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====CBS broadcasts via a secondary audio program and the internet==== For the [[2012 NFL season]], CBS began providing Spanish play-by-play commentary of all game broadcasts via a [[secondary audio program]] feed.<ref name="NFL CBS SAP">{{cite web|title="NFL on CBS" To Simulcast Every Game of 2012β2013 Season in Spanish via SAP|url=http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-sports/releases/view?id=32855|work=CBS Sports| date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=December 29, 2012}}</ref> Also in 2012, to further prevent issues surrounding late games from delaying prime-time programming on the east coast (also influenced by other recent changes slowing the pace of games, such as video reviews and the kickoff for late games being moved from 4:15 to 4:25 p.m. Eastern Time), CBS began to move the start of its prime-time schedule in the eastern and central times zones to 7:30 p.m./6:30 p.m. on weeks that the network carries a 4:25 p.m. game.<ref name=nyt-cbs730-nfl>{{cite web |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=September 11, 2012 |title=CBS Adjusts Schedule to Account for Longer N.F.L. Games |url=https://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/cbs-adjusts-schedule-to-account-for-longer-n-f-l-games/ |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 18, 2012}}</ref> Super Bowl XLVII was broadcast for free on the [[Internet television|internet]] on the host network's website, in this case [[CBSSports.com]]. CBS charged an average of $4 million for a 30-second commercial during the game, the highest rate for any Super Bowl.<ref>{{cite web|title=Is It Worth Spending $4 Million On A Super Bowl Commercial?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/01/29/is-it-worth-spending-4-million-on-a-super-bowl-commercial/|author=Darren Heitner|work=Forbes|date=April 18, 2013|access-date=February 4, 2013}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen Company|Nielsen]], Super Bowl XLVII was watched by an estimated average total audience of 108.69<!---Ratings are final, do not change---> million U.S. viewers, with a record 164.1 million tuning into at least six minutes of the game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Super Bowl ratings dip slightly from last year|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-0205-super-bowl-ratings-20130205,0,1416129.story|author=Scott Collins|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 5, 2013|date=February 5, 2013}}</ref>
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