MUMBAI: Asianet has decided to stop beaming gruesome scenes of tragedies. The decision was taken after the channel received negative feedback on the telecast of the images of the Kumbakonam school fire tragedy. 
Asianet managing editor K P Mohanan announced the decision while anchoring the Asianet news channel's live debate programme Focus.
Denying reports that Asianet faced strong objections from non-resident Indian viewers on its telecast of the gruesome scenes, Mohanan told Indiantelevision.com that the decision was based on the channel's own observation and review of the issue.
"A couple of our dedicated viewers had expressed their disapproval. We don't know what other channels have decided about it," he added.
Mohanan pointed out that the channel had conducted a survey on its website to to find out whether viewers like the airing of such gruesome scenes. "It was a close finish with 49 per cent disapproving and 47 per cent approving the airing of such tragic images," he said.