Event : Super Bowl XLIII (for NFL 2008 Champion)
When / What Time : February 1, 2009 6:20 PM ET kick-off
How To Watch Live Online : See Below
Winner Results and Updates : To Follow

The much awaited Super Bowl XLIII football match between National Football Conference (NFC) Champions Arizona Cardinals and the American Football (AFC) Champions Pittsburgh Steelers will take place on Sunday, February 1, 2009 6:20 PM ET at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. In the US, the game will be broadcasted live by NBC with commentators Al Michaels and John Madden.

For sure, this event will be on live streaming video feed across the Internet, and although it might be fun to watch it on your computer, I highly suggest you watch it on Free TV instead. Here’s the complete broadcast schedules for several countries coming from WIKI :

United States
The game will be televised live in the United States on NBC, the network’s first Super Bowl broadcast since Super Bowl XXXII at the end of the 1997 season, and will be available in 1080i high definition. Play-by-play announcer Al Michaels and color commentator John Madden will be in the booth, with Andrea Kremer and Alex Flanagan serving as sideline reporters. The pre-game show – which will be a record five hours long – will be hosted by the Football Night in America team headed by Bob Costas, and preceded by a three-hour special edition of Today hosted by the regular weekday team live from Tampa and the NFL Films-produced Road to the Super Bowl. According to an NBC press release, Matt Millen will also be part of the coverage as a studio analyst.

John Madden will be the first person to have announced a Super Bowl for each of the four major U.S. television networks, having called five Super Bowls for CBS, three for FOX, and two for ABC prior to joining NBC in 2006. Meanwhile, Al Michaels will be the third man to do play-by-play for a Super Bowl on NBC television (following in the footsteps of Curt Gowdy and Dick Enberg).

Super Bowl XLIII will be the final Super Bowl to be telecast in the United States in analog television format before the nationwide digital television transition scheduled for later this year, and will be one of the final analog U.S. broadcasts of a major sporting event.

Commercials
Super Bowl XLIII will also mark the first time that a 30-second commercial time slot will cost (excluding production and talent costs) US $3 million. As of January 28, all but the last two slots were sold. Many traditional advertisers of the game, such as Anheuser-Busch and Pepsi-Cola, are buying multiple ads at discounted rates. Two traditional advertisers, General Motors and FedEx, will pass on the game, citing the current economic crisis as their main reason. Doritos is reprising a contest for a fan-created ad run two years ago, but with a top prize of $1 million provided it wins the USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter’s number one position. A trailer of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will debut during the Super Bowl, according to director Michael Bay.[13] Paramount Pictures confirmed that a preview of the upcoming Star Trek film will also premiere during the game, it is unclear if new footage will be included or if it will just be a recut of the theatrical trailer.[13] However, with the weak economy, NBC could turn to companies already buying ad time for an additional purchase or two as set by the Los Angeles-based Cesario Migliozzi agency, which will have eight advertisers simultaneously in one 30-second ad. One ad that has been announced will be a promo with SoBe, DreamWorks Animation, Intel and NBC which will feature a trailer of Monsters vs. Aliens and a SoBe lizards ad being done in 3-D, which was announced between games of the NFL Wild Card Saturday doubleheader January 3, 2009. SoBe will be distributing free 3-D viewing glasses for use with the ads at many stores across the nation.[14] The last time NBC did a 3-D promotion was the “Be-Bop-Bamboozled” halftime show for Super Bowl XXIII twenty years earlier. Hyundai will also be advertising their new Genesis Coupe in two 30-second commercials.[15]

Other North American broadcasts
Canada: English language network CTV will air the game live throughout Canada, simulcasting the NBC broadcast. The French language cable channel RDS will also carry the game, using its own announcers.
Mexico: The game will be broadcast on both Televisa and TV Azteca, with both telecasts to be distributed in HDTV,
Latin America: The rights to Latin America is held by ESPN Latin America.

Outside North America
Great Britain: The game will be broadcast on Sky Sports and on BBC One with programming starting at 22:00 and at 23:00 GMT respectively [16][17]. This will be one of only two NFL games broadcast on the BBC, the other being the international series. Sky Sports’ NFL host, Kevin Cadle, will be in the studio with guests throughout the event, while co-presenter Nick Halling will be live in Tampa and will provide analysis live from the event itself.
Europe: German television channel ARD Das Erste and Austrian channel ORF will begin live broadcasting from 00.00 CET. Swedish television channel TV6 will begin live broadcasting from 00:00 CET. RAI will broadcast live on Rai Due in Italy. The digital transmission will be in 16:9 and HD. TV3 will broadcast in Denmark, and SportTV in Portugal will broadcast the game in standard (4:3) and high-definition (16:9) formats. ESPN America will also broadcast in Europe.
South America: ESPN Brasil will show the game in Brazil with Paulo Antunes (commentating), Everaldo Marques (play-by-play) and André Kfouri (on field).
Asia: CCTV Sports, China Central Television will broadcast Super Bowl XLIII in China mainland at 7:00am, February 2nd (Beijing Time) ; South Korean Cable television channel which operated by SBS, will broadcast this game live on 08:00 February 2nd (based on KST).
Australia: The NBC telecast will be simulcast via ESPN International on Foxtel and Austar.

Here’s how to watch the free live streaming video of this game online :

1. Subscribe to my feeds. Updates will be regularly sent.
2. Go to Yahoo Sports for play-by-play and even some free video.
3. Scour the web for alternative links on the broadcasts.
4. Go to justin.tv or find a suitable server or channel for your SopCast.

The Pittsburgh Steelers currently have an edge on Odds and the tables, having been reoconized for their defense. On the other hand, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin teams up with Quarterback superstar Kurt Warner to display the greatest offense in the NFL. My prediction for this fight is that the Cardinals will pull-off an upset and beat the Steelers in a high-scoring game. Winner and results will be posted asap including the NFL MVP and Super Bowl MVP. Replays of the game might be available on streaming video as well and uploaded to Youtube by most football fanatics.

Entertainment and Half-Time Show Details from WIKI

Journey will perform during the pre-game show, and Jennifer Hudson will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in her first public appearance since the murder of her nephew, brother and mother.[20] Hudson becomes the second consecutive alumna from the American Idol television series to perform the national anthem at a Super Bowl (Jordin Sparks sang the anthem at Super Bowl XLII).

The NFL will salute four decades of champions during the coin toss ceremony and the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation. The coin toss will feature Roger Craig (Super Bowl XXIII, 1989), John Elway (Super Bowl XXXIII, 1999) and Lynn Swann (Super Bowl XIII, 1979). Roger Craig follows last year’s participants and fellow San Francisco 49ers Craig Walsh (son of Bill Walsh), Ronnie Lott, Jerry Rice and Steve Young. Joe Namath (Super Bowl III, 1969) will participate in the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation and he previously participated in the coin toss in Super Bowl XXVIII.

The Super Bowl XLIII halftime show, sponsored by Bridgestone, will feature Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

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