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## Video: CBS Will Let You Stream This Year's Super Bowl For Free

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_Published 2015-09-02. CBS announced it plans to stream the 2016 Super Bowl as well as a few other games in what could be an attempt to reach out to cord-cutters._


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## Transcript

For those who love watching football but hate paying for cable, CBS has a big announcement. The broadcast company released a statement saying it will stream the 2016 Super Bowl and a few other games for free online. CBS Sports Digital General Manager Jeffrey Gerttula said the company is, excited to offer more NFL ON CBS Streaming coverage across more digital platforms than ever before. All NFL fans will have access through their computers, tablets, and now connected TVs. This isn't the first time Super Bowl fans could catch the game live, online. NBC's put the feed up for free, the last two times the network's aired the game.

CBS will let anyone with an Internet connection watch two regular season games, four playoff games, and Super Bowl 50. Presumably a move to appeal to the growing number of cord- cutters. Quartz reported traditional cable outlets lost almost half a million subscribers in the third quarter last year alone and those are eyes CBS certainly doesn't want to lose for the big game. Between contracts with CBS, NBC, ESPN, and FOX the NFL rakes in between five and six billion dollars per year for rights to broadcast games. The networks recoup that money by selling ad space during the games so protecting viewership is a high priority.

Last season a record 114 million people saw the Patriots take home the title. Meanwhile advertisers shelled out about four and half million dollars to air just a 30 second spot.

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