TV
In Australia, Channel 9 blamed a technical fault for pulling half of "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" in 1992, but actually, Kerry Packer, the owner of the Nine Network at the time, was informed of the show's broadcast while having dinner. He was so offended that he phoned up 9 swearing at them to get the show off the air, and after the next ad break, a few minutes later, an ident was broadcast, telling viewers that the show was unable to continue, and an episode of Cheers was shown.
Barring the Channel 4 Michael Jackson incident, I don't think there are that many intentional technical problems
In Australia, Channel 9 blamed a technical fault for pulling half of "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" in 1992, but actually, Kerry Packer, the owner of the Nine Network at the time, was informed of the show's broadcast while having dinner. He was so offended that he phoned up 9 swearing at them to get the show off the air, and after the next ad break, a few minutes later, an ident was broadcast, telling viewers that the show was unable to continue, and an episode of Cheers was shown.