NBC's Sports Live Extra app will stream the Super Bowl for free to tablet users

NBC is planning on streaming 11 hours of free Super Bowl coverage on February 1st. Programming starts with pre-game coverage at noon, and will include the game, half-time festivities (Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz) and post-game coverage. The streaming will continue with an episode of The Blacklist. The content will be available through the NBC Sports Live Extra app. For the first time ever, NBC has been given the rights to show the entire halftime show.



The network plans on heavily promoting broadcasters' "TV Everywhere" project. After it streams "The Blacklist," it will explain how easy ...