Investigating regulatory bodies

1. Investigating regulatory
bodies

2. Public service broadcasters
• Bbc- inform, educate and entertain
• Channel 4- entertain, educate
• Itv- inform, entertain and educate

3. Private companies
• Netflix-pay for subscription
• Sky- pay for viewing
• Amazon pay more for extra

4. Regulatory organisations
• BBFC - The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-government body, which classifies
movies, videos and computer games. Classifications range between 'U' ( 'Universal') suitable for audiences
aged 4 and over and '18' meaning suitable only for adults.
• Ofcom - is the communications regulator in the UK. We regulate the TV, radio and video-on-demand sectors,
fixed-line telecoms, mobiles and postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.
...Ofcom operates under a number of Acts of Parliament, including in particular the Communications Act
2003.
• Asa - (abbreviation ASA) an independent organization, founded in 1962, which checks that advertisements
do not lie or make false claims about a product.
• Pcc - The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) was a voluntary regulatory body for British printed newspapers
and magazines, 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.
• Pegi - Pan European Game Information (PEGI, pronounced "Peggy") is a European video game content rating
system established to help European consumers make informed decisions when buying video games or apps
through the use of age recommendations and content descriptors.

5. Why are ethical restrictions in the creative
media sector important?
• The moral principles that define how a person or group acts
• Some restrictions that exist in media industries are:
1. Trust
2. Liability
3. Truth
4. Privacy
• Serving the publics interest
• Consequences of ignoring the restrictions
1. Copyright – imprisonment
2. Inaccurate information

6. Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross phone
scandal
• A pre-recorded edition of The Russell Brand Show airs. Sachs was scheduled to be interviewed over the phone on the show.
Shortly before he was called, Brand told listeners: “In a minute we're going to be talking to Andrew Sachs, Manuel actor. The
elephant in the room is, what Andrew doesn't know is, I've slept with his granddaughter.”
• When Brand and fellow Radio 2 DJ Jonathan Ross, who was co-hosting, tried to call Sachs during the pre-record, he does not pick
up.
• Ross and Brand left Sachs four voice messages on the 78-year-old’s home phone, during which Brand joked about the fact that
both he and Sachs had appeared on The Bill.
• Ross is recorded shouting: “He f----- your daughter”, much to the ribald laughter of everyone in the studio. This sparked a run of
messages that were, nominally, Brand and Ross trying to apologise for the outburst, but swiftly became increasingly offensive.
Brand continues to effuse about having sexual relations with Baillie, including with a song that had the lyric: “It was consensual
and she wasn’t menstrual” and “It was full of respect, I sent her a text, I’ve asked her to marry me, Andrew Sachs.”
• Later in the show, Brand jokes about Sachs committing suicide in the wake of the revelations, saying: “The main news again.
Manuel Andrew Sachs hung himself today . . .'”
• Despite the fact the show was pre-recorded, producers and executives at the BBC greenlit it to be aired on the radio, and didn’t cut
the recording of the voice messages left on Sachs’s phone. The Corporation later said that “a senior editorial figure signed off the
programme, including its strong language, before it was broadcast”.