More Than 500 Employees, 86 Cameras, 33 Miles of Cable and 12 Mobile Units
Stamford, Conn. - January 28, 2015 – NBC Sports’ coverage of Super Bowl XLIX begins Sunday, February 1 at Noon ET. To kickoff and cover this year’s Super Bowl, NBC Sports will use a crew of more than 500 employees, 86 cameras, 33 miles of cable, 12 mobile units and a wide collection of other tools and resources.
In addition to live coverage of the game, NBC Sports will deliver more than six hours of pre-game coverage, and many NBCSN shows will report from Glendale, Ariz. during Super Bowl week.
Listed below are some key metrics about NBC Sports Group’s coverage of Super Bowl XLIX.
1 - ND1 - NBC Sports’ state-of-the-art, remote production unit designed and built by NEP. The Emmy Award-winning Sunday Night Football production team, led by Fred Gaudelli (coordinating producer) and Drew Esocoff (director), will use ND1 to produce Super Bowl XLIX.
2- Combination of plane and helicopter providing aerial footage
3- Number of Super Bowls Cris Collinsworth has called (Including XLIX)
5 - Number of 4K cameras being used to cover the game
8 - Separate set locations NBC Sports Group will use for coverage.
9- Number of Super Bowls Al Michaels has called (Including XLIX)
10 - Live hours of Super Bowl XLIX coverage on NBC on Sunday, Feb 1 (Super Bowl XLIX 3, pre-game 6 and postgame 1.
12 - Mobile units
18 - Number of Super Bowl’s NBC has broadcast (Including XLIX
19 - Number of NBCUniversal shows onsite in Phoenix
29 - Years Al Michaels has been the voice of the premier primetime NFL Game
33 - Miles of camera and microphone cable
45 – Combined Sports Emmy Awards for Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya, coordinating producer Fred Gaudelli, and director Drew Esocoff.
82 - Cameras. Super Bowl (46), Pre-game (26), Super Bowl Central (10)
100- Microphones
500 - NBC Sports Group employees on site in Glendale, Ariz.
600 - Number of hotel rooms over a two-week period.
1500 - Meals served to crew members on gameday
37,200 - Miles Sunday Night Football mobile production trucks have travelled this season.
173,800 - Feet of camera and microphone cable
–NBC Sports Group–