Super Bowl XLI To Be Broadcast Worldwide
By Michael Williams (2/9/2007)
This year Super Bowl XLI will be available worldwide with 54 international broadcasters will broadcast the game to 232 countries and territories. The broadcast will be in 34 different languages.
Super Bowl XLI will be available to an estimated audience of 750 million to 1 billion. These viewers will be from all over the world. There are currently 19 television and radio stations from 14 different countries broadcasting the game from Dolphin Stadium.
For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will be telecasted live on television in Korea through SBS Media Net who is all set to air the action from South Florida to terrestrial television. CCTV, Dragon TV and G+ Sports (Shanghai) will broadcast the Super Bowl live to China.
Brazil too will receive the broadcast when BandSports airs the Super Bowl XLI live in Portuguese. This will be followed by a 90 minute condensed version of the game on the terrestrial station Banderiantes. The Super Bowl XLI game highlights will be available online in Portuguese on Globoesporte.com.
Super Bowl XLI will be aired on two terrestrial television stations in Germany. There will be a live broadcast on ARD and a delayed broadcast on DSF, which is a sports television station.
The sixth straight year, NFL International will be providing world feed in standard and high definition to all international broadcasting partners. In English speaking countries where the game is being telecasted, the commentary will be done by Sterling Sharpe and Spiro Dedes.
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