After Super Bowl, Comcast Calls Congress
After some viewers of the Super Bowl in Tucson, Arizona, had their regularly scheduled program interrupted with full-frontal male nudity, Comcast says it has already made efforts to communicate with the FCC and Capitol Hill about the incident. "We've proactively reached out to the FCC and members of Congress and will keep them informed as our investigation into this incident progresses," the cable giant said in a statement. "We are reaching out to the proper legal authorities as well and have every intention of referring the individual or individuals found responsible for this act to proper law enforcement authorities for prosecution."
The company said it is going to give a credit to Tucson customers who viewed the inappropriate content and that it is undergoing a thorough investigation to determine what went wrong. "We are mortified by last evening's Super Bowl interruption and we apologize to our customers. Our initial investigation suggests this was an isolated malicious act," said Comcast, which boasts 24.4 million cable customers and 14.7 million high-speed Internet customers. Comcast said that its technical systems appeared to have been working properly when the incident occurred. -- Winter Casey
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