Anti-World Cup protesters appeared to hurl stones at the ITV
commentary studio on Copacabana Beach tonight.
The stones left dents in the glass that looked like bullet holes.
Host Adrian Chiles and pundits Fabio Cannavaro, Patrick Viera and Lee
Dixon calmly carried on with their commentary.
ITV's online viewing service was also hit by problems during the
opening match of the World Cup.
Football fans complained that ITV Player went down during the game.
Responding to a barrage of criticism on Twitter, the service said on
its feed: "We're seeing unprecedented numbers of users during the
game.
"We apologise for any inconvenience, we're working hard to resume
normal service."
Several users vented their frustration on the microblogging site.
Andrew Smith wrote: "Is everyone else's ITV Player down too? Get it sorted!"
Chris O'Callaghan said: "ITV player, why have you betrayed me?!"
And Neil Crossley told the Mirror: "ITV are an embarrassment to the UK."
An ITV spokeswoman said: "Due to unprecedented numbers of users during
this game we are currently experiencing some technical problems with
our live coverage via ITV Player on PC/Mac.
"We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible and apologise
for any inconvenience caused."
MIRROR UK
