Where can I go to in Canada in 2023 to watch the Super Bowl?

On February 12, 2023, the 57th annual National Football League (NFL) championship game, known as Super Bowl LVII, will be played. The AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs will take on the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in this year's Super Bowl. The Eagles will be considered the "home" team for the game at Arizona's State Farm Stadium because the Eagles are the NFC's representative in even-numbered years.

Those in Canada can catch the game on the CTV broadcast network or its streaming services (along with NTV, the primary private TV station in Newfoundland and Labrador). which is only marginally connected to CTV at the moment); the TSN and RDS cable sports channels and their respective streaming apps; and the TSN and DAZN streaming services

As of this writing, TSN is offering a free preview of its data-enhanced feed of CTV/TSN's coverage; this offer is likely to be extended to this year's game (though not to future iterations of the game). Subscriptions are necessary for the other streaming services.

Fox will also be airing game coverage, and both CTV and TSN will be airing Fox's broadcast, but if you're watching Fox through a Canadian cable or satellite provider, you won't be able to see American commercials. Fox's Tubi service is not available in Canada, and neither the Fox nor Fox Sports apps can be used to stream the game.

When does the Canadian Super Bowl start?

The game is set to begin at 6:30 pm, which is consistent with previous years' practices (at least in terms of ball drop times). m Time zone for the majority of Ontario and Quebec is Eastern Standard Time.

To convert to other time zones, this equates to:

• 3:30 p m The majority of British Columbia is in the Pacific Time Zone.
• 4:30 p m Time zone for Yukon [after 2020], Alberta, most of Nunavut, some of the Northwest Territories, and a small portion of eastern B.C. is Mountain Time (the local time at the venue in Arizona). C , and Lloydminster, Saskatchewan's closest city to Alberta)
• 5:30 p m Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, northwest Ontario, and a small section of Nunavut are all in Central Time.
• 7:30 p m Atlantic Time (which includes all of Atlantic Canada except for southwestern Labrador)
• 8:00 p m Time Zone designated for Newfoundland and a small portion of southern Labrador (commonly referred to as "Newfoundland Time").

At around 6:00 p. m., the game will first be shown on television. m ET / 3:00 p m PT with introductions by Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen on Fox, and pregame festivities like the coin toss and the U.S. S hymn of the nation

At 1:00 p.m., Fox will air its primary pregame show. m ET / 10:00 a m PT, but we really don't think you'll get much out of it if you do.

The halftime show, which will feature Barbadian singer Rhianna this year, will begin approximately five to ten minutes after the end of the second quarter, or between 8:00 and 8:30 p. m ET Halftime shows at Super Bowls typically last about 20 minutes.

It's possible that the game could end as early as 9:30 or 9:45 p.m. m After the game ends, the broadcast will likely run for another 20 minutes or so due to postgame ceremonies such as the presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Fox's postgame show is scheduled to air until 10:30 pm. m It's currently scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET, but that could change depending on when the game ends.

The Super Bowl is spelled in what way?

There are two words in the term "Super Bowl." The term originates from the various bowl-shaped stadiums that host the championship games of college football each year. The Rose Bowl Game, held in its namesake bowl-shaped stadium in Pasadena, California, has been the most prestigious of these games for the past 97 years.

So, "Super Bowl LVII" or "Super Bowl 57" or something similar is incorrect, but we need to mention it here because that's how a lot of people type it. (You do know about search engine optimization, )

The day of the "Big Game" may also be a good time to study rare owl species, depending on your particular areas of interest.

Can I watch the Super Bowl online in Canada?

In general, yes, but with some restrictions

Typically, if you want to watch the Super Bowl on one of the media outlets that the NFL has granted streaming rights to, you'll need a paid subscription to do so. This could be a cable or similar TV service that includes at least one of CTV, TSN, or RDS. or a subscription to a service like TSN Now, RDS Now, DAZN, or another OTT service However, as we'll discuss, the 2023 edition might be different.

While CTV (and NTV) offer free over-the-air broadcasts in a number of Canadian cities, only subscribers of participating TV providers are permitted access to live streaming of CTV's linear channels (and NTV's free online stream typically only includes local Newfoundland and Labrador programming). In other words, there is no legitimate way to watch CTV online without paying for a cable, satellite, or fiber-based TV service subscription.

The following authorized streaming options are available to you if you do not have a TV service subscription (all prices are in Canadian dollars and prior to applicable sales taxes):

• Apparently aiming to compete with the American ESPN service, TSN's new direct-to-consumer service, TSN, launched in the early 2023 and will provide a "data-enhanced" feed of the regular game broadcast with additional graphics. As of today, February 5th, this service is available for free for a limited time as a preview, with the only requirement being the submission of an email address (which is not verified before viewing).
• The Sports Network's $19 per month OTT streaming service, TSN (formerly TSN Direct), is equivalent to the network's cable TV offering. $199 per month, or per week If charged annually, the price is . Live coverage of the game can be found on TSN1, TSN3, TSN4, or TSN5. (The day pass option, which had been available in previous years, will be gone by the end of 2022). )
• Le Réseau des Sports (RDS), TSN's French-language sibling network, now has an equivalent service called RDS (formerly RDS Direct). You can only watch the game in French, but the prices are the same as TSN's direct-to-consumer service.
• The Canadian rights to the National Football League's (NFL) online streaming package, NFL Game Pass, which provides access to live and archived versions of all NFL games, including the Super Bowl, are held by DAZN, a global sports streaming service owned by Access Industries. There is a minimum $24 commitment required. For $.99 per month or $199 per year, You can also get it for

Given that the NFL sold the Canadian broadcasting rights to Bell Media (the parent company of CTV, TSN, and RDS) and DAZN, it is important to note that international broadcasters like Fox do not have the rights to stream the game in Canada. The Fox and Fox Sports apps are currently unavailable in Canada, and it is highly unlikely that Canadians will be able to watch the game via the networks' websites.

