CBS News provided readers with full coverage of Super Bowl XLVII before, during and after the game. Articles, picture slideshows and videos started appearing on the website by Saturday. Come Sunday, CBS News had a special in depth section dedicated to the big game.
CBS held the rights to televising this year’s Super Bowl and were able to live stream the game on CBSSports.com. It was far from your usual live streaming coverage though. Viewers were able to choose from five different camera angles. Along the side were three tabs for stats, tweets and commercials. The statistics remained updated throughout the game. It even had a box score along the top for those who wanted a breakdown of the scoring. Tweets were not just from NFL personnel, but there was also a question and answer section, update of celebrity tweets, and a breakdown of the players who were mentioned the most on Twitter. My favorite part of the live stream were the commercials. CBS compiled all the advertisements that were seen throughout the night in a tab next to the game. Viewers could easily go back and watch them again. They were even given the option to tweet the ones they liked. Live streaming the game allowed viewers to watch it away from their television on tablets, smart phones and computers.
What makes CBS News so appealing is the extent to which they cover large events. Earlier this year the media outlet exceeded my expectations with their reporting of the Presidential Inauguration. They did so again with the Super Bowl. It was not the biggest headline on the homepage throughout the day, but they provided a lot of content related to the game. It was the way CBS News used different journalistic and multimedia techniques that kept me interested and interacted with their coverage.
There were more than 150 articles relating to the Super Bowl on the website. To make each easier to find, CBS categorized them by teams, entertainment or advertisements. The media outlet had basic articles, picture slideshows and videos highlighting the game in general. They went even further to cover topics other news sites did not provide. The psychology of winning and losing, which son the Harbaugh parents will visit first after the game, how Super Bowl ads have changed consumers, and even a rundown of all the A-list parties were just a few. A poll allowed viewers to vote on which commercial they liked the best. Fans of Beyonce could even browse through a photo gallery of her halftime performance. CBS News did not just focus on the game itself, but also covered the entertainment portion surrounding it. This was a smart move because it attracted a variety of readers, not just football fans.
I was thoroughly impressed with coverage of the Super Bowl on CBS News and CBS Sports. They provided the right amount of articles, pictures and videos to keep visitors entertained and interacted.
CBS held the rights to televising this year’s Super Bowl and were able to live stream the game on CBSSports.com. It was far from your usual live streaming coverage though. Viewers were able to choose from five different camera angles. Along the side were three tabs for stats, tweets and commercials. The statistics remained updated throughout the game. It even had a box score along the top for those who wanted a breakdown of the scoring. Tweets were not just from NFL personnel, but there was also a question and answer section, update of celebrity tweets, and a breakdown of the players who were mentioned the most on Twitter. My favorite part of the live stream were the commercials. CBS compiled all the advertisements that were seen throughout the night in a tab next to the game. Viewers could easily go back and watch them again. They were even given the option to tweet the ones they liked. Live streaming the game allowed viewers to watch it away from their television on tablets, smart phones and computers.
What makes CBS News so appealing is the extent to which they cover large events. Earlier this year the media outlet exceeded my expectations with their reporting of the Presidential Inauguration. They did so again with the Super Bowl. It was not the biggest headline on the homepage throughout the day, but they provided a lot of content related to the game. It was the way CBS News used different journalistic and multimedia techniques that kept me interested and interacted with their coverage.
There were more than 150 articles relating to the Super Bowl on the website. To make each easier to find, CBS categorized them by teams, entertainment or advertisements. The media outlet had basic articles, picture slideshows and videos highlighting the game in general. They went even further to cover topics other news sites did not provide. The psychology of winning and losing, which son the Harbaugh parents will visit first after the game, how Super Bowl ads have changed consumers, and even a rundown of all the A-list parties were just a few. A poll allowed viewers to vote on which commercial they liked the best. Fans of Beyonce could even browse through a photo gallery of her halftime performance. CBS News did not just focus on the game itself, but also covered the entertainment portion surrounding it. This was a smart move because it attracted a variety of readers, not just football fans.
I was thoroughly impressed with coverage of the Super Bowl on CBS News and CBS Sports. They provided the right amount of articles, pictures and videos to keep visitors entertained and interacted.