Philippine TV regulators have sharply rebuked a Manila station for showing a still picture of a seminude actress during a telecast of the Teletubbies on Jan.?4, the BBC reported Thursday.?Although the station protested that the broadcast was an accident, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board warned that it planned to impose stiff penalties if another such incident occurs.?Felecitas Alejandro, a member of the Board, said that she was shocked when the bare-breasted picture of actress Rosanna Roces appeared for some 8 seconds during the Teletubbies broadcast.?"The program is for children and a picture like that suddenly appears," Roces told the BBC.?An official of the station, GMA Network, said that the photograph was broadcast when an employee who was repairing a computer accidentally pressed the wrong button.?(Source: Studio Briefing)
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