Super Bowl 50 is just round the corner and many National Football League (NFL) enthusiasts will want to watch one of the biggest sporting events of the year live on their computer, tablet or streaming devices.
Carolina Panthers play the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Feb. 7 at the at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Thousands of people will get to the stadium and watch the game live. However, a major chunk of football lovers will have to watch the game at home, at friend's place or elsewhere.
CBS will telecast the 50th edition of Super Bowl live on TV. However, there will be many football fans who would want to watch the football game on their computer, tablet or streaming device.
Here is how to watch the Super Bowl 50 on various devices.
Set Top boxes
Customers will be able to watch the game live via the CBS Sports app on Roku, Windows 10, Xbox One and AppleTV.
Computers And tablets
Live action of the Super Bowl 50 will be available on CBS Sports' website. CBS subscribers as well as non-subscribers will be able to watch the game for free online.
Smartphones
Strict work schedules, urgent appointments and other reasons may not give some people the opportunity to watch Super Bowl 50 at the comfort of their home and with friends. Thanks to the advancements in mobile technology; this will enable such NFL fans to catch some live action of the game while on the go via their smartphones.
Verizon is offering its subscribers to view the game for free via the NFL Mobile app. Customers should note that even though streaming of the game is free, watching the game may eat a good chunk of mobile data. Connecting to a strong Wi-Fi network may solve the problem.
Super Bowl 50 kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET (3:30 p.m. PT) Pregame coverage of the game begins at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT).
Weather can affect the game and the mood of fans. Concerns of El Nino bringing wet conditions to Santa Clara were much talked about but SB Station reports that the weather will behave on the Super Bowl Sunday. Players and spectators are not expected to deal with showers on Feb. 7.
According to Weather.com, NFL fans should expect sunshine during the day.
Football fans will have to stock up food during the week. According to a Forbes report, about 10 million pounds of ribs, 12.5 million pounds of bacon, 11.2 million pounds of potato chips, 3.8 million pounds of popcorn and more than 1 billion chicken wings are some of the food items that will be eaten by football fans on Super Bowl Sunday.
Food deliveries will also get affected. Popular pizza chains like Papa John's, Dominoes and Pizza Hut are expected to have high number of orders during Super Bowl Sunday and customers should orders well in advance.
The Forbes report suggests that Super Bowl Sunday is the fifth busiest pizza delivery day of the year in the U.S. New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, a day before Thanksgiving and Halloween are the other four busies days for pizza delivery in the U.S.
