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August 22, 2006 - Sweden - The Scotsman
Sweden's state broadcaster, SVT, faced ridicule yesterday
after mistakenly showing a pornographic film in the
background of a news broadcast.
Viewers watching a five-minute bulletin at midnight on
Saturday could see explicit scenes from a Czech blue
movie on a TV screen behind the newsreader, Peter Dahlgren.
The monitor - one of many on the wall of a control room
visible behind the studio - normally shows other news
channels during broadcasts.
But staff who had earlier watched a sports event on the
cable channel Canal Plus, which often shows X-rated films
after midnight, had forgotten to switch it back, Per Yng,
SVT's news director, said.
"This is highly embarrassing and unfortunate," he said.
"It must not happen again."
A producer quickly spotted the sex scenes and ran into the
control room and turned off the monitor, Mr Yng said.
He said there had been no complaints from viewers about
the mishap, but "enormous interest from media".
Swedish newspapers yesterday poked fun at the program,
changing its name from Rapport to "Rapporn".
Sweden's state broadcaster, SVT, faced ridicule yesterday
after mistakenly showing a pornographic film in the
background of a news broadcast.
Viewers watching a five-minute bulletin at midnight on
Saturday could see explicit scenes from a Czech blue
movie on a TV screen behind the newsreader, Peter Dahlgren.
The monitor - one of many on the wall of a control room
visible behind the studio - normally shows other news
channels during broadcasts.
But staff who had earlier watched a sports event on the
cable channel Canal Plus, which often shows X-rated films
after midnight, had forgotten to switch it back, Per Yng,
SVT's news director, said.
"This is highly embarrassing and unfortunate," he said.
"It must not happen again."
A producer quickly spotted the sex scenes and ran into the
control room and turned off the monitor, Mr Yng said.
He said there had been no complaints from viewers about
the mishap, but "enormous interest from media".
Swedish newspapers yesterday poked fun at the program,
changing its name from Rapport to "Rapporn".
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