Staff at Tahiti Nui TV strike over porn broadcast
Title -- 5394 TAHITI: Staff at Tahiti Nui TV strike over porn broadcast
Date -- 26 March 2008
Byline -- None
Origin -- Pacific Media Watch
Source -- Radio NZ International 26/03/08
Copyright - RNZI
Status -- Unabridged
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TAHITI NUI TV STRIKE OVER PORN SCREENING
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PAPE'ETE (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): A strike at one of French Polynesia’s two public television stations is being pursued over the showing of a seven-minute pornographic film.
The union says it wants a harsher punishment than a warning for the technician who aired the film on Tahiti Nui TV.
It was broadcast after a live interview with the head of the Protestant Church and just before the midday news.
The technician in question said he had made mistake in switching on the film which he wanted to watch in private.
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