Synergy and convergence

1. Ipso (previously Pcc)
• Press complaints commission
• It was a voluntary regulatory body for British printed newspapers and magazine, consisting of representatives of the
major publishers.
• The PCC closed on Monday 8 September 2014, and was replaced by the Independent Press Standards Organisation
(IPSO), chaired by Sir Alan Moses.
• The PCC received extensive criticism for its lack of action in the News International phone hacking scandal, including
from MPs and Prime Minister David Cameron , who called for it to be replaced with a new system in July 2011.

2. ASA (the advertising standards authority)
• The Advertising Standards Authority is the UK’s independent
regulator of advertising across all media. We apply the Advertising
Codes, which are written by the Committees of Advertising Practice.
Our work includes acting on complaints and proactively checking the
media to take action against misleading, harmful or offensive
advertisements.

3. PEGI
• The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system was established to help European
parents make informed decisions on buying computer games. It was launched in spring 2003 and
replaced a number of national age rating systems with a single system now used throughout most
of Europe, in 30 countries (Austria Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia,
Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden,
Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta, Romania, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, the
Netherlands, Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom)
The system is supported by the major console manufacturers, including Sony, Microsoft and
Nintendo, as well as by publishers and developers of interactive games throughout Europe. The
age rating system was developed by the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE).

4. BBFC
• The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-
governmental organization, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national
classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes,
trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) released on physical
media within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify videos, DVDs and, to a lesser
extent, some video games under the video recordings act 2010.
• Suicide squad (2016) was rated a 15 due to it including a sustained threat and moderate violence