Arizona TV Station’s Super Bowl Broadcast Interrupted, For a Few Seconds, By Indecent Material

Tucson station KVOA-TV says its broadcast of the Super Bowl was interrupted by about 10 seconds’ worth of pornography. Only Comcast customers saw the snippet.

From the KVOA-TV website:

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.”