Comcast is taking some heat this week after key moments during the NFC Championship Game were interrupted by Comcast ads taking aim at Verizon FiOS. In addition to normal advertisements, users in several markets were greeted with ads that prevented users from watching them from watching live gameplay on at least four occasions. "When I leave Comcast Xfinity for Fios, this will be shared as exhibit one," says a user who posted a video of the problem to YouTube. Comcast tells the Washington Post the problems were restricted to the DC area, and were caused by local-ad insertion equipment failure at local affiliate WTTG Fox -- not by something done by Comcast.
Update: Fox 5 issued the following statement about the problems:
Sunday night, FOX 5 experienced technical problems that affected the airing of Comcast Xfinity commercials during the NFC Championship Game. We apologize for the impact these technical issues had on the viewing experience of Comcast subscribers and have taken additional steps to ensure that these problems do not happen again.
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