TVC E. Bruce Jenner was a gold medal-winning Olympic athlete before announcing his decision to become a woman (Caitlyn Jenner) in April 2015.
The Father of Four transgendered into caitlyn jenner and started a reality show called”I am Cait” which has been showing on leading south African-based entertainment company, Multi Choice for a while .
Recently,viewers raised concerns about the program which has made Multichoice to have a rethink about airing the program continuously on their platform.
According to MultiChoice, it said it will no longer broadcast ‘I am Cait’, anymore, in order to abide by “regulatory environments” in Africa, and because of “concerns” raised by some of its customers.
The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) ordered that the show be pulled, effectively censoring it for African viewers, South Africa’s Channel 24 entertainment site reports
Condemning the decision as “shocking censorship”, its columnist Thinus Ferreira wrote:
While I Am Cait show contains no violence, nudity or sex on a pay-TV channel that viewers can block with a parental control function, the show about the transgender journey of Caitlyn Jenner contains ideas that Nigerian authorities don’t want people to be exposed to.
Nigeria’s broadcasting censorship board has now effectively started a precedent where the one country’s programming banning decisions directly impacts what viewers in other countries, including South Africa, can and can’t see.”
Nigeria’s officials are yet to comment.
In a statement, MultiChoice said:
MultiChoice recognises the importance of respecting the views of a number of its customers and all regulatory environments within which its service operates.
The program was aired previously on E! Entertainment Television on DStv channel 124 and GOtv channel 26.
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