We're not oblivious to the possibility that there are unofficial ways to watch the game online. However, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of such methods, and you should use them at your own discretion and risk.

Is there a legal way for a Canadian to watch the Super Bowl online for free?

Again, if you have a digital TV and an antenna, you can get CTV (and NTV) for free over-the-air in many Canadian cities. If you want to know which over-the-air stations are available in your area (the Canadian markets begin at 901 on this list), you can do so by visiting RabbitEars.info.

It's possible, depending on where you are, to even get a U.S. Fox affiliate if you try hard enough. S You'd need to be either very close to an American market (like Windsor, Ontario, which is right across the border from Detroit) or have a more powerful antenna that can pick up a signal from a bit further away (for example, in order to receive a signal from Toronto, you'd need to be able to pick up a signal Some people in Toronto may be able to receive Buffalo, New York, radio and television broadcasts.

Does Canada have access to American Super Bowl commercials?

Super Bowl commercials typically cost millions of dollars and are created specifically for the event in the United States. People in Canada seeking such advertisements will, however, have to look elsewhere on the web.

In most of the country, watching an Fox station on cable or satellite will instead show the CTV feed, complete with CTV commercials. This is because of a rule called simultaneous substitution (or "simsub," for short) enforced by the CRTC, Canada's telecommunications regulator. (This is sometimes confused with "simulcasting," which is a slightly different concept, but we won't get into that here.)

While some advertisers will be purchasing time on both the Fox and CTV broadcasts, the vast majority of ads will be unique to each network.

You'd be correct in assuming that the CRTC has outlawed simsubs for the Super Bowl; this practice will not be allowed during the 2017–2019 Super Bowls. Supreme Court of Canada reversed the ban in late 2019 after CTV's parent company Bell Canada challenged it in court. The majority of the court found that the CRTC had overstepped its authority by imposing the ban. A provision in the "new NAFTA" trade deal that took effect in July 2020 directed the CRTC to lift this ban even if the decision had gone the other way.

Since the 2020 game, simsubs have been used again, and the CRTC is unlikely to try something similar again soon unless it involves ending the simsub policy entirely (which would cause other complications for the Canadian TV industry).

The simsub policy can be avoided in two ways:

• Fox's commercials are included in the game broadcast if you are able to receive a signal from a local Fox affiliate using an antenna, as described above. This is due to the fact that broadcast signals sent directly over the airwaves cannot benefit from the use of simsubs.
   
• Because of their small size (less than 2,000 subscribers), or because the network requesting the simsub does not broadcast over-the-air in the area, some cable companies are not required to apply simsubs at all. It's possible in these cases to get the full Fox signal, commercials and all, through your cable company; however, this applies to a very small percentage of Canadians.

The good news is that these commercials can be viewed by anyone, anywhere thanks to the proliferation of online video platforms. While there are usually a few places that collect these ads, the most reliable in our view is YouTube's AdBlitz channel, though you may also want to check resources like the USA Today Ad Meter website, and in past years even the NFL's own website has provided a section devoted to the Super Bowl ads

CTV is responsible for requesting that simsubs be applied to Fox affiliate signals but is not responsible for the actual implementation of the simsubs. Each TV provider (like Rogers, Shaw, Bell, Telus, Vidéotron, and Cogeco) handles this procedure independently.

You should contact your service provider directly if the simsub does not end at the appropriate time or if you are accidentally shown a different program.

You can file a complaint with the CRTC about the simsub if the provider does not fix the problem quickly. It is our opinion that complaining solely about not seeing American commercials is a waste of time, as the Canadian government is well aware that this is an annoyance for Canadian viewers and tried to change the rule for 2017 before having it overturned in the courts.

Which shows will be on after the game?

This year, following coverage of the game and trophy presentations, both CTV and Fox will air the same program: the premiere of the second season of Next Level Chef, Fox's cooking reality competition series hosted by Gordon Ramsay, which originally aired in 2022. CTV will be able to keep simulcasting Fox until after 11:00 p.m. m Time Zone: EDT

Sometimes the Canadian and American networks have diverged shortly after the game ended because the Canadian network didn't have the rights to the lead-out program scheduled by the American network. There is no danger of CTV abandoning its post-Super Bowl coverage, as it has done in previous years, the moment the Vince Lombardi Trophy was presented to the winning team.

TSN is expected to air the majority of Fox's postgame coverage before switching to their own, hosted by Jay Onrait on SportsCentre.

Substantial alterations

This article is updated and republished every year to reflect the new Super Bowl.

• Super Bowl LVII edition, updated and reissued on February 7, 2023.
• This article was first published on February 11, 2022, in anticipation of Super Bowl LVI.

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