TV technician suspended over porn blunder

[Mike]

A television technician in French Polynesia has been suspended after he accidentally broadcast part of a pornographic movie shortly after a regular religious programme, Australian media reported on Wednesday.

The mix-up occurred earlier this month on the Tahiti Nui television network, when three minutes of the adult movie, including 52 seconds of explicit pornography, went to air during the mid-afternoon.

"It is funny, yes, but not really to us," station general director Haupert Ives told Australian Associated Press.

The technician was taping a satellite feed from Paris when he switched channels to look at an adult program, not noticing he had started to tape the wrong program, Ives said.

The technician was suspended without pay for a week.

[TheGuru]

He wasnt fired

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by TheGuru

He wasnt fired

I know, that is what I was thinking...
If I got caught looking at porn at work... well It wouldn't be where I work anymore..

[kazthorn]

Originally Posted by TheGuru

He wasnt fired

You would think so wouldn't you.

[TheGuru]

I'd definetly loose my job, and rightly so! I have nothing against that sort of content, in fact I own up to viewing it. However I have strong views about who what and where! For example it shouldnt be broadcast on Sunday afternoon TV because he was watching it at work

What an idiot

[fifi2004]

So who's fault was it? The French porn programmes, or the TV tech's? I'd say the programs not the programmers.

[TheGuru]

Originally Posted by fifi2004

So who's fault was it? The French porn programmes, or the TV tech's? I'd say the programs not the programmers.

It looks like the techies fault

[fifi2004]

Ah yes it would seem so but if there was no porn, the tech would h done what he was paid to do.