Comcast apologizes for Super Bowl porn
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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Cable television provider Comcast apologized to customers in Tucson, Arizona, on Tuesday after the airing of a 30-second clip from a porn movie during the Super Bowl broadcast.

"We are mortified by the Super Bowl interruption, and we apologize to our customers," Comcast said in a statement.

"We can't undo what happened, but we remain deeply sorry for the impact this situation has had on our customers," the Philadelphia-based company said.

Comcast said it planned to issue a 10-dollar credit to subscribers whose broadcast of the final minutes of the game was interrupted by a scene from a pornographic movie in which a woman unzips a man's pants and performs a sexual act.

"While this credit won't change what happened, we hope that it will demonstrate to our customers, and to the Tucson community, how seriously we are taking this situation," Comcast said.

"We are continuing with our investigation into what we believe may have been an isolated, malicious act, and will aggressively pursue all leads until we come to resolution," the company added.

Comcast said it did not know how many customers were affected, but a local newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star, said it appeared to have been thousands.

The newspaper said it was flooded with calls from irate viewers following the incident, which came with less than three minutes left in the game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The clip was apparently from a porn movie being shown on another Comcast pay-per-view channel at the time.

The Federal Communications Commission fined the CBS television network a record 550,000 dollars after singer Janet Jackson briefly bared her breast during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.

Surprised this article doesn't include any mention of people filing suits claiming the precious little snowflakes were forever harmed by the sight.

Humm these folks are going to get a ten dollar credit eh? How much does it cost to rent a Comcast porn movie?

And I thought Janet Jackson's snip-slip was quality programing!!

Hats off to the genius that pulled this off!!!

Genius!

You know, quite a few years ago, at a televised Red Wings game I believe it was Karen Newman singing the national anthem in a strapless dress. As she hit a high-note she reached skyward with one hand and out popped her breast. Not just the nipple either. She quickly covered and it's become sort of a goofy story.

No hysteria, no big fines, no moral outrage.

I always found it funny that Americans are so alarmed by exposed flesh and sexual activity but have no problem watching people kill other people.

I did a quick look and didn't see the video in the first couple pages of results. This happened many years ago but I thought the video was available on-line.