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Hollywood's most glamorous night takes thousands of people in an astounding amount of tech to pull off crews roll out 500 feet of red carpet but that's nothing compared to the miles and miles of cable needed for the broadcast much of which is plugged into trucks at the so-called broadcast compound right outside the theater the director sits in the truck behind me as well as the editors everything that goes over the air is done in these two trucks since the show is seen by 1.2 billion viewers in more than 200 countries there are multiple backup plans the signal has multiple fiber feeds but we also have satellite feeds so they can cut from one feet to the nether pretty seamlessly transforming the tourist hotspot and 3,400 seat movie theater into the home of the Oscars means we're moving a massive movie screen tons of cable dozens of seats and 28 rigging motors inside the auditorium the Academy uses very few motors in the Oscars motors can fail so they're they're still using the old pipe and ropes and encounter weights another element not in the auditorium on Oscar night the orchestra while people at home and inside the theater can hear the orchestra music it's actually being performed here a mile away live at Capitol Records the music is then piped through fiber optic cables back to the theater and it only takes two point seven milliseconds we just keep trying to get that latency down as close to zero so that performers can hear exactly what the orchestra is doing in the orchestra can respond with them too they're all you know seamlessly performing together movie clips and musical performances will be in Dolby 5.1 surround sound home viewers with surround sound setup can have a similar sound experience as the celebrities now the people do have a theater can have an experience but the people that are watching in their kitchen and their bedroom in their bathroom on the sofa you don't want everybody to have a good experience technology at the theaters also helping stars and their fans connect through social media this year the green room designed by Architectural Digest will have Samsung tablets and a jiff mirror for celebrity reactions powered by Twitter VIPs can hang out the Dolby lounge to text and Instagram to their heart's content the Academy added a 4G LTE cell tower to improve connectivity but there are no charging stations since most celebrities aren't using their phones during the ceremony unless they're taking the ultimate Hollywood selfie in Los Angeles I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News