Tucson channel broadcasts porn during Super Bowl

[VaBeachGuy 12]

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/278448.php

 

Porn interrupts Super Bowl broadcast in Tucson

By Alex Dalenberg

Arizona Daily Star

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.02.2009

 

Tucsonans watching the Super Bowl got more action than they bargained for when a short clip from an adult movie channel interrupted Comcast's feed with full male nudity during the final moments of the game.

 

Officials at Comcast said about 30 seconds from Club Jenna, an adult cable television channel, were shown on the local Super Bowl telecast. The company was still working Sunday night to figure out how it happened.

 

Comcast had "no idea" at the time it happened how the porn may have gotten into its feed, said Kelle Maslyn, a company spokeswoman.

 

The Star newsroom was flooded with calls from irate viewers who said that the porn cut into the game with less than three minutes left to play, just after Arizona Cardinals player Larry Fitzgerald scored on a touchdown pass from Kurt Warner to put the team in the lead.

Callers said that the clip showed a woman unzipping a man's pants, followed by a graphic act between the two.

 

"I just figured it was another commercial until I looked up," said Cora King of Marana. "Then he did his little dance with everything hanging out."

Jeanene Piek said she was outraged that her granddaughter had seen the clip.

"I was in a state of shock. I am totally disgusted," she said.

The Super Bowl was being shown locally on KVOA. The station sends its signal to Comcast through a fiber line, said KVOA News Director Kathleen Choal.

KVOA's signal didn't have porn on it when the station sent it over to Comcast, station president Gary Nielsen said.

 

The company will continue to investigate what happened to its signal, Nielsen said.

Engineers at Comcast will be working throughout the night to determine what happened, Maslyn said.

 

The porn broke into the standard-definition feed reaching analog TV sets. It appears the porn only reached homes in the Tucson area, but Comcast did not know exactly how many homes were affected, Maslyn said.

Comcast's high-definition feed was not affected. Maslyn did not know how many homes were affected.

 

Comcast is the second-largest cable-television provider in Southern Arizona and serves more than 80,000 customers in unincorporated Pima County, Marana and Oro Valley.

 

Comcast has set up an e-mail account to take feedback from concerned customers. The address is comcasttucsonfeedback@gmail.com.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

:lol: :) :) :lol:

 

Seriously, why would... wait a minute... :lol:

 

Compose yourself, Van Roy. This isn't...

 

Aw, Frak it.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

OK, let's try this again.

 

Why the heck would they want to interrupt America's favorite pastime with... the Super Bowl?

[VaBeachGuy 12]

From what I've read, Comcast thinks it was a purposeful act by someone with bad intentions. I would be seriously considering a law suit if I were there and had my young children with me watching the Super Bowl and that happened.

[TJ Phaserman 2]

you know when i reading this yesturday, i began to thought what if RC and her kids were watching it.....oh well.

 

i mean it's just a stupid incident that shouldn't even of happened....granted people would be pissed for that 30 seconds and missed that nice touchdown in the forth quarter by arizona....but i smell a internal probe in the works...

[A l t e r E g o 9]

That's funny, two of the ads at the top of this page just now are concerning homes for sale in Tucson.

[KIMIMELA 1]

It was obviously done on purpose by some bored employees.

[RikerChick 5]

you know when i reading this yesturday, i began to thought what if RC and her kids were watching it.....oh well.

 

i mean it's just a stupid incident that shouldn't even of happened....granted people would be pissed for that 30 seconds and missed that nice touchdown in the forth quarter by arizona....but i smell a internal probe in the works...

 

 

I'm in Phoenix, about an hour north of Tucson, but yeah, I would've been pissed. Paul was coloring in his room by the end of the game but Rachael was sitting with us watching the game. Beyond that it was porn, to have it happen in Arizona with Cardinals fans going nuts.

 

I don't think they even have Comcast in Phoenix...:lol:

[Wishfire 2]

That's funny, two of the ads at the top of this page just now are concerning homes for sale in Tucson.

 

I'm seeing Comcast package deals.

[Sara_Paris 0]

OK, let's try this again.

 

Why the heck would they want to interrupt America's favorite pastime with... the Super Bowl?

 

 

Brilliant!

[vgrbabe 1]

OK, let's try this again.

 

Why the heck would they want to interrupt America's favorite pastime with... the Super Bowl?

 

 

Brilliant!

yeah, that was realy funny!!

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

It was obviously done on purpose by some bored employees.

 

 

Obviously? Offhand, I'd say it's doubtful it was on purpose, though a case does seem to be mounting. If I had to guess, it was a careless crosspatching, feeding the porn they were watching into the Air mode instead of the content they were supposed to be streaming.

[Sara_Paris 0]

It was obviously done on purpose by some bored employees.

 

 

Obviously? Offhand, I'd say it's doubtful it was on purpose, though a case does seem to be mounting. If I had to guess, it was a careless crosspatching, feeding the porn they were watching into the Air mode instead of the content they were supposed to be streaming.

 

When I heard about this I immediately surmised that it was done intentionally too. I suppose though that it could have been a mistake.

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

I dunno. Working in broadcasting, I can see how this was done accidentally. I mean, I'm not dismissing the "I dare you!" theory. But malicious? That, I highly doubt.

[Sara_Paris 0]

All I can think of is Fight Club. How Tyler Durden would splice porn into like Disney movies.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

That's funny, two of the ads at the top of this page just now are concerning homes for sale in Tucson.

 

I'm seeing Comcast package deals.

You might want to define what you mean by "package".

[VaBeachGuy 12]

http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/02/12/...bowl-porn-clip/

 

FBI INVESTIGATING SUPER BOWL PORN CLIP

Posted by Sheil Kapadia on February 12, 2009, 9:50 a.m.

Comcast has turned over all its information to the FBI in regards to the porn clip that was shown to thousands of Arizona viewers during the Super Bowl.

 

“We have shared all of our information on this situation with the FBI and will continue to provide our full cooperation to them throughout their investigation,” company spokeswoman Kelle Maslyn said in a statement e-mailed to the Arizona Daily Star.

 

Comcast said its technical systems were working properly and called the airing of the clip a “malicious act.”

 

The company is offering a $10 discount to any customer who saw the clip. Whether that is expected to cover the mental trauma of going from a Larry Fitzgerald touchdown to male frontal nudity is unclear.

 

The porn firm, meanwhile, is offering a $10 coupon to finish viewing the movie.

 

“We feel really bad for the customers that were just getting into it when Comcast rudely switched back to the football game before the clip could really get going,” Kim Kysar, a spokeswoman for the porn company, said in a release to The Star.

 

We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

The porn firm, meanwhile, is offering a $10 coupon to finish viewing the movie.

 

“We feel really bad for the customers that were just getting into it when Comcast rudely switched back to the football game before the clip could really get going,” Kim Kysar, a spokeswoman for the porn company, said in a release to The Star.

Well that's good. I'm glad to see something for those who were inconvenienced by having to watch the Super Bowl.