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The WWE has issued a public apology after the disruption to the opening of this week's Raw Supershow.
The opening segment was quickly ruined with 60-second local advertisement. It appears that the live Raw feed was disrupted by the USA Network's own master control. But WWE have still apologized on their behalf.
<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>WWE Statment</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>
Due to a technical malfunction at USA Network’s Master Control, the opening of last night’s Raw SuperShow was inadvertently interrupted by a 60-second local spot. On behalf of USA Network and those of us here at WWE, we apologize for this error.
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Normally, the advertisement would have breached USA Network's own regulations. But the network acknowledges that the error was there own, and not caused by WWE. The network also escapes punishment itself. Major networks are only allowed so much advertising time per hour unless special permissions are granted. This additional commercial brought them very close to the maximum limit, but they stayed within.
The uninterupted footage can be viewed by clicking on this sentence.
The opening segment was quickly ruined with 60-second local advertisement. It appears that the live Raw feed was disrupted by the USA Network's own master control. But WWE have still apologized on their behalf.
<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>WWE Statment</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>
Due to a technical malfunction at USA Network’s Master Control, the opening of last night’s Raw SuperShow was inadvertently interrupted by a 60-second local spot. On behalf of USA Network and those of us here at WWE, we apologize for this error.
[/quote]
Normally, the advertisement would have breached USA Network's own regulations. But the network acknowledges that the error was there own, and not caused by WWE. The network also escapes punishment itself. Major networks are only allowed so much advertising time per hour unless special permissions are granted. This additional commercial brought them very close to the maximum limit, but they stayed within.
The uninterupted footage can be viewed by clicking on this sentence.