CBS Sports is introducing ‘Doink Cam’ for its coverage of Super Bowl LVIII
CBS Sports doesn’t actively root for any NFL player to fail during the games the network covers.
But ... if a kicker hit the upright on a field goal or extra point attempt during Super Bowl LVIII, CBS Sports will be ready to show its audience a new look at the miss.
As part of its coverage of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, CBS Sports is inserting cameras into the uprights.
That will allow CBS to show “unprecedented angles of field goals and extra points. Cameras will have high resolution zoom capability and also be made available for super slow-motion replays,” the network said in a news release.
Harold Bryant, executive vice president of production for CBS Sports, talked about the new camera angle.
“The ‘Doink Camera’ isn’t just to hit the upright,’ Bryant said. “If there’s a field goal that’s even tight and we’ve got to look at it, we’ve got three different angles on each upright, just so we can see it in three different positions.
“And we’ve got 20 pylon cameras, and now we’ve got the camera, a definitive look, hanging down right over the goal line to capture that moment, but we’re not going to force it.”
CBS said it will have 48 cameras with super slow-motion capability, including those 24 4K cameras with zoom extraction capability that will show angles from the ceiling of the domed Allegiant Stadium.
A zoom extraction camera “allows simulated zoom, crop and camera motion with slow-motion instant replays,” according to Pro Broadcast Supply.
With cameras in the end zone pylons, CBS is planning to show angles on the goal line and down the sideline.
All told, the network will have 165 cameras in use at the game.
“We’re really proud of the efforts here,” David Berson, the President of CBS Sports, said. “We think it’s gonna be as innovative as any Super Bowl people have seen. A real credit to our production operations team for pushing the envelope here to make sure we have all angles covered.”
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This story was originally published February 2, 2024 at 9:45 AM.
