elephant:
does it regularly happen on some times of broadcasts / channels ?
If the "pixels" are rather wide (less than 100 on the entire screen width), it could be the vertical interval time code (VITC) of the original broadcast source tape bleeding through. It's a binary code that is used to identify each picture frame among other things.
These sometimes show when they have been recorded on more TV lines than usual and the broadcaster's program chain hasn't been configured to suppress them. You didn't see them much in the CRT days, since the sets had a lot more overscan because the tube edges weren't straight, but flat panels are often adjusted more aggressively to show microphones, studio light barn doors, edges of stage props, time codes etc that used to fall in the overscan area
I'll try to find an example image so you can judge whether it might be this or something else.