Hokkaido Broadcasting Apologize for mistakenly broadcasting the subtitle superimpose of the Earthquake Early Warning October 20, 1:00
On the night of the 19th, HBC / Hokkaido Broadcasting, which is headquartered in Sapporo, had a problem of mistakenly broadcasting the subtitled Super of the Earthquake Early Warning, which was not actually announced, and HBC corrected it on the broadcast and Twitter and apologized.
According to HBC, during the broadcast of the variety show at 9:52 pm on the 19th, the words "Earthquake Early Warning" were displayed on the TV screen after the chime rang, even though the Japan Meteorological Agency had not announced it.
The subtitle superimpose was displayed on the upper part of the screen for 5 seconds and was broadcast throughout Hokkaido, so about an hour later, HBC said, "Earthquake early warning was wrong", and the subtitle superimpose and Twitter in the program I corrected it with the official account and apologized.
At that time, breaking news training and system modifications were not conducted, and the cause is unknown.
HBC explained that "a system trouble has occurred" and will investigate the cause in detail in the future.