MTV Networks Europe has been fined a total of £255,000 ($484,500) by U.K. media regulator Ofcom for “widespread and persistent” breaches of its broadcasting code by four of its channels.

The Viacom-owned operator will have to pay the following penalties: TMF £80,000 ($152,000), MTV France £35,000 ($66,500), MTV UK £80,000 ($152,000) and MTV Hits £60,000 ($114,000).

The “highly offensive language and material” was broadcast before the 9pm family-viewing watershed.

Wow. Just wow. Even in Europe I'm a bit surprised they played it, but annoyed that they got fined for it.

Meanwhile in the Land of the Free, at current FCC maximums for 500,000 per incident, that video could've cost MTV America over 20 million dollars per viewing... they say "fuck" about 40 or so times, not even to mention everything else.

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