The document summarizes several regulatory and professional bodies within the UK creative media sector, including the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) which regulates age ratings for films, PEGI which does the same for video games, the Film Distributors Association which oversees film marketing and distribution, the Video Standards Council (VSC) which verifies age ratings, and Ofcom which regulates broadcasting. It also mentions the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) which deals with newspaper complaints, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) which regulates advertising content, and Trading Standards which examines products and services.

1. REGULATORY AND PROFESSIONAL
BODIES WITHIN THE CREATIVE
MEDIA SECTOR
- Lewis Dunn.
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Task 3 Understand the Regulation of
the Media Sector

2. The British board foundation basically
watch over upcoming films, videos, movies
and look at the key aspects of the video
e.g. any violence, drugs or anything that
should be age rated. They practically watch
the films and give it a certain age rating for
the suitable age which should be watching
the movie before it is released in cinemas.
BRITISH BOARD
OF FILM
CLASSIFICATION
(BBFC)

3. PEGI PEGI- Pan European game information
basically do the same as the British board
of film classification but instead of putting
an age rating on films they do it for games.
They age range animated video games as
well as board and structured game models
for example if the game is full of killing and
violence they will age range it for a higher
more matured age or if the model game
has small bits and pieces it shouldn’t be
near young children incase of hazards.

4. FILM
DISTRIBUTORS
ASSOCIATION
• A film distributor is a company or
individual responsible for the marketing
of a film. The distributor may set the
release date of a film and the method by
which a film is to be exhibited or made
available for viewing.

5. VIDEO
STANDARDS
COUNCIL
(VSC)
Video standards council is basically a joint
company who interact with PEGI and the
British Board Of Film Classification they
just complete and fully verify the specific
age rating which the other company's have
gave it before they publish the film, DVD or
game.

6. • Ofcom is an acronym for The Office of
Communications. It is a government
approved regulatory authority that
regulates the telecommunication
industry in the United Kingdom. It was
established as an act of parliament in
2002 under the communications act of
2002. Ofcom regulates TV and radio,
fixed line telecoms, mobiles, and
wireless device airwaves.
OFFICE FOR
COMMUNICATION
(OFCOM)

7. TRADING
STANDARDS
CENTRAL
• Explain who they are and what they
do….

8. PRESS
COMPLAINTS
COMMISSION
(PCC)
• The PCC is an independent self-
regulatory body which deals with
complaints about the editorial content
of newspapers and magazines and their
websites. They keep industry standards
high by training journalists and editors,
and work behind the scenes to prevent
harassment and media intrusion.

9. ADVERTISING
STANDARDS
AUTHORITY(ASA).
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
is the self-regulatory organisation of the
advertising industry in the United
Kingdom. It is an independent organization
which checks that advertisements make
false claims about a product. Its role is to
regulate the content of advertisements,
sales promotions and direct marketing in
the UK by investigating complaints made
about ads, sales promotions or direct
marketing, and deciding whether such
advertising complies with its advertising
standards codes.

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11. The controversial was that the supermarket used a
homophobic reference in their advert and many people
complained because of this.
The people complained to watchdog Ofcom saying it
was alluded for homosexuals.
Ofcom then banned the advert due to these complaints.

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