Super Bowl XLIII broadcast -- NBC goes by the numbers

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Here’s what NBC says it will have on hand to make sure that fans don’t miss a thing during Sunday’s 3 p.m. (PT) broadcast of Super Bowl XLIII from Tampa Bay, Fla.

The network will have more than 450 people in town to handle production, technical, administrative and support duties.

The equipment will include:

93 microphones (including 12 on-field parabolic microphones)

52 high-definition cameras

50 miles of camera and microphone cables

45 vehicles, including control trucks, mobile units, office trailers and (no explanation given) a horse trailer.

24 digital video replay sources

22 hard cameras (including two Super Slo-Mo cameras and and three ‘X-Mo’s’)

20 hand-held cameras (including two SteadyCams)

10 NEP Supershooter trailers

8 digital post-production facilities (and, for the techies out there: five Avid Suites, 3 Final Cut Pro Suites)

5 robotic cameras (including two fixed on the goal posts)

2 RF hand-held cameras

1 ‘Cable-Cam’ camera suspended above the playing field

1 hard camera for scenic views of Tampa Bay

-- Greg Johnson