this is my era - I was born just before the transition to full time color broadcasting in the U.S. My father was a television Engineer, so I heard many stories.
Such as : late at night the station would receive satellite feeds for recording for the next days broadcast. Engineers working the graveyard shift would sometimes entertain themse…
this is my era - I was born just before the transition to full time color broadcasting in the U.S. My father was a television Engineer, so I heard many stories.
Such as : late at night the station would receive satellite feeds for recording for the next days broadcast. Engineers working the graveyard shift would sometimes entertain themselves by watching un-encoded porn channel feeds while they worked. This was big trouble if they got caught.
Well, one late-night engineer hit the wrong switch and sent the porn feed out over live -to-air.
There was an investigation because the FCC doesn't like that. Needless to say, someone was looking for a new job.
Sad someone had to lose their job, but probably their best story that they get to tell friends.
Its funny that the worst possible thing that could happen would be for them to put the feed on the air. So many other things would be bad, but this is the worst, and somehow it happened. I wonder how easy it was for it to happen?
Fairly easy if you're not paying attention - it's a matter of pressing a few buttons and selecting the wrong source to output. The switching system isn't that complex, but it takes a little practice to learn it. It's similar to high-end home theater systems.
this is my era - I was born just before the transition to full time color broadcasting in the U.S. My father was a television Engineer, so I heard many stories.
Such as : late at night the station would receive satellite feeds for recording for the next days broadcast. Engineers working the graveyard shift would sometimes entertain themselves by watching un-encoded porn channel feeds while they worked. This was big trouble if they got caught.
Well, one late-night engineer hit the wrong switch and sent the porn feed out over live -to-air.
There was an investigation because the FCC doesn't like that. Needless to say, someone was looking for a new job.
Sad someone had to lose their job, but probably their best story that they get to tell friends.
Its funny that the worst possible thing that could happen would be for them to put the feed on the air. So many other things would be bad, but this is the worst, and somehow it happened. I wonder how easy it was for it to happen?
Fairly easy if you're not paying attention - it's a matter of pressing a few buttons and selecting the wrong source to output. The switching system isn't that complex, but it takes a little practice to learn it. It's similar to high-end home theater systems.