VIENNA: The broadcast transmission of the first Euro 2008 semifinal between Germany and Turkey was cut three times on Wednesday evening following a violent storm in Vienna.
The cuts occurred in the second half of the game, which was being played in the Swiss city of Basel, the first one lasting between four and seven minutes, several broadcasters said.
The causes for the cuts, which apparently originated at the International Broadcast Center in Vienna, were still unknown, a spokesman for the Euro 2008 organizing committee, Wolfgang Eichler, told AFP.
"We're carrying out checks," he said.
Two broadcasters - Swiss television and Qatar-based 24-hour news channel Al Jazeera - did not suffer any transmission cuts, however. But fans in most countries around the globe were briefly left without live pictures.
The Euro 2008 organizing committee said it was putting the entire second half of the game at broadcasters' disposal for a potential repeat broadcast.
Winds of up to 100km per hour, strong rain and hail hit the Austrian capital Wednesday evening, prompting the evacuation of the city-center fan zone and later that of the stadium media center.
Source: China Daily/Agencies
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