Wednesday, February 01, 2012

NBC’s Super Bowl XLVI Coverage By the Numbers

Here are some factoids from NBC on its coverage of Super Bowl XLVI:

SUPER BOWL XLVI BY THE NUMBERS
1 Hard camera located on building roof for scenic views of Indianapolis.
7 Digital Post-Production Facilities (5 Avid Suites, 2 Final Cut Pro Suites).
7 Separate set locations for pre-game show and NBC Sports Network programs during Super Bowl week.
7 Satellite uplink trucks covering game and pre-game locations as well as live streaming of the Super Bowl.
12 NEP Supershooter Mobile units in the TV Compound.
25 Digital Video Replay Sources between game and pre-game.
29 Vehicles (control trucks, mobile units, office trailers).
57 High Definition Cameras- 40 for the game and 17 for pre-game. Game has 20 hard cameras, nine hand held (three on robotic arms), one RF steady cam, one RF hand held, four Ultra slow-motion cameras, one cable-cam, one airplane shooting high-definition aerials.
60 Miles of camera and microphone cable.
116 Microphones (including 12 on-field parabolic microphones).
165 NBC IP phones and analog lines ordered for the Super Bowl
475 More than 475 people will be part of the NBC production, technical, administrative and support crews.
3500 Meals served to NBC crew at the stadium.

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