sometimes television is pretty
predictable other times all bets are off
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
times TV was hijacked
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at occasions when deliberate
broadcast signal intrusions interrupted
normal TV viewing number 10 Chinese TV
hacked for the most part the Chinese
government keeps a white-knuckle grip on
the reins of the media but during Friday
primetime on August 1st 2014
hackers temporarily rested away control
hijacking local cable in the city of
Wenzhou viewers were taken aback to see
anti-government produce images
overlaying programs on each of the
channels for a period of roughly 10
minutes the pirate content included
references to the persecuted spiritual
movement following gong and the iconic
image of tank men the lone protester who
faced down tanks in Tiananmen Square
number 9
Alma nod TV during the 2006 Lebanon War
the Israeli Air Force diversified their
attack strategy by taking aim at
Hezbollah satellite television station
Al Manar the bombing was condemned by
some but defended by Israel who claimed
the channel was being used by Hezbollah
to incite violence and was therefore a
legitimate target when the attacks
failed to stop Alma not from
transmitting their content Israel
hijacked the channel to broadcast anti
Hezbollah propaganda showing dead
Hezbollah fighters and claiming
Hezbollah leader hassan nasrullah was
lying about their losses number 8 Bible
verses on Playboy TV time to get
spiritual during Playboy’s broadcast of
three daughters on September 6 1987
viewers were taken aback to find
biblical scripture as part of the show
just as things heated up the program was
replaced with a quote from Exodus 20:8
and Matthew 4:17 which urged viewers to
quote repent for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand viewers probably had
something else at hand and suffice it to
say playboy wasn’t too impressed either
in 1990 Thomas Haney
an uplink engineer at the Christian
Broadcasting Network was convicted of
satellite piracy number seven TV
solidarity in the 1980s the communist
regime in Poland was holding on by its
fingertips economic crisis was inspiring
dissent inflamed by the underground
trade unions solely darkness polish for
solidarity during the 1985 parliamentary
elections the regime banned opposition
candidates from running prompting calls
for a boycott to get the message out for
astronomers at the University of Turin
superimposed text supporting solidarity
and the proposed boycott they were
caught but received a light slap on the
wrist
in the form of probation and a small
fine number six super bowl porn went to
the Arizona Cardinals the Pittsburgh
Steelers and adult actor Evans stones
penis have in common unlikely as it may
seem they all had screen time during the
2009 Super Bowl in parts of Arizona
thousands watching Comcast’s broadcast
on NBC affiliated channel KBO a at their
sports viewing interrupted by a
30-second clip from wild cherries 5 in
which adult actress tristin Kingsley
performs oral sex on the after mentioned
mr. stone in 2011 former cable employee
Frank to nori Gonzales was arrested and
pled guilty to computer tampering number
5 Captain midnite on HBO on April 27
1986 John McDougall decided he had had
enough his satellite dish business was
struggling thanks to HBO’s high
subscription fees so he did what anyone
would do in that situation he named
himself Captain midnite and jammed
HBO’s signal to broadcast a mildly
worded complaint working part-time as an
operations engineer at an uplink station
he had everything he needed for the
crime
his message lasted almost five minutes
but it was enough to grab the attention
of the media and the authorities who
gave him one year probation and a $5,000
fine number for atomic explosion on
check TVs panorama as home viewers took
in this idyllic mountain scene on check
televisions program panorama a
devastating nuclear explosion suddenly
shattered the serenity the year was too
thousand seven and thankfully viewers
weren’t actually seeing the opening shot
of World War three the prank pulling
guerilla art collective stole ven hacked
into one of panoramas live cameras and
replaced the live broadcast with a
version that featured a CGI explosion
and a mushroom cloud titled media
reality the pranks aim was to show how
easily the media can manipulate us we’re
not compromising the integrity of the
show to sell this is Diet Snapple I know
it’s just like regular Snapple doesn’t
matter the casual unsuspecting observer
it actually looked pretty pants-wetting
ly real and caused shock and outrage
among viewers number three zombie
emergency alert we’ve all imagined it
the dead are rising the zombie
apocalypse is finally here finally that
shotgun machete or crowbar you keep
under the bed is about to be put to use
On February 11th 2013 our worst horror
film fueled fears looked as if they’d
become a reality
when audio warnings about the dead
returning from the grave were broadcast
over the emergency alert systems of
different channels in a few select
regions in the United States the
emergency alert system exists to inform
people of local or national emergencies
and this does seem to qualify except of
course that it was a hoax the unnamed
hacker was apprehended after his fourth
such stunt number two the Max Headroom
incident footage of a man having his
bare butt spanked with a flyswatter
isn’t exactly what Chicago audiences
expected when they tuned in to watch
Doctor Who on November 22nd 1987 but
thanks to the efforts of an unknown and
extremely odd signal hijacker
that is what they got dressed as Max
Headroom the fictional artificial
intelligence that became a pop culture
icon in the 80s an unknown man swaggered
hummed and blustered at the camera
before treating viewers to his pasty pay
buttocks what a sight to behold number
one verlan on southern television when
aliens finally make contact will they
send an ambassador descend from the
skies and a rain of fire and death or
just sort of phone it in on November 26
1977 The Evening News on the UK’s
southern television station was
disrupted by a strange audio message a
representative of the ashtar galactic
command warned humans to disarm and live
in peace or leave the galaxy some people
thought it was really from outer space
although in hindsight it did seem pretty
odd that they would contact just one TV
channel but hey the hijackers remain
unknown today so who knows do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
[Music]
predictable other times all bets are off
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
times TV was hijacked
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at occasions when deliberate
broadcast signal intrusions interrupted
normal TV viewing number 10 Chinese TV
hacked for the most part the Chinese
government keeps a white-knuckle grip on
the reins of the media but during Friday
primetime on August 1st 2014
hackers temporarily rested away control
hijacking local cable in the city of
Wenzhou viewers were taken aback to see
anti-government produce images
overlaying programs on each of the
channels for a period of roughly 10
minutes the pirate content included
references to the persecuted spiritual
movement following gong and the iconic
image of tank men the lone protester who
faced down tanks in Tiananmen Square
number 9
Alma nod TV during the 2006 Lebanon War
the Israeli Air Force diversified their
attack strategy by taking aim at
Hezbollah satellite television station
Al Manar the bombing was condemned by
some but defended by Israel who claimed
the channel was being used by Hezbollah
to incite violence and was therefore a
legitimate target when the attacks
failed to stop Alma not from
transmitting their content Israel
hijacked the channel to broadcast anti
Hezbollah propaganda showing dead
Hezbollah fighters and claiming
Hezbollah leader hassan nasrullah was
lying about their losses number 8 Bible
verses on Playboy TV time to get
spiritual during Playboy’s broadcast of
three daughters on September 6 1987
viewers were taken aback to find
biblical scripture as part of the show
just as things heated up the program was
replaced with a quote from Exodus 20:8
and Matthew 4:17 which urged viewers to
quote repent for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand viewers probably had
something else at hand and suffice it to
say playboy wasn’t too impressed either
in 1990 Thomas Haney
an uplink engineer at the Christian
Broadcasting Network was convicted of
satellite piracy number seven TV
solidarity in the 1980s the communist
regime in Poland was holding on by its
fingertips economic crisis was inspiring
dissent inflamed by the underground
trade unions solely darkness polish for
solidarity during the 1985 parliamentary
elections the regime banned opposition
candidates from running prompting calls
for a boycott to get the message out for
astronomers at the University of Turin
superimposed text supporting solidarity
and the proposed boycott they were
caught but received a light slap on the
wrist
in the form of probation and a small
fine number six super bowl porn went to
the Arizona Cardinals the Pittsburgh
Steelers and adult actor Evans stones
penis have in common unlikely as it may
seem they all had screen time during the
2009 Super Bowl in parts of Arizona
thousands watching Comcast’s broadcast
on NBC affiliated channel KBO a at their
sports viewing interrupted by a
30-second clip from wild cherries 5 in
which adult actress tristin Kingsley
performs oral sex on the after mentioned
mr. stone in 2011 former cable employee
Frank to nori Gonzales was arrested and
pled guilty to computer tampering number
5 Captain midnite on HBO on April 27
1986 John McDougall decided he had had
enough his satellite dish business was
struggling thanks to HBO’s high
subscription fees so he did what anyone
would do in that situation he named
himself Captain midnite and jammed
HBO’s signal to broadcast a mildly
worded complaint working part-time as an
operations engineer at an uplink station
he had everything he needed for the
crime
his message lasted almost five minutes
but it was enough to grab the attention
of the media and the authorities who
gave him one year probation and a $5,000
fine number for atomic explosion on
check TVs panorama as home viewers took
in this idyllic mountain scene on check
televisions program panorama a
devastating nuclear explosion suddenly
shattered the serenity the year was too
thousand seven and thankfully viewers
weren’t actually seeing the opening shot
of World War three the prank pulling
guerilla art collective stole ven hacked
into one of panoramas live cameras and
replaced the live broadcast with a
version that featured a CGI explosion
and a mushroom cloud titled media
reality the pranks aim was to show how
easily the media can manipulate us we’re
not compromising the integrity of the
show to sell this is Diet Snapple I know
it’s just like regular Snapple doesn’t
matter the casual unsuspecting observer
it actually looked pretty pants-wetting
ly real and caused shock and outrage
among viewers number three zombie
emergency alert we’ve all imagined it
the dead are rising the zombie
apocalypse is finally here finally that
shotgun machete or crowbar you keep
under the bed is about to be put to use
On February 11th 2013 our worst horror
film fueled fears looked as if they’d
become a reality
when audio warnings about the dead
returning from the grave were broadcast
over the emergency alert systems of
different channels in a few select
regions in the United States the
emergency alert system exists to inform
people of local or national emergencies
and this does seem to qualify except of
course that it was a hoax the unnamed
hacker was apprehended after his fourth
such stunt number two the Max Headroom
incident footage of a man having his
bare butt spanked with a flyswatter
isn’t exactly what Chicago audiences
expected when they tuned in to watch
Doctor Who on November 22nd 1987 but
thanks to the efforts of an unknown and
extremely odd signal hijacker
that is what they got dressed as Max
Headroom the fictional artificial
intelligence that became a pop culture
icon in the 80s an unknown man swaggered
hummed and blustered at the camera
before treating viewers to his pasty pay
buttocks what a sight to behold number
one verlan on southern television when
aliens finally make contact will they
send an ambassador descend from the
skies and a rain of fire and death or
just sort of phone it in on November 26
1977 The Evening News on the UK’s
southern television station was
disrupted by a strange audio message a
representative of the ashtar galactic
command warned humans to disarm and live
in peace or leave the galaxy some people
thought it was really from outer space
although in hindsight it did seem pretty
odd that they would contact just one TV
channel but hey the hijackers remain
unknown today so who knows do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
[Music]
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