and Drew Barrymore will also tape there, and CBS O&Os and affiliates will be able to use the setting for special segments.
- CBS is also planning to make available a 4K HDR feed for the first time ever to select cable operators and streaming providers, whilst making the standard 1080p fully HDR compliant on most cable operators. No word if will be native or unconverted (Fox already has aired two Super Bowls in 4K, but upconverted from 1080p).
- And, unlike other years, CBS has sold Spanish-language rights to the game to TelevisaUnivision; the company has already a longterm deal for the game in Mexico, and, whilst working with CBS teams, the feed might be earmarked for both Mexican and Hispanic American audiences.
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More on the Bally situation... Amazon MGM Studios attempted to bail out the network from bankruptcy as part of the company's push to expand live sports coverage on Prime Video by taking a stake; but the MLB has rejected the deal.
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Sinclair is already anticipating the death knell for the network; however, short-term carriage and rights deals with Comcast, DirecTV and the NBA and the NHL were done before the year was over, allowing teams to take the streaming and/or free-to-air way for the rest of the season:
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tvnewscheck.com
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After many of these teams (the Utah Jazz, the Phoenix Suns...) have taken this road, the OKC Thunder has redistributed rights for the remainder of the Friday night games to station's inside their DMA; Griffin has gotten rights for the Oklahoma state, whilst Gray has bought rights for the nearby regions in Kansas and Texas (Wichita Falls-Lawton and Wichita) and Morgan Murphy in Joplin-Pittsburg (border of Kansas and Missouri).
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- The network will have a week-long "residence" in Las Vegas, with the main studio located in front of the Fountains of the world-famous Bellagio Hotel on the Strip.
- All CBS Sports programming (including CBSSN and CBS Sports HQ) will air during the week on that studio, including its special edition of The NFL Today pregame show.
- Moreover, other Paramount properties (including content from CBS News, Stations and Media Ventures) will use the studio: Norah O'Donnell will anchor the Evening News during Super Bowl week there, and CBS Mornings will air from Las Vegas the Thursday and Friday before the event; The Talk, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition and Drew Barrymore will also tape there, and CBS O&Os and affiliates will be able to use the setting for special segments.
- CBS is also planning to make available a 4K HDR feed for the first time ever to select cable operators and streaming providers, whilst making the standard 1080p fully HDR compliant on most cable operators. No word if will be native or unconverted (Fox already has aired two Super Bowls in 4K, but upconverted from 1080p).
- And, unlike other years, CBS has sold Spanish-language rights to the game to TelevisaUnivision; the company has already a longterm deal for the game in Mexico, and, whilst working with CBS teams, the feed might be earmarked for both Mexican and Hispanic American audiences.
deadline.com
www.sportsvideo.org
www.hollywoodreporter.com
More on the Bally situation... Amazon MGM Studios attempted to bail out the network from bankruptcy as part of the company's push to expand live sports coverage on Prime Video by taking a stake; but the MLB has rejected the deal.
nypost.com
Sinclair is already anticipating the death knell for the network; however, short-term carriage and rights deals with Comcast, DirecTV and the NBA and the NHL were done before the year was over, allowing teams to take the streaming and/or free-to-air way for the rest of the season:
cordcuttersnews.com
tvnewscheck.com
awfulannouncing.com
After many of these teams (the Utah Jazz, the Phoenix Suns...) have taken this road, the OKC Thunder has redistributed rights for the remainder of the Friday night games to station's inside their DMA; Griffin has gotten rights for the Oklahoma state, whilst Gray has bought rights for the nearby regions in Kansas and Texas (Wichita Falls-Lawton and Wichita) and Morgan Murphy in Joplin-Pittsburg (border of Kansas and Missouri).
www.news9.com
www.nba.com