Super Bowl 2016 will be the 50th edition of Super Bowl competition in American Football. It will be 46th season game of National Football League (NFL) which will decide the winner of 2015 NFL season. The Super Bowl 50 match is scheduled to take place on 7th February at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. CBC is the official broadcaster of 2016 Super Bowl game and and event is advertised as “Golden Super Bowl” following the fact as this is 50th edition of prestigious football event in country.
This Super Bowl event is one of the most watched sports competition in United States. It will be first occasion when California will be hosting the Grand Finale of National Football League. Teams are not confirmed yet for Super Bowl 2016 as the NFL 2015 playoffs are scheduled to begin from 9th January. The teams will be determined with the last playoff games on 24 January.
New England Patriots will be the defending champion in Super Bowl 2016 if the qualify for the competition. Various acts will be performed during the half time in the match and NFL has confirmed that British rock group Coldplay will headline the event.
Super Bowl 2016 Live Telecast
CBS is the official broadcasting partner of Super Bowl 2016 event which will bring the live coverage to USA viewers from Levi’s Stadium. The broadcaster has set the base rate of US$5 million for 30 second commercial advertisement. This price is set to symbolize the 50th edition Super Bowl.
Canada based viewers will be able to watch the live telecast of Super Bowl 50 on CTV as the broadcaster holds the official rights for Canadian region. For worldwide coverage checkout the list of broadcasting networks and television channels for Super Bowl 2016.
| Country | Broadcaster |
| United States | CBS |
| Canada | CTV |
| North America | Westwood One (Radio) |
| United Kingdom | BBC, Sky Sports |
| Mexico | Televisa (Free to air) |
| Australia | 7mate HD, Seven Network (Free to air) |
| Germany | SAT 1 |
| New Zealand | Sky TV (Paid Subscription) |
| France | W9 |
| Spain | Canal+ |
| Italy | FoxSports 2 HD (Subscription required), Italia 1(Free to air) |
| Africa | Super port |
| Middle East | OSN Network |
Note: If your country is not listed here, please mention it in the comment box. We’ll update it.
Karin Badenhorst
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