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The Kaskad TV company said the broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s speech was interrupted due to a technical failure. TV channel chief editor Olga Volkova said the TV channel has “old equipment, which has hardly been updated in 20 years.”
On New Year’s Eve from December 31 to January 1, the Russian TV channel “Kaskad” broadcast a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin, cutting off part of the picture. Only the lower part of the head of state’s face was visible. The video was posted on the YouTube channel “Rise”.
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On January 1, the press service of the television company “Kaskad” reported that the broadcast of the president’s speech was interrupted due to a technical failure.
“Problems with the video image during the broadcast of the New Year’s greetings of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on December 31 on the Kaskad TV channel are due to a technical malfunction in the equipment in the control room in the air. The incident is currently being investigated. The perpetrators will be punished. The media group “Cascade” sincerely apologizes to the viewers “, – said in the statement.
Olga Volkova, editor-in-chief of the television channel, told Rise that the problems with the broadcast continued for about 40 seconds.
We have old equipment, which has practically not been updated for 20 years, such an error occurred in relation to this. The congratulations were recorded and broadcast to regional channels. Before the president’s congratulations, there was a governor’s congratulations. [Калининградской области Антона Алиханова], and it was carried out in a normal format, while Putin’s congratulations on this failure were carried out in a different format. Now we are figuring out how this could be, trying to understand why. Everyone, the technical director and the director who made this broadcast, will be punished, “he said.
According to the # 1 Kaliningrad Telegram channel, the channel belongs to the leadership of the Kaliningrad region.
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