Young viewers of children’s television programs in North Carolina were in for a rude awakening as they got a glimpse of something far more risqué than their favorite cartoons, when a cable glitch broadcast two hours of the Playboy channel.
“Due to a technical malfunction, some adult programs had been diverted on children’s networks,” Time Warner Cable vice president of public relations Alex Dudley told AFP on Wednesday. “We sincerely apologize.”
The equipment failure, which took place between 6:15am and 8:15am on Tuesday last week, beamed previews of adult shows with scantily clad women striking suggestive poses and talking dirty into a portion of the Kids on Demand and Preschool on Demand channels, local media reported.
The cable operator reportedly learned of the glitch when worried parents alerted them to the problem.(AFP)
北卡羅萊納州的小觀眾打開有線電視兒童頻道，映入眼簾的卻是限制級畫面，原來系統出了問題，孩子們最愛的卡通變成「花花公子」養眼鏡頭，而且一播就是兩小時。
時代華納有線電視公司公關副總裁艾力克斯•杜德利上週三向法新社表示：「因為技術故障，兒童頻道出現了部分成人節目畫面。我們深感抱歉。」
當地媒體報導，發生在上週二上午六點十五分到八點十五分的這起設備故障事件，導致兒童台和幼幼台節目中出現半裸女子搔首弄姿、淫聲穢語的成人節目預告。
據傳，有線電視技術人員接到憂心忡忡的家長反應後，才知道出了狀況。（法新社╱翻譯：林倩如）
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