Online streaming provided for Super Bowl again this year


Super Bowl XLVII, the Pro Bowl and wild-card Saturday doubleheader games will be available to fans on television, online and on some mobile phones, the NFL announced Wednesday.

The Super Bowl, broadcast by CBS on Feb. 3, will be accessible to viewers via live stream at NFL.com and CBSSports.com. The Saturday wild-card games and the Pro Bowl will be streamed live on NFL.com and NBCSports.com.

The network television feeds will supply the coverage for CBSSports.com, NBCSports.com and NFL.com. The stream also will include additional camera angles, in-game highlights, live statistics and various interactive elements.

Last year, the NFL’s first live stream of the Super Bowl drew an audience of 2.1 million, the highest viewership for a single-game sports event ever online, according to to Omniture and mDialog.