Editing NFL on CBS (section)

====HDTV coverage====
As late as 2006, CBS aired only three of its NFL games in [[high-definition television|high-definition]] each week, the same number of games it had aired for the past few seasons. The other networks that held rights to broadcast NFL games – [[NBC Sunday Night Football|NBC]], [[Run to the Playoffs|NFL Network]] and [[Monday Night Football|ESPN]] – broadcast all of their games in high definition, and [[Fox NFL|Fox]] broadcast up to six in HD. Because of this, some fans accused CBS of being "cheap."<ref>{{cite web|title=CBS: The 'C' Stands For Cheap|url=http://www.tvpredictions.com/cbscheap090806.htm|publisher=TVPredictions.com|date=September 8, 2006|access-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415113256/http://www.tvpredictions.com/cbscheap090806.htm|archive-date=April 15, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Beginning with the [[2007 NFL season|2007 season]], CBS began airing five of the Sunday games in high definition television on doubleheader weeks, and six on singleheader weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Schedules – CBS Sportsline|url=http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/schedules/page/nfl|work=CBSSportsline.com|date=August 19, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Flipping channels|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/20070420-9999-1s20media.html|work=Sign-On San Diego|date=April 20, 2007}}</ref>

Former CBS Sports Executive Vice President [[Tony Petitti]] (who left CBS in April 2008 to become the head of the newly established [[MLB Network]]) claimed the network would probably air all of its NFL games in high definition by [[2009 NFL season|2009]]. When asked about the move, Petitti commented that CBS was focused on building a new studio for ''The NFL Today'' pre-game show. However, another CBS executive had previously indicated<ref>{{cite news|title=Why CBS Sports isn't 100% HD |url=http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2006/01/why_cbs_sports_.html |series=TV Barn blog|work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=January 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005034505/http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2006/01/why_cbs_sports_.html |archive-date=October 5, 2006 }}</ref> that, because CBS was an "early adopter" with its first HD game in [[1998 NFL season|1998]], it is already "at capacity" and would have to replace newly purchased equipment in its network center with even more expensive equipment. However, CBS did carry its entire slate of games in 2009 in HD, though a few non-essential camera positions for some games (mainly used only in analysis situations) continued to be shot in 4:3 SD.

Beginning with the [[2013 NFL season|2013 season]], CBS Sports switched to a 16:9 full [[widescreen]] presentation, which began requiring the use of the #10 [[Active Format Description]] tag to present the games in a [[letterboxed]] [[widescreen]] format for viewers watching on [[cable television]] through [[4:3]] television sets.