Swiss public-service broadcaster SRF has apologised after fake crowd noise was added to coverage of the FC Zurich v Grasshoppers domestic football match on May 12.
Fans of both teams agreed to enter the stadium 10 minutes after the start of the match in protest at tighter security measures, but viewers of the edited highlights still heard chanting in spite of the near-empty Letzigrund stadium.
“In order to make the report as attractive as possible, the chants of the fans were subsequently edited into highlights of the game,” SRF said. “The decision was taken under great time pressure. It was wrong, we apologise for it. Manipulation of sounds or images is not allowed.”