French channel issues apology

Paris - French authorities said yesterday that the broadcasting by a TV channel of a hard-core pornographic film around the Arab…

Paris - French authorities said yesterday that the broadcasting by a TV channel of a hard-core pornographic film around the Arab world instead of a children's programme was "unacceptable" and the result of a technical error.

The state-funded Canal France International (CFI) has apologised for the mistake, which resulted in all its programmes being taken off the air. - (Reuter)