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Ofcom has imposed fines totalling £255,000 on MTV Networks for various breaches of the Broadcasting Code ... Specifically, TMF was slapped for its Ultimate 50 Videos which "featured a music video by the band Aphex Twin called Windowlicker, broadcast on 24 June 2006 at 20:20". Ofcom notes: "Four viewers complained about the repeated use of the words 'motherfucker', 'fuck you' and 'fuck'."
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Ofcom cites a couple of MTV Hits no-nos: "Mr Know It All is a text messaging service broadcast on screen by this music video channel. One viewer complained to Ofcom that the programme featured offensive texts transmitted on 22 January 2007 at around 19:30 such as: Q: 'What is a spunkbelly?' A: 'A "spunkbelly" is a collection of semen which has been consumed which collects in the stomach giving the appearance of a beerbelly. Very nice.'”