Taipei – The National Geographic Channel received a warning from the National Communications Commission (NCC) for broadcasting a documentary last year involving violence and bloodshed at too early a time – says the Taipei Times. NCC Communications Content Department Director Jason Ho said that the commission had received quite a few complaints from parents when the channel first broadcast Ou Dede and His Daughters in 2007, a documentary on the Nu Tribe who live in southwestern China. Ho said parents complained that their children were terrified after watching the goat-beheading scene in the film. The documentary was broadcast at 1.30pm. Following the complaints, the NCC turned the case over to an independent media content consulting panel, consisting of media researchers and representatives from non-governmental organizations. Ho said a majority of the members on the panel ruled that, while the film was a documentary, the channel should still have followed the ratings system and broadcast it at a later hour. The channel then received a warning for violating the regulations on ratings in the Satellite Radio and Television Act. Meanwhile, the channel also received a note from the NCC about The Riddles of Dead Diva Mummy, a documentary on the anatomy of a female mummy from the Han Dynasty.
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