Super Bowl Interrupted with Pornographic Material

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Posted: Feb 1, 2009 10:38 PM CST

Updated: Feb 2, 2009 12:16 PM CST

TUCSON, AZ - KVOA-TV is investigating pornographic material viewed during the Super Bowl by some Tucson area Comcast viewers. Just after the last touchdown by the Cardinals, approximately 30 seconds of pornographic material was shown. It appears this material was only viewed by some Comcast customers. It sparked a flurry of angry phone calls and e-mails to our newsroom.
"We are appalled this highly inappropriate material was displayed for some Comcast customers," states Gary Nielsen, President and General Manager of KVOA Communications Inc.
Nielsen also states, "Our internal investigation shows the signal left KVOA with no interruptions or inappropriate material. Cox cable, satellite providers, Directv, Dish and our over-the-air viewers received the clean feed. KVOA provides Cox with a feed via a fiber line and Cox sends a subsequent feed of our signal through a fiber line to Comcast."
Comcast has released a new statement today:
"We are mortified by last evening's Super Bowl interruption and we apologize to our customers. Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act. We are conducting a thorough investigation to determine how this happened," said Kelle Maslyn, Comcast Corporate Affairs Manager.
When we contacted Cox last night, we received this statement:
"We have received no evidence that any inappropriate material was broadcast on any of our channels during the Super Bowl. The alleged incident appears to be isolated to the Comcast territory. We will offer our support to all appropriate organizations to help them determine what happened," says Mike Dunne, Cox Director of Media Relations.
KVOA is dismayed and disappointed that some Comcast customers and their families were subjected to this material.
Nielsen says, "KVOA supports the Comcast effort to find out what occured. We ask Comcast to provide a full documentation for our viewers who are owed an explanation